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Jeannot Bemba Saolona
Jeannot
Bemba
Saolona
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
.