Henry Cisneros
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Henry Cisneros is an American politician and former mayor of San Antonio who served as U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development under President Bill Clinton.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Henry Cisneros canonical | 1 |
| Henry Gabriel Cisneros | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12747510 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Henry Cisneros Context triple: [White House Fellow, notableAlumni, Henry Cisneros]
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A.
George C. Villaseñor
George C. Villaseñor is a film editor known for his work on the movie "Opening Night."
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B.
Pruitt Herrera
Pruitt Herrera is a central firefighter character and former captain on the television drama series "Station 19."
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C.
Alberto Ríos
Alberto Ríos is a prominent Chicano poet and writer whose work explores Mexican American identity, culture, and the U.S.–Mexico borderlands.
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D.
Rogelio Romo
Rogelio Romo is a notable individual who shares the surname Romo, recognized enough to be specifically cited as a bearer of the name.
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E.
Anthony Carmona
Anthony Carmona is a Trinidadian jurist and former judge of the International Criminal Court who served as the fifth President of Trinidad and Tobago.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Henry Cisneros Target entity description: Henry Cisneros is an American politician and former mayor of San Antonio who served as U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development under President Bill Clinton.
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A.
George C. Villaseñor
George C. Villaseñor is a film editor known for his work on the movie "Opening Night."
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B.
Pruitt Herrera
Pruitt Herrera is a central firefighter character and former captain on the television drama series "Station 19."
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C.
Alberto Ríos
Alberto Ríos is a prominent Chicano poet and writer whose work explores Mexican American identity, culture, and the U.S.–Mexico borderlands.
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D.
Rogelio Romo
Rogelio Romo is a notable individual who shares the surname Romo, recognized enough to be specifically cited as a bearer of the name.
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E.
Anthony Carmona
Anthony Carmona is a Trinidadian jurist and former judge of the International Criminal Court who served as the fifth President of Trinidad and Tobago.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Cabinet member
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human ⓘ mayor ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| appointedBy | Bill Clinton ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Profiles in Courage Award (shared, 2001, as part of Clinton Cabinet for budget compromise)
ⓘ
linked to:
John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award
|
| birthDate | 1947-06-11 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | San Antonio, Texas, United States ⓘ |
| boardMemberOf |
Univision Communications (former)
ⓘ
linked to:
Univision
|
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
George Washington University
ⓘ
Massachusetts Institute of Technology ⓘ Texas A&M University ⓘ Texas A&M University–Kingsville ⓘ |
| endTime |
1989 (mayor of San Antonio)
ⓘ
1997 (U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development) ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Mexican American ⓘ |
| familyName | Cisneros ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
housing policy
ⓘ
urban policy ⓘ |
| founded | CityView (housing investment company) ⓘ |
| genre | non-fiction political writing ⓘ |
| givenName | Henry ⓘ |
| hasGender | male ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
English
ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ |
| memberOfPoliticalParty |
Democratic Party (United States)
ⓘ
linked to:
Democratic Party
|
| name |
Henry Gabriel Cisneros
ⓘ
linked to:
Henry Cisneros
|
| notableAchievement | first Hispanic mayor of a major U.S. city in the 20th century ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
pleaded guilty in 1999 to a misdemeanor count of lying to the FBI
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resigned as HUD Secretary in 1997 amid investigation into payments to a former mistress ⓘ was pardoned in 2001 by President Bill Clinton ⓘ |
| notableWork | advocacy for urban development and housing policy in the United States ⓘ |
| occupation |
author
ⓘ
businessman ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Mayor of San Antonio
ⓘ
United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development ⓘ |
| predecessor |
Jack Kemp (as U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development)
ⓘ
linked to:
Jack Kemp
|
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| residence | San Antonio, Texas, United States ⓘ |
| spouse | Mary Alice P. Cisneros ⓘ |
| startTime |
1981 (mayor of San Antonio)
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1993 (U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development) ⓘ |
| successor | Andrew Cuomo (as U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development) ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Henry Cisneros Description of subject: Henry Cisneros is an American politician and former mayor of San Antonio who served as U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development under President Bill Clinton.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Henry Cisneros