# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sophie-lihau-n-kanza
# Generated: 2026-08-16T06:26:21.592Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sophie-lihau-n-kanza"
name: "Sophie Lihau-N'Kanza"
slug: "sophie-lihau-n-kanza"
description: "Sophie Lihau-Kanza or  Zala Lusibu N'Kanza was a Congolese politician and sociologist. She was the first woman of her country to receive a secondary education, the first to graduate from a university, and the first to hold a government office in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, serving as Minister of Social Affairs from 31 October 1966 to 6 December 1970. In her later life she held positions within the United Nations."
tagline: "Congolese politician (1940-1999)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sophie_Kanza.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1940-02-08"
deathDate: "1999-04-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.97
  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.08052666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophie_Kanza"
    title: "Sophie Kanza"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophie_Kanza"
    title: "Sophie Kanza"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophie_Kanza"
    title: "Sophie Kanza"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%81%DB%8C_%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B2%D8%A7"
    title: "سوفی کانزا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophie_Kanza"
    title: "Sophie Kanza"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophie_Kanza"
    title: "Sophie Kanza"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://kg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophie_Kanza"
    title: "Sophie Kanza"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%86%8C%ED%94%BC_%EC%BA%89%EC%9E%90"
    title: "소피 캉자"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ln.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophie_Kanza"
    title: "Sophie Kanza"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophie_Kanza"
    title: "Sophie Kanza"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Sophie_Kanza"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3490987"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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