Blaise Compaoré
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Blaise Compaoré is a Burkinabé politician and former president of Burkina Faso, known for seizing power in a 1987 coup and later playing a prominent regional role as a mediator in West African conflicts.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Blaise Compaoré canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5409997 — 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: Blaise Compaoré Context triple: [First Ivorian Civil War, peaceProcessMediator, Blaise Compaoré]
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A.
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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B.
Patrice Talon
Patrice Talon is a Beninese businessman and politician who has served as the President of Benin since 2016.
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C.
Paul Biyoghé Mba
Paul Biyoghé Mba is a Gabonese politician who served as Prime Minister and has held several key governmental positions in Gabon.
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D.
Isaach de Bankolé
Isaach de Bankolé is an Ivorian-French actor known for his distinctive presence in international cinema, including prominent roles in several of Jim Jarmusch’s films.
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E.
Abdoulaye Wade
Abdoulaye Wade is a Senegalese politician and lawyer who served as President of Senegal from 2000 to 2012 and played a prominent role in the country’s political liberalization and infrastructure development.
- 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: Blaise Compaoré Target entity description: Blaise Compaoré is a Burkinabé politician and former president of Burkina Faso, known for seizing power in a 1987 coup and later playing a prominent regional role as a mediator in West African conflicts.
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A.
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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B.
Patrice Talon
Patrice Talon is a Beninese businessman and politician who has served as the President of Benin since 2016.
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C.
Paul Biyoghé Mba
Paul Biyoghé Mba is a Gabonese politician who served as Prime Minister and has held several key governmental positions in Gabon.
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D.
Isaach de Bankolé
Isaach de Bankolé is an Ivorian-French actor known for his distinctive presence in international cinema, including prominent roles in several of Jim Jarmusch’s films.
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E.
Abdoulaye Wade
Abdoulaye Wade is a Senegalese politician and lawyer who served as President of Senegal from 2000 to 2012 and played a prominent role in the country’s political liberalization and infrastructure development.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
head of state
ⓘ
human ⓘ military officer ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| allegedInvolvementIn | assassination of Thomas Sankara ⓘ |
| cameToPowerBy | coup d’état ⓘ |
| continentOfCitizenship | Africa ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | Burkina Faso NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Burkina Faso NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coupYear | 1987 ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1951-02-03 ⓘ |
| exileStatus | in exile in Côte d’Ivoire ⓘ |
| familyName | Compaoré NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fledTo | Côte d’Ivoire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Blaise NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| headOfGovernmentOf | Burkina Faso NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| headOfStateOf | Burkina Faso NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | French ⓘ |
| mediatedIn |
Ivorian Civil War
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Malian political crisis NERFINISHED ⓘ Togo political crisis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryRank | captain ⓘ |
| name | Blaise Compaoré NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
long-time presidency of Burkina Faso
ⓘ
regional mediation in West African conflicts ⓘ |
| occupation |
politician
ⓘ
soldier ⓘ |
| officeEnd |
President of Burkina Faso 2014
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Prime Minister of Burkina Faso 1984 ⓘ |
| officeStart |
President of Burkina Faso 1987
ⓘ
Prime Minister of Burkina Faso 1983 ⓘ |
| overthrew | Thomas Sankara NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Upper Volta
NERFINISHED
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Ziniaré NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalParty |
Congress for Democracy and Progress
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
National Council of the Revolution NERFINISHED ⓘ Popular Front NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
President of Burkina Faso
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
President of the Congress for Democracy and Progress ⓘ Prime Minister of Burkina Faso ⓘ |
| reasonForResignation | popular uprising in Burkina Faso ⓘ |
| receivedCitizenship | Ivorian citizenship ⓘ |
| regionOfActivity | West Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| resignedFromOffice | 2014 ⓘ |
| roleIn | Burkinabé Revolution NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse | Chantal Compaoré NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Blaise Compaoré Description of subject: Blaise Compaoré is a Burkinabé politician and former president of Burkina Faso, known for seizing power in a 1987 coup and later playing a prominent regional role as a mediator in West African conflicts.
Referenced by (3)
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