Salomon Banamuhere Baliene (born 20 April 1951) is a Congolese biologist and politician.

[4] Baliene was born on 20 April 1951 in Mwenda, North Kivu in Zaire, present-day the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

[5][6][7] Baliene studied at the National University of Zaire-Kisangani Campus and obtained a degree in biological sciences.

He obtained a master's degree in environmental sciences at the Fondation universitaire luxembourgeoise in Arlon and a diploma in rural engineering at the ENGREF in Montpellier.

[5] He entered the government of Laurent Désiré Kabila on 15 March 1999 as Minister of the Environment.