Herman Van Rompuy

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Belgian politician human politician

Herman Van Rompuy is a Belgian politician who served as the first full-time President of the European Council and previously as Prime Minister of Belgium.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Herman Van Rompuy canonical 4
Van Rompuy 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Belgian politician ⓘ
human ⓘ
politician ⓘ
appointedBy European Council ⓘ
birthDate 1947-10-31 ⓘ
birthPlace Belgium ⓘ
Brussels, Belgium ⓘ
surface form: Brussels

Etterbeek ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Belgium ⓘ
educatedAt Catholic University of Leuven ⓘ
KU Leuven ⓘ
endTime 2009-11-25 (as Prime Minister of Belgium) ⓘ
2014-11-30 (as President of the European Council) ⓘ
familyName Herman Van Rompuy self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Van Rompuy
fieldOfStudy economics ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
givenName Herman ⓘ
hasOccupation economist ⓘ
poet ⓘ
ideology Christian democracy ⓘ
memberOfPoliticalParty CD&V ⓘ
CD&V ⓘ
surface form: Christian Democratic and Flemish
name Herman Van Rompuy self-link ⓘ
nationality Belgian ⓘ
nativeLanguage Dutch ⓘ
notableFor being the first full-time President of the European Council ⓘ
serving as Prime Minister of Belgium ⓘ
notableWork haiku poetry ⓘ
positionHeld Member of the Chamber of Representatives of Belgium ⓘ
Member of the Flemish Parliament ⓘ
Minister of Budget of Belgium ⓘ
Minister of State (Belgium) ⓘ
President of the Chamber of Representatives of Belgium ⓘ
President of the European Council ⓘ
President of the European Council ⓘ
surface form: President of the European Council (2009–2014)

President of the European Council ⓘ
surface form: President of the European Council (first full-time)

President of the European Council of Ministers (informal) ⓘ
President of the European Council on a full-time basis ⓘ
Prime Minister of Belgium ⓘ
Prime Minister of Belgium (2008–2009) ⓘ
predecessor President of the European Council ⓘ
surface form: Fredrik Reinfeldt (as President of the European Council, rotating)

Guy Verhofstadt ⓘ
surface form: Guy Verhofstadt (as Prime Minister of Belgium, de facto via Yves Leterme)
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
residence Belgium ⓘ
spouse Geertrui Windels ⓘ
startTime 2008-12-30 (as Prime Minister of Belgium) ⓘ
2009-12-01 (as President of the European Council) ⓘ
successor Donald Tusk ⓘ
surface form: Donald Tusk (as President of the European Council)

Yves Leterme (as Prime Minister of Belgium) ⓘ
workLocation Brussels, Belgium ⓘ
surface form: Brussels

How these facts were elicited

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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10.

# Requirements
- If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list.
- If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list.
- Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf".
- Do not get too wordy.
- Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Herman Van Rompuy
Description of subject: Herman Van Rompuy is a Belgian politician who served as the first full-time President of the European Council and previously as Prime Minister of Belgium.

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

President of the European Council as chair → positionHeldBy → Herman Van Rompuy ⓘ
subject surface form: President of the European Council
President of the Chamber of Representatives (Belgium) → officeHoldersInclude → Herman Van Rompuy ⓘ
President of the European Council → officeHolder → Herman Van Rompuy ⓘ
Herman Van Rompuy → name → Herman Van Rompuy self-link ⓘ
Herman Van Rompuy → familyName → Herman Van Rompuy self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Van Rompuy