Hans Blix
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Hans Blix is a Swedish diplomat and former chief UN weapons inspector best known for leading inspections in Iraq before the 2003 invasion and for his advocacy of nuclear disarmament and peaceful conflict resolution.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hans Blix canonical | 11 |
| Hans Blix as Executive Chairman of UNMOVIC | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T60469 — 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: Hans Blix Context triple: [Sydney Peace Prize, hasRecipient, Hans Blix]
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A.
Luceal Guterres
Luceal Guterres is the wife of António Guterres, the Portuguese politician and diplomat serving as Secretary-General of the United Nations.
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B.
Trygve Lie
Trygve Lie was a Norwegian politician and diplomat who became the first Secretary-General of the United Nations, serving from 1946 to 1952.
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C.
Boutros Boutros-Ghali
Boutros Boutros-Ghali was an Egyptian diplomat and statesman best known for serving as the sixth Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1992 to 1996.
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D.
Ban Ki-moon
Ban Ki-moon is a South Korean diplomat who served as the eighth Secretary-General of the United Nations from 2007 to 2016.
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E.
Håkon Wium Lie
Håkon Wium Lie is a Norwegian web pioneer best known as the creator of Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) and a key figure in the development of open web standards.
- 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: Hans Blix Target entity description: Hans Blix is a Swedish diplomat and former chief UN weapons inspector best known for leading inspections in Iraq before the 2003 invasion and for his advocacy of nuclear disarmament and peaceful conflict resolution.
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A.
Luceal Guterres
Luceal Guterres is the wife of António Guterres, the Portuguese politician and diplomat serving as Secretary-General of the United Nations.
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B.
Trygve Lie
Trygve Lie was a Norwegian politician and diplomat who became the first Secretary-General of the United Nations, serving from 1946 to 1952.
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C.
Boutros Boutros-Ghali
Boutros Boutros-Ghali was an Egyptian diplomat and statesman best known for serving as the sixth Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1992 to 1996.
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D.
Ban Ki-moon
Ban Ki-moon is a South Korean diplomat who served as the eighth Secretary-General of the United Nations from 2007 to 2016.
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E.
Håkon Wium Lie
Håkon Wium Lie is a Norwegian web pioneer best known as the creator of Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) and a key figure in the development of open web standards.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
author
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civil servant ⓘ diplomat ⓘ human ⓘ lawyer ⓘ |
| academicDegree | PhD in law ⓘ |
| alive | true ⓘ |
| areaOfActivity |
arms control
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international security ⓘ nuclear disarmament ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Order of the Polar Star ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | Sweden ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Sweden ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1928-06-28 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Columbia University
ⓘ
University of Cambridge ⓘ
linked to:
Cambridge University
Uppsala University ⓘ |
| employer |
Government of Sweden
ⓘ
linked to:
Swedish government
International Atomic Energy Agency ⓘ United Nations ⓘ |
| endTime |
1997 (as Director General of the IAEA)
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2003 (as Executive Chairman of UNMOVIC) ⓘ |
| familyName | Blix ⓘ |
| fieldOfStudy | law ⓘ |
| givenName | Hans ⓘ |
| knownFor |
advocacy of nuclear disarmament
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leading UN weapons inspections in Iraq before the 2003 invasion ⓘ support for peaceful conflict resolution ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
English
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Swedish ⓘ |
| memberOfPoliticalParty | Liberal People's Party (Sweden) ⓘ |
| name | Hans Blix ⓘ |
| nationality | Swedish ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Disarming Iraq
ⓘ
Why Nuclear Disarmament Matters ⓘ |
| occupation |
civil servant
ⓘ
diplomat ⓘ lawyer ⓘ politician ⓘ university lecturer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Uppsala ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Chairman of the Weapons of Mass Destruction Commission
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Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency ⓘ Executive Chairman of the United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission ⓘ Head of the Swedish delegation to the Conference on Disarmament ⓘ Minister for Foreign Affairs of Sweden ⓘ |
| residence | Stockholm ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| startTime |
1981 (as Director General of the IAEA)
ⓘ
2000 (as Executive Chairman of UNMOVIC) ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Hans Blix Description of subject: Hans Blix is a Swedish diplomat and former chief UN weapons inspector best known for leading inspections in Iraq before the 2003 invasion and for his advocacy of nuclear disarmament and peaceful conflict resolution.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Hans Blix