Ban Ki-moon
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Ban Ki-moon is a South Korean diplomat who served as the eighth Secretary-General of the United Nations from 2007 to 2016.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Ban Ki-moon canonical | 37 |
| Ban Ki-moon (honorary doctorate, not student) | 1 |
| Madame Ban Ki-moon | 1 |
| United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon | 1 |
| 반기문 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T33776 — 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: Ban Ki-moon Context triple: [António Guterres, precededBy, Ban Ki-moon]
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António Guterres
António Guterres is a Portuguese politician and diplomat who has served as the ninth Secretary-General of the United Nations and was formerly Prime Minister of Portugal and UN High Commissioner for Refugees.
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B.
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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C.
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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D.
Samantha Power
Samantha Power is an Irish-American diplomat, academic, and former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, renowned for her work on human rights and genocide.
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E.
Secretary-General of the United Nations
The Secretary-General of the United Nations is the chief administrative officer and de facto spokesperson of the UN, responsible for providing leadership, diplomacy, and coordination among member states on global issues.
- 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: Ban Ki-moon Target entity description: 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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A.
António Guterres
António Guterres is a Portuguese politician and diplomat who has served as the ninth Secretary-General of the United Nations and was formerly Prime Minister of Portugal and UN High Commissioner for Refugees.
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B.
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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C.
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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D.
Samantha Power
Samantha Power is an Irish-American diplomat, academic, and former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, renowned for her work on human rights and genocide.
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E.
Secretary-General of the United Nations
The Secretary-General of the United Nations is the chief administrative officer and de facto spokesperson of the UN, responsible for providing leadership, diplomacy, and coordination among member states on global issues.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Secretary-General of the United Nations
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diplomat ⓘ human ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| almaMater |
Harvard University
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Seoul National University ⓘ |
| appointedBy | United Nations General Assembly ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour
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linked to:
Grand Croix de la Légion d'honneur
James A. Van Fleet Award ⓘ Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ Order of Service Merit (South Korea) ⓘ Seoul Peace Prize ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1944-06-13 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Eumseong County, Chungcheongbuk-do, Korea ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | South Korea ⓘ |
| fieldOfStudy | international relations ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| knownFor |
climate change diplomacy
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promotion of the Sustainable Development Goals ⓘ serving as eighth Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
English
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French ⓘ Korean ⓘ |
| memberOf | Democratic Party (South Korea, historical) ⓘ |
| name | Ban Ki-moon ⓘ |
| nationality | South Korean ⓘ |
| nativeName |
반기문
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linked to:
Ban Ki-moon
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| notableWork |
Sustainable Development Goals advocacy
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United Nations climate change initiatives ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 3 ⓘ |
| occupation |
civil servant
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diplomat ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| orderInOffice | 8th Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade of South Korea
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President of the 56th Session of the United Nations General Assembly ⓘ Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ |
| postUNRole |
chair of the Global Green Growth Institute Council
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co-chair of the Ban Ki-moon Centre for Global Citizens ⓘ |
| predecessor | Kofi Annan ⓘ |
| religion | Protestantism ⓘ |
| residenceDuringUNTerm | New York City ⓘ |
| spouse | Yoo Soon-taek ⓘ |
| successor | António Guterres ⓘ |
| termEnd | 2016-12-31 ⓘ |
| termStart | 2007-01-01 ⓘ |
| UNSecretaryGeneralNumber | 8 ⓘ |
| UNSecretaryGeneralTermEnd | 2016-12-31 ⓘ |
| UNSecretaryGeneralTermStart | 2007-01-01 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Ban Ki-moon Description of subject: Ban Ki-moon is a South Korean diplomat who served as the eighth Secretary-General of the United Nations from 2007 to 2016.
Referenced by (41)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Ban Ki-moon
linked to: Ban Ki-moon
linked to: Ban Ki-moon
subject linked to:
Eumseong County, Chungcheongbuk-do, Korea
subject linked to:
Elders (organization)
subject linked to:
Elders (organization)
subject linked to:
Madame Ban
subject linked to:
Madame Ban
linked to: Ban Ki-moon
subject linked to:
Ban Ki-moon Centre for Global Citizens (informal association through spouse)
subject linked to:
Ban Ki-moon Centre for Global Citizens (informal association through spouse)
subject linked to:
Ban Ki-moon Centre for Global Citizens (informal association through spouse)
subject linked to:
Ban Ki-moon Centre for Global Citizens (informal association through spouse)
subject linked to:
Ban Ki-moon Centre for Global Citizens (informal association through spouse)
subject linked to:
Ban Hyun-hee