Goukouni Oueddei
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Goukouni Oueddei is a Chadian political and military leader who served as President of Chad in the early 1980s and played a key role in the country’s civil conflicts and relations with Libya.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Goukouni Oueddei canonical | 9 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1946075 — 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: Goukouni Oueddei Context triple: [Chadian–Libyan conflict, opposingCommander, Goukouni Oueddei]
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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.
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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C.
James Sirleaf
James Sirleaf was the husband of Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, the former president of Liberia and Africa’s first elected female head of state.
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D.
Samuel Doe
Samuel Doe was a Liberian military officer-turned-president whose authoritarian rule and eventual overthrow played a central role in triggering the First Liberian Civil War.
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E.
Jacques Samossoud
Jacques Samossoud was a Russian-born conductor best known as the second husband of Clara Clemens, the daughter of author Mark Twain.
- 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: Goukouni Oueddei Target entity description: Goukouni Oueddei is a Chadian political and military leader who served as President of Chad in the early 1980s and played a key role in the country’s civil conflicts and relations with Libya.
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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.
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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C.
James Sirleaf
James Sirleaf was the husband of Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, the former president of Liberia and Africa’s first elected female head of state.
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D.
Samuel Doe
Samuel Doe was a Liberian military officer-turned-president whose authoritarian rule and eventual overthrow played a central role in triggering the First Liberian Civil War.
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E.
Jacques Samossoud
Jacques Samossoud was a Russian-born conductor best known as the second husband of Clara Clemens, the daughter of author Mark Twain.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
head of state
ⓘ
human ⓘ military leader ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| ally |
Libya
ⓘ
Muammar Gaddafi ⓘ |
| cameToPowerThrough | armed rebellion ⓘ |
| conflict |
Chadian Civil War
ⓘ
Chadian–Libyan conflict ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | Chad ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Chad ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1944 ⓘ |
| endTime | 1982 as President of Chad ⓘ |
| era | Cold War ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Toubou people ⓘ |
| headOfGovernment |
Transitional Government of National Unity (Chad)
ⓘ
surface form:
Transitional Government of National Unity of Chad
|
| headOfStateOf | Chad ⓘ |
| ideology | Arab–African solidarity ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Libyan foreign policy under Muammar Gaddafi ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
Arabic
ⓘ
French ⓘ |
| militaryRank | rebel commander ⓘ |
| name | Goukouni Oueddei self-link ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
conflict with Hissène Habré’s forces in early 1980s
ⓘ
overthrow of President Félix Malloum ⓘ |
| notableFor |
attempts to negotiate peace among Chadian factions
ⓘ
relations with Libya ⓘ role in Chadian civil conflicts ⓘ |
| opponent |
François Tombalbaye
ⓘ
Hissène Habré ⓘ |
| partOf | Chadian rebel movements of the 1960s–1980s ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Faya-Largeau ⓘ |
| politicalMovement |
FROLINAT
ⓘ
Transitional Government of National Unity (Chad) ⓘ
surface form:
Transitional Government of National Unity (GUNT)
|
| positionHeld |
Chairman of the Transitional Government of National Unity of Chad
ⓘ
President of Chad ⓘ |
| regionOfActivity |
northern Chad
ⓘ
surface form:
Northern Chad
Sahel ⓘ |
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| residence | exile in Algeria ⓘ |
| roleInOrganization |
leader of FROLINAT faction
ⓘ
leader of GUNT ⓘ |
| startTime | 1980 as President of Chad ⓘ |
| supportedBy |
Libyan National Army
ⓘ
surface form:
Libyan military forces
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Referenced by (9)
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