Hissène Habré
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Hissène Habré was a Chadian military leader and politician who ruled Chad as an authoritarian president from 1982 to 1990 and was later convicted of crimes against humanity for atrocities committed during his regime.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hissène Habré canonical | 6 |
| Hissène Habré government | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1946074 — 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: Hissène Habré Context triple: [Chadian–Libyan conflict, opposingCommander, Hissène Habré]
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A.
Moussa Mostafa Moussa
Moussa Mostafa Moussa is an Egyptian politician and party leader who ran as the main challenger to Abdel Fattah el-Sisi in the 2018 presidential election.
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B.
Charles H. Taylor
Charles H. Taylor was an American newspaper publisher best known for transforming The Boston Globe into a major modern daily and serving as its long-time first publisher.
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C.
Isaias Afwerki
Isaias Afwerki is the long-serving president of Eritrea, known for leading the country since its independence and presiding over an authoritarian one-party state.
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D.
Tarso Toussidé
Tarso Toussidé is a large volcanic massif and one of the prominent peaks of the Tibesti Mountains in northern Chad.
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E.
Thomas Lubanga Dyilo
Thomas Lubanga Dyilo is a Congolese militia leader who became the first person ever convicted by the International Criminal Court for war crimes related to the use of child soldiers.
- 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: Hissène Habré Target entity description: Hissène Habré was a Chadian military leader and politician who ruled Chad as an authoritarian president from 1982 to 1990 and was later convicted of crimes against humanity for atrocities committed during his regime.
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A.
Moussa Mostafa Moussa
Moussa Mostafa Moussa is an Egyptian politician and party leader who ran as the main challenger to Abdel Fattah el-Sisi in the 2018 presidential election.
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B.
Charles H. Taylor
Charles H. Taylor was an American newspaper publisher best known for transforming The Boston Globe into a major modern daily and serving as its long-time first publisher.
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C.
Isaias Afwerki
Isaias Afwerki is the long-serving president of Eritrea, known for leading the country since its independence and presiding over an authoritarian one-party state.
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D.
Tarso Toussidé
Tarso Toussidé is a large volcanic massif and one of the prominent peaks of the Tibesti Mountains in northern Chad.
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E.
Thomas Lubanga Dyilo
Thomas Lubanga Dyilo is a Congolese militia leader who became the first person ever convicted by the International Criminal Court for war crimes related to the use of child soldiers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
President of Chad
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head of state ⓘ human ⓘ military leader ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| cameToPowerBy | coup d'état ⓘ |
| conflict |
First Chadian Civil War
ⓘ
surface form:
Chadian Civil War
Chadian–Libyan conflict ⓘ |
| continentOfCitizenship | Africa ⓘ |
| convictedBy | Extraordinary African Chambers ⓘ |
| convictedOf |
crimes against humanity
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rape ⓘ sexual slavery ⓘ torture ⓘ war crimes ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Chad ⓘ |
| countryOfTrial | Senegal ⓘ |
| dateOfConviction | 2016-05-30 ⓘ |
| employer |
Forces Armées Nationales Tchadiennes
ⓘ
surface form:
Chadian Armed Forces
|
| endOfRuleCause | military rebellion ⓘ |
| exileIn | Senegal ⓘ |
| familyName | Habré ⓘ |
| givenName | Hissène ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
Arabic
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French ⓘ |
| legalSignificance |
first former African head of state tried in another African country
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landmark case for universal jurisdiction in Africa ⓘ |
| militaryRank | commander ⓘ |
| notableCourtCase | Extraordinary African Chambers trial of Hissène Habré ⓘ |
| notableFor |
authoritarian rule in Chad
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systematic human rights abuses ⓘ |
| officeEndTime | 1990 ⓘ |
| officeStartTime | 1982 ⓘ |
| opponent | Muammar Gaddafi ⓘ |
| overthrownBy | Idriss Déby ⓘ |
| penalty | life imprisonment ⓘ |
| placeOfTrial | Dakar ⓘ |
| politicalIdeology | authoritarianism ⓘ |
| positionHeld | President of Chad ⓘ |
| residenceAfterOuster | Dakar ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
enforced disappearances
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mass killings ⓘ political repression in Chad ⓘ widespread torture ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Hissène Habré Description of subject: Hissène Habré was a Chadian military leader and politician who ruled Chad as an authoritarian president from 1982 to 1990 and was later convicted of crimes against humanity for atrocities committed during his regime.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Hissène Habré government