Ursula von der Leyen
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Ursula von der Leyen is a German politician who has served as President of the European Commission, making her one of the most influential leaders in the European Union.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ursula von der Leyen canonical | 9 |
| Heiko von der Leyen | 1 |
| von der Leyen | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T633891 — 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: Ursula von der Leyen Context triple: [Forbes list of the World's 100 Most Powerful Women, hasNotableListMember, Ursula von der Leyen]
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A.
Jeroen Dijsselbloem
Jeroen Dijsselbloem is a Dutch Labour Party politician and economist who served as the Netherlands’ Minister of Finance and as president of the Eurogroup during the eurozone debt crisis.
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B.
Frans Timmermans
Frans Timmermans is a Dutch Labour Party politician and diplomat who has served in prominent national and European roles, including as European Commissioner and Executive Vice-President of the European Commission.
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C.
Angela Merkel
Angela Merkel is a German politician who served as Chancellor of Germany from 2005 to 2021 and became one of the most influential leaders in Europe and the world.
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D.
Olaf Scholz
Olaf Scholz is a German politician from the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has served as Chancellor of Germany since 2021.
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E.
Frank-Walter Steinmeier
Frank-Walter Steinmeier is a German politician and diplomat who has served as the President of Germany since 2017 and was previously the country’s foreign minister.
- 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: Ursula von der Leyen Target entity description: Ursula von der Leyen is a German politician who has served as President of the European Commission, making her one of the most influential leaders in the European Union.
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A.
Jeroen Dijsselbloem
Jeroen Dijsselbloem is a Dutch Labour Party politician and economist who served as the Netherlands’ Minister of Finance and as president of the Eurogroup during the eurozone debt crisis.
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B.
Frans Timmermans
Frans Timmermans is a Dutch Labour Party politician and diplomat who has served in prominent national and European roles, including as European Commissioner and Executive Vice-President of the European Commission.
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C.
Angela Merkel
Angela Merkel is a German politician who served as Chancellor of Germany from 2005 to 2021 and became one of the most influential leaders in Europe and the world.
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D.
Olaf Scholz
Olaf Scholz is a German politician from the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has served as Chancellor of Germany since 2021.
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E.
Frank-Walter Steinmeier
Frank-Walter Steinmeier is a German politician and diplomat who has served as the President of Germany since 2017 and was previously the country’s foreign minister.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
European Commission President
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German politician ⓘ human ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| academicDegree | Doctor of Medicine ⓘ |
| appointedBy | European Council as President of the European Commission ⓘ |
| confirmedBy | European Parliament as President of the European Commission ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Germany ⓘ |
| countryOfResidence | Germany ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1958-10-08 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Hannover Medical School
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London School of Economics ⓘ University of Göttingen ⓘ University of Münster ⓘ |
| familyName |
Ursula von der Leyen
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
von der Leyen
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| father | Ernst Albrecht ⓘ |
| fatherOccupation | politician ⓘ |
| fieldOfStudy | medicine ⓘ |
| givenName | Ursula ⓘ |
| hasLivedIn |
Brussels, Belgium
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surface form:
Brussels
Hanover ⓘ London, England ⓘ
surface form:
London
|
| languagesSpoken |
English
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French ⓘ German ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Bundestag
ⓘ
Christian Democratic Union of Germany ⓘ |
| memberOfPoliticalParty | Christian Democratic Union of Germany ⓘ |
| name | Ursula von der Leyen self-link ⓘ |
| nationality | German ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | German ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being one of the most influential leaders in the European Union
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being the first female President of the European Commission ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 7 ⓘ |
| occupation |
physician
ⓘ
politician ⓘ |
| officeAssumed | President of the European Commission on 2019-12-01 ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Belgium
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Brussels, Belgium ⓘ
surface form:
Brussels
|
| politicalAlignment | centre-right ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Federal Minister for Women and Youth
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surface form:
Federal Minister of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth of Germany
Federal Minister of Labour and Social Affairs of Germany ⓘ Member of the Bundestag ⓘ Minister of Defence of Germany ⓘ President of the European Commission ⓘ |
| precededBy | Jean-Claude Juncker as President of the European Commission ⓘ |
| religion | Protestantism ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| spouse |
Ursula von der Leyen
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Heiko von der Leyen
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| workLocation |
Berlin
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Brussels, Belgium ⓘ
surface form:
Brussels
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How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Ursula von der Leyen Description of subject: Ursula von der Leyen is a German politician who has served as President of the European Commission, making her one of the most influential leaders in the European Union.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
von der Leyen
this entity surface form:
Heiko von der Leyen