Guido Westerwelle
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Guido Westerwelle was a German politician who served as Foreign Minister and Vice Chancellor and was a leading figure of the Free Democratic Party (FDP).
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Guido Westerwelle canonical | 3 |
| Westerwelle | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6713022 — 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: Guido Westerwelle Context triple: [Kerpen, hasNotablePerson, Guido Westerwelle]
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A.
Joschka Fischer
Joschka Fischer is a German politician and former Foreign Minister and Vice Chancellor, best known as a leading figure of the Green Party and a key architect of Germany’s foreign policy in the late 1990s and early 2000s.
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B.
Peter Kohl
Peter Kohl is a German businessman and author best known as the son of former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl.
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C.
Lothar de Maizière
Lothar de Maizière was the last and only democratically elected prime minister of East Germany, overseeing the country’s transition toward reunification with West Germany in 1990.
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D.
Gerhard Schröder
Gerhard Schröder is a German Social Democratic politician who served as Chancellor of Germany from 1998 to 2005.
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E.
Steinbrueck
Steinbrueck is a surname most notably associated with Victor Steinbrueck, an influential American architect and preservationist known for helping save Seattle’s Pike Place Market.
- 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: Guido Westerwelle Target entity description: Guido Westerwelle was a German politician who served as Foreign Minister and Vice Chancellor and was a leading figure of the Free Democratic Party (FDP).
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A.
Joschka Fischer
Joschka Fischer is a German politician and former Foreign Minister and Vice Chancellor, best known as a leading figure of the Green Party and a key architect of Germany’s foreign policy in the late 1990s and early 2000s.
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B.
Peter Kohl
Peter Kohl is a German businessman and author best known as the son of former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl.
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C.
Lothar de Maizière
Lothar de Maizière was the last and only democratically elected prime minister of East Germany, overseeing the country’s transition toward reunification with West Germany in 1990.
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D.
Gerhard Schröder
Gerhard Schröder is a German Social Democratic politician who served as Chancellor of Germany from 1998 to 2005.
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E.
Steinbrueck
Steinbrueck is a surname most notably associated with Victor Steinbrueck, an influential American architect and preservationist known for helping save Seattle’s Pike Place Market.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
German politician
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human ⓘ |
| areaOfActivity | German federal politics ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Bad Honnef ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | leukemia ⓘ |
| coalitionPartner |
Christian Democratic Union of Germany
ⓘ
Christian Social Union in Bavaria ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Germany ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1961-12-27 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2016-03-18 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | University of Bonn ⓘ |
| endTime |
as Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs: 2013-12-17
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as Leader of the Free Democratic Party: 2011-04-13 ⓘ as Vice Chancellor of Germany: 2011-05-16 ⓘ |
| familyName |
Westerwelle
ⓘ
linked to:
Guido Westerwelle
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| fieldOfStudy | law ⓘ |
| founded | Westerwelle Foundation ⓘ |
| givenName | Guido ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
English
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German ⓘ |
| legislativeBody | Bundestag ⓘ |
| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity | North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ |
| memberOf | Free Democratic Party of Germany ⓘ |
| name | Guido Westerwelle ⓘ |
| notableFor | being the first openly gay German foreign minister ⓘ |
| notableWork |
advocacy for tax reform in Germany
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support for European integration ⓘ |
| occupation |
lawyer
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politician ⓘ |
| parliamentaryGroup |
FDP Bundestag group
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linked to:
Freie Demokratische Partei
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| participatedIn | Second Merkel cabinet ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Bad Honnef ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Cologne ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment | liberalism ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Chairman of the FDP parliamentary group in the Bundestag
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Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs of Germany ⓘ Leader of the Free Democratic Party ⓘ Member of the Bundestag ⓘ Vice Chancellor of Germany ⓘ |
| religion |
Protestantism
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linked to:
Protestant Christianity
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| residence |
Berlin
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Bonn ⓘ |
| sexualOrientation | gay ⓘ |
| spouse | Michael Mronz ⓘ |
| startTime |
as Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs: 2009-10-28
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as Leader of the Free Democratic Party: 2001-05-04 ⓘ as Vice Chancellor of Germany: 2009-10-28 ⓘ |
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Referenced by (4)
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linked to: Guido Westerwelle