Rupiah Banda
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Rupiah Banda was a Zambian politician who served as the country's president from 2008 to 2011.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Rupiah Banda canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4605835 — 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: Rupiah Banda Context triple: [President of Zambia, officeHoldersInclude, Rupiah Banda]
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Samaratungga
Samaratungga was a 9th-century Javanese king of the Sailendra dynasty best known for commissioning the construction of the monumental Borobudur Buddhist temple in Central Java.
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B.
Tidore
Tidore is an island and historic sultanate in eastern Indonesia that was once a major center of the regional spice trade.
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C.
Tan Malaka
Tan Malaka was an influential Indonesian Marxist thinker, revolutionary leader, and nationalist who played a key role in the struggle against Dutch colonial rule and in shaping early Indonesian political thought.
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D.
Maufra
Maufra is a French surname most notably associated with the landscape painter and printmaker Maxime Maufra, linked to the Impressionist and Pont-Aven movements.
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E.
Ranu Kumbolo
Ranu Kumbolo is a scenic high-altitude lake in East Java, Indonesia, popular as a rest and camping spot for hikers on the route to Mount Semeru.
- 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: Rupiah Banda Target entity description: Rupiah Banda was a Zambian politician who served as the country's president from 2008 to 2011.
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A.
Samaratungga
Samaratungga was a 9th-century Javanese king of the Sailendra dynasty best known for commissioning the construction of the monumental Borobudur Buddhist temple in Central Java.
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B.
Tidore
Tidore is an island and historic sultanate in eastern Indonesia that was once a major center of the regional spice trade.
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C.
Tan Malaka
Tan Malaka was an influential Indonesian Marxist thinker, revolutionary leader, and nationalist who played a key role in the struggle against Dutch colonial rule and in shaping early Indonesian political thought.
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D.
Maufra
Maufra is a French surname most notably associated with the landscape painter and printmaker Maxime Maufra, linked to the Impressionist and Pont-Aven movements.
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E.
Ranu Kumbolo
Ranu Kumbolo is a scenic high-altitude lake in East Java, Indonesia, popular as a rest and camping spot for hikers on the route to Mount Semeru.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
President of Zambia
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head of state ⓘ human ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| burial place | Embassy Park Presidential Burial Site, Lusaka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cause of death | colon cancer ⓘ |
| continent of citizenship | Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country of birth | Southern Rhodesia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country of citizenship | Zambia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| date of birth | 1937-02-19 ⓘ |
| date of death | 2022-03-11 ⓘ |
| educated at |
Rusangu University
NERFINISHED
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University of Lund NERFINISHED ⓘ University of Zambia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| election |
2008 Zambian presidential election
ⓘ
2011 Zambian general election NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnic group | Chewa people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| head of government of | Zambia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| honorific prefix | His Excellency ⓘ |
| inferred political orientation | centrist ⓘ |
| language spoken |
Chewa
ⓘ
English ⓘ |
| member of political party | Movement for Multi-Party Democracy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notable event |
acted as President following Levy Mwanawasa’s illness and death
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defeat in 2011 election by Michael Sata ⓘ |
| notable work | oversaw economic growth in Zambia during global financial crisis ⓘ |
| number of children | 8 ⓘ |
| officeEnd | 2011-09-23 ⓘ |
| officeStart | 2008-11-02 ⓘ |
| place of birth | Gwanda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| place of death | Lusaka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| position held |
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Zambia
ⓘ
President of Zambia ⓘ Vice President of Zambia NERFINISHED ⓘ Zambian Ambassador to Egypt ⓘ Zambian Ambassador to the United States ⓘ Zambian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom ⓘ |
| preceded by | Levy Mwanawasa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| residence | Lusaka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Hope Mwansa Makulu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| succeeded by | Michael Sata NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| term in office | Fourth President of Zambia ⓘ |
| worked as |
businessperson
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diplomat ⓘ farmer ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Rupiah Banda Description of subject: Rupiah Banda was a Zambian politician who served as the country's president from 2008 to 2011.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.