# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kandeh-yumkella
# Generated: 2026-08-15T06:49:34.879Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kandeh-yumkella"
name: "Kandeh Yumkella"
slug: "kandeh-yumkella"
description: "Alhaji Kandeh Kolleh Yumkella is a Sierra Leonean agricultural economist and politician who served as a member of parliament and Chair of the Presidential Initiative on Climate Change, Renewable Energy and Food Security under President Julius Maada Bio's government."
tagline: "Director General of UNIDO"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kandeh_K_Yumkella.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1959-07-05"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           42.18
  momentum:             6.393442622950817
  historical:           5.077358666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kandeh_Yumkella"
    title: "Kandeh Yumkella"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%87_%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%85%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%A7"
    title: "كانديه يومكيلا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kandeh_K._Yumkella"
    title: "Kandeh K. Yumkella"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kandeh_Yumkella"
    title: "Kandeh Yumkella"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kandeh_Yumkella"
    title: "Kandeh Yumkella"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gpe.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kandeh_Yumkella"
    title: "Kandeh Yumkella"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1723655"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump