José María Figueres
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José María Figueres is a Costa Rican politician and former president known for his leadership in sustainable development and climate change initiatives.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| José María Figueres canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8800531 — 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: José María Figueres Context triple: [Carbon War Room, hasKeyPerson, José María Figueres]
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A.
José Figueres Ferrer
José Figueres Ferrer was a three-time president of Costa Rica best known for abolishing the country’s army and laying the foundations for its modern democratic and social welfare state.
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B.
Edmundo Fernández
Edmundo Fernández was a Venezuelan political figure who held office immediately before Rómulo Betancourt, a key leader in Venezuela’s transition to democracy.
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C.
Álvaro Arzú
Álvaro Arzú was a Guatemalan politician and former president best known for signing the 1996 peace accords that ended the country’s decades-long civil war.
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D.
Óscar Arias Sánchez
Óscar Arias Sánchez is a Costa Rican politician and Nobel Peace Prize–winning former president known for his role in promoting peace and democracy in Central America.
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E.
Mauricio Funes
Mauricio Funes is a Salvadoran journalist and politician who served as President of El Salvador from 2009 to 2014, representing the leftist Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN).
- 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: José María Figueres Target entity description: José María Figueres is a Costa Rican politician and former president known for his leadership in sustainable development and climate change initiatives.
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A.
José Figueres Ferrer
José Figueres Ferrer was a three-time president of Costa Rica best known for abolishing the country’s army and laying the foundations for its modern democratic and social welfare state.
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B.
Edmundo Fernández
Edmundo Fernández was a Venezuelan political figure who held office immediately before Rómulo Betancourt, a key leader in Venezuela’s transition to democracy.
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C.
Álvaro Arzú
Álvaro Arzú was a Guatemalan politician and former president best known for signing the 1996 peace accords that ended the country’s decades-long civil war.
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D.
Óscar Arias Sánchez
Óscar Arias Sánchez is a Costa Rican politician and Nobel Peace Prize–winning former president known for his role in promoting peace and democracy in Central America.
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E.
Mauricio Funes
Mauricio Funes is a Salvadoran journalist and politician who served as President of El Salvador from 2009 to 2014, representing the leftist Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN).
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
President of Costa Rica
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human ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1954-12-24 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | San José, Costa Rica NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| boardMemberOf |
Carbon War Room
NERFINISHED
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Rocky Mountain Institute NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chairpersonOf | Carbon War Room NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continentOfCitizenship | North America ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Costa Rica NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Harvard Kennedy School
NERFINISHED
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United States Military Academy at West Point NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | World Economic Forum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Figueres NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | José Figueres Ferrer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
climate change policy
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economic development ⓘ politics ⓘ sustainable development ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | José María NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSibling | Christiana Figueres NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
English
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Spanish ⓘ |
| memberOfPoliticalParty | National Liberation Party NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mother | Karen Olsen Beck NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement |
environmentalism
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sustainable development movement ⓘ |
| name | José María Figueres NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
advocacy on climate change
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leadership in sustainable development initiatives ⓘ |
| notableRelative |
Christiana Figueres
NERFINISHED
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José Figueres Ferrer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| officeEnd | 1998-05-08 ⓘ |
| officeStart | 1994-05-08 ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Costa Rican general election, 1994
NERFINISHED
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Costa Rican general election, 2022 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Chief Executive Officer of the World Economic Forum
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Minister of Agriculture and Livestock of Costa Rica ⓘ Minister of Foreign Trade of Costa Rica ⓘ President of Costa Rica NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| presidentNumber | 42nd President of Costa Rica ⓘ |
| relative | Christiana Figueres NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| residence | Costa Rica NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Geneva, Switzerland
NERFINISHED
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San José, Costa Rica NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: José María Figueres Description of subject: José María Figueres is a Costa Rican politician and former president known for his leadership in sustainable development and climate change initiatives.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.