Jeannot Bemba Saolona
Introduction '''Jeannot Bemba Saolona''' (born September 1941 at Libanga, Équateur, Belgian Congo, died 1 July 2009 Brussels, Belgium) was a Congolese businessman, Minister of the Economy and Industry, and Senator for Équateur. His son Jean-Pierre Bemba became the last Vice-President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.Bemba Saolona's company, Scibe CMMJ, was implicated by the United Nations in smuggling weapons to UNITA during the Angolan Civil War. He was a close confidant to President Mobutu Sese Seko.
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