officeStart

P1383
predicate

Indicates the time or date at which an entity’s term, role, or period of holding office begins.

All labels observed (32)

Label Occurrences
officeStart canonical 1,418
officeAssumed 351
officeAssumedOn 82

Description generation (PDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the predicate name and this instruction.

Instruction
Given a predicate that represents a relationship or action between entities, generate a one-sentence description explaining its meaning.  
# Instructions
Focus on describing the relationship, not the entities themselves. 
# Response Format
Begin the description with \' Indicates...\'
Input
Predicate: officeStart
Generated description
Indicates the time or date at which an entity’s term, role, or period of holding office begins.

Sample triples (1,974)

Subject Object
Leszek Balcerowicz as Minister of Finance: 1989
Leszek Balcerowicz as Deputy Prime Minister: 1989
Leszek Balcerowicz as President of the National Bank of Poland: 2001
C. N. Annadurai 1967-03-06
Lee Hsien Loong Prime Minister of Singapore, 2004-08-12 via predicate surface "officeAssumed"
Tony Tan Keng Yam President of Singapore 2011
Tony Tan Keng Yam Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore 1995
Halimah Yacob President of Singapore via predicate surface "officeStartPosition"
Halimah Yacob Speaker of the Parliament of Singapore via predicate surface "officeStartPosition"
Saint Alfege Archbishop of Canterbury, 1006
Saint Alfege Bishop of Winchester, c. 984
Itamar Franco (as President of Brazil)
surface form: Itamar Franco
1992-12-29
Wasfi al-Tal 1962-01-28
Wasfi al-Tal 1965-02-13
Wasfi al-Tal 1970-10-28
José Ramos-Horta President of Timor-Leste, 2007
José Ramos-Horta Prime Minister of Timor-Leste, 2006
José Ramos-Horta President of Timor-Leste, 2022
Thomas Pinckney Governor of South Carolina, 1787
Thomas Pinckney U.S. Minister to Great Britain, 1792
Thomas Pinckney U.S. Minister to Spain, 1795
Sir Eric Drummond 1919-09-10
Smith Thompson (as Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court)
surface form: Smith Thompson
1823-09-01
Leszek Miller 2001-10-19
Park Geun-hye 2013-02-25
Seretse Khama 1966-09-30
Isaac Herzog President of Israel in 2021 via predicate surface "officeAssumed"
Publius Valerius Publicola 509 BC
Publius Valerius Publicola first consulship in 509 BC
William Russell Grace 1881
William Russell Grace 1885
William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne 1782
David Ford Minister of Justice for Northern Ireland in April 2010 via predicate surface "officeAssumed"
Tomás Mac Curtain 1920-01
Horst Köhler 2004-07-01
Patricia Guerrero Chief Justice of California via predicate surface "officeAssumed"
Abdel Fattah al-Burhan 2019-04-12 via predicate surface "officeAssumedOn"
Gafar Nimeiry 1969
Abdelaziz Bouteflika (attended but did not graduate)
surface form: Abdelaziz Bouteflika
President of Algeria, 27 April 1999
Abdelaziz Bouteflika (attended but did not graduate)
surface form: Abdelaziz Bouteflika
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Algeria, 1963
Governor William Berkeley
surface form: William Berkeley
1641
Governor William Berkeley
surface form: William Berkeley
1660
Naomi Long leader of the Alliance Party of Northern Ireland in 2016 via predicate surface "officeAssumed"
Naomi Long Minister of Justice for Northern Ireland in 2020 via predicate surface "officeAssumed"
Bill Beaumont World Rugby chairperson 2016 via predicate surface "officeAssumed"
Plutarco Elías Calles 1924-12-01
Agostinho Neto 1975-11-11 via predicate surface "officeAssumedOn"
José Eduardo dos Santos 1979 via predicate surface "startTimeInOffice"
Giani Zail Singh 25 July 1982
Giani Zail Singh Home Minister of India 14 January 1980