# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lambert-mende-omalanga
# Generated: 2026-08-14T14:33:39.997Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lambert-mende-omalanga"
name: "Lambert Mende Omalanga"
slug: "lambert-mende-omalanga"
description: "Lambert Mende Omalanga is the former minister of communications of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. He is best known for saying that an overturned fuel truck that exploded and killed 230 people was trying to overtake a bus, but is also famous for saying 80 died when a boat overturned. He was born near Lodja, Sankuru."
tagline: "Democratic Republic of the Congo politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lambert_Mende_-_2018_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1953"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           43
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.351981333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%AA_%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%89_%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AC%D8%A7"
    title: "لامبرت ميندى اومالانجا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lambert_Mende"
    title: "Lambert Mende"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lambert_Mende_Omalanga"
    title: "Lambert Mende Omalanga"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lambert_Mende_Omalanga"
    title: "Lambert Mende Omalanga"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lambert_Mende_Omalanga"
    title: "Lambert Mende Omalanga"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lambert_Mende_Omalanga"
    title: "Lambert Mende Omalanga"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%83%99%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A1%E3%83%B3%E3%83%87"
    title: "ランベール・メンデ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ln.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lambert_Mende_Omalanga"
    title: "Lambert Mende Omalanga"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lambert_Mende_Omalanga"
    title: "Lambert Mende Omalanga"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q178793"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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