Taha Yassin Ramadan
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Taha Yassin Ramadan was an Iraqi politician who served as one of Saddam Hussein’s closest aides and as Vice President of Iraq before being convicted and executed for crimes against humanity after the fall of his regime.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Taha Yassin Ramadan canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2768112 — 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: Taha Yassin Ramadan Context triple: [Iraqi Special Tribunal, tried, Taha Yassin Ramadan]
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Akhtar Mansour
Akhtar Mansour was a senior Afghan Taliban commander who became the group's de facto leader after Mullah Omar and was killed in a 2016 U.S. drone strike in Pakistan.
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B.
Hassan Aref
Hassan Aref was a prominent physicist and engineer known for his pioneering contributions to fluid dynamics, particularly in vortex dynamics and chaotic advection.
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C.
Awni Abd al-Hadi
Awni Abd al-Hadi was a prominent Palestinian Arab nationalist leader, lawyer, and politician who played a key role in early 20th-century anti-colonial and anti-Zionist movements in Palestine.
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D.
Zakaria Mohieddin
Zakaria Mohieddin was an Egyptian military officer and politician who played a key role in the 1952 revolution and later served in senior positions under President Gamal Abdel Nasser, including as vice president and prime minister.
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E.
Marwan al-Himar
Marwan al-Himar, better known as Marwan II, was the last Umayyad caliph who ruled from 744 to 750 CE before the dynasty was overthrown by the Abbasid Revolution.
- 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: Taha Yassin Ramadan Target entity description: Taha Yassin Ramadan was an Iraqi politician who served as one of Saddam Hussein’s closest aides and as Vice President of Iraq before being convicted and executed for crimes against humanity after the fall of his regime.
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A.
Akhtar Mansour
Akhtar Mansour was a senior Afghan Taliban commander who became the group's de facto leader after Mullah Omar and was killed in a 2016 U.S. drone strike in Pakistan.
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B.
Hassan Aref
Hassan Aref was a prominent physicist and engineer known for his pioneering contributions to fluid dynamics, particularly in vortex dynamics and chaotic advection.
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C.
Awni Abd al-Hadi
Awni Abd al-Hadi was a prominent Palestinian Arab nationalist leader, lawyer, and politician who played a key role in early 20th-century anti-colonial and anti-Zionist movements in Palestine.
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D.
Zakaria Mohieddin
Zakaria Mohieddin was an Egyptian military officer and politician who played a key role in the 1952 revolution and later served in senior positions under President Gamal Abdel Nasser, including as vice president and prime minister.
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E.
Marwan al-Himar
Marwan al-Himar, better known as Marwan II, was the last Umayyad caliph who ruled from 744 to 750 CE before the dynasty was overthrown by the Abbasid Revolution.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Ba'ath Party politician
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Iraqi politician ⓘ human ⓘ |
| activeInPeriod |
20th century
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early 21st century ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Iraqi security apparatus under Saddam Hussein
ⓘ
surface form:
Iraqi security apparatus
repression of political opposition in Iraq ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | execution ⓘ |
| charge | crimes against humanity ⓘ |
| closeAllyOf | Saddam Hussein ⓘ |
| convictedBy |
Iraqi Special Tribunal
ⓘ
surface form:
Iraqi High Tribunal
|
| convictedOf | crimes against humanity ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Iraq ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | Iraq ⓘ |
| employer |
Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Iraq Region
ⓘ
Government of Iraq ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Iraqi Arab ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| government | Ba'athist Iraq ⓘ |
| hasRole |
government minister
ⓘ
party official ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | Arabic ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Ba'ath Party
ⓘ
surface form:
Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party
|
| notableEvent |
arrest after the 2003 invasion of Iraq
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execution following conviction ⓘ trial for crimes against humanity ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being a top aide to Saddam Hussein
ⓘ
being executed after the fall of Saddam Hussein's regime ⓘ serving as Vice President of Iraq ⓘ |
| notableWork | role in Saddam Hussein's regime ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Ba'athist rule in Iraq
ⓘ
Ba'athist Iraq ⓘ
surface form:
Iraqi government under Saddam Hussein
|
| partOf |
Iraqi leadership during the 2003 invasion of Iraq
ⓘ
Iraqi leadership during the Gulf War ⓘ Iraqi leadership during the Iran–Iraq War ⓘ Saddam Hussein's inner circle ⓘ |
| penalty | death sentence ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment |
Arab nationalism
ⓘ
Ba'athism ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Deputy Prime Minister of Iraq
ⓘ
Vice President of Iraq ⓘ member of the Revolutionary Command Council of Iraq ⓘ senior official of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Iraq Region ⓘ |
| regionOfActivity |
Baghdad
ⓘ
Iraq ⓘ |
| subjectOf | trials of former Iraqi leaders after 2003 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Taha Yassin Ramadan Description of subject: Taha Yassin Ramadan was an Iraqi politician who served as one of Saddam Hussein’s closest aides and as Vice President of Iraq before being convicted and executed for crimes against humanity after the fall of his regime.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.