Jorge Rafael Videla
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Jorge Rafael Videla was an Argentine military officer and dictator who led the country’s 1976–1981 military junta, overseeing a brutal campaign of state terrorism known as the "Dirty War."
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jorge Rafael Videla canonical | 9 |
| Jorge Rafael Videla Redondo | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6828011 — 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: Jorge Rafael Videla Context triple: [Colegio Nacional de Buenos Aires, hasAlumnus, Jorge Rafael Videla]
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A.
Leopoldo Galtieri
Leopoldo Galtieri was an Argentine military general and de facto president best known for leading Argentina during the 1982 Falklands War against the United Kingdom.
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B.
Gabriel González Videla
Gabriel González Videla was a Chilean politician and lawyer who served as President of Chile from 1946 to 1952.
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C.
Tomás Allende Pesce
Tomás Allende Pesce was a Chilean politician and diplomat, and a member of the prominent Allende family.
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D.
Juan Domingo Perón
Juan Domingo Perón was a three-time president of Argentina and influential populist leader whose Peronist movement reshaped the country’s political and social landscape in the mid-20th century.
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E.
Torcuato Fernández-Miranda
Torcuato Fernández-Miranda was a Spanish jurist and politician who played a pivotal behind-the-scenes role in dismantling Francoist institutions and legally enabling Spain’s transition to parliamentary democracy.
- 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: Jorge Rafael Videla Target entity description: Jorge Rafael Videla was an Argentine military officer and dictator who led the country’s 1976–1981 military junta, overseeing a brutal campaign of state terrorism known as the "Dirty War."
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A.
Leopoldo Galtieri
Leopoldo Galtieri was an Argentine military general and de facto president best known for leading Argentina during the 1982 Falklands War against the United Kingdom.
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B.
Gabriel González Videla
Gabriel González Videla was a Chilean politician and lawyer who served as President of Chile from 1946 to 1952.
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C.
Tomás Allende Pesce
Tomás Allende Pesce was a Chilean politician and diplomat, and a member of the prominent Allende family.
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D.
Juan Domingo Perón
Juan Domingo Perón was a three-time president of Argentina and influential populist leader whose Peronist movement reshaped the country’s political and social landscape in the mid-20th century.
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E.
Torcuato Fernández-Miranda
Torcuato Fernández-Miranda was a Spanish jurist and politician who played a pivotal behind-the-scenes role in dismantling Francoist institutions and legally enabling Spain’s transition to parliamentary democracy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (60)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
dictator
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head of state ⓘ human ⓘ military officer ⓘ war criminal ⓘ |
| activeYears | 1944–1981 ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1925-08-02 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Mercedes, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
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linked to:
Mercedes, Buenos Aires
|
| cameToPowerBy | military coup d’état ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | natural causes ⓘ |
| convictedOf |
crimes against humanity
ⓘ
human rights violations ⓘ kidnapping of minors ⓘ torture ⓘ |
| convictionStatus | sentenced to life imprisonment ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Argentina ⓘ |
| coupDate | 1976-03-24 ⓘ |
| deathDate | 2013-05-17 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Marcos Paz, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina ⓘ |
| education | Colegio Militar de la Nación ⓘ |
| estimatedVictims | thousands of disappeared persons ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Argentine of Spanish descent ⓘ |
| familyName | Videla ⓘ |
| fullName |
Jorge Rafael Videla Redondo
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linked to:
Jorge Rafael Videla
|
| givenName | Jorge ⓘ |
| government | National Reorganization Process ⓘ |
| ideology |
anti-communism
ⓘ
right-wing authoritarianism ⓘ |
| leaderOf |
Argentine military junta
ⓘ
National Reorganization Process ⓘ |
| memberOf | Argentine Army ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | Infantry ⓘ |
| militaryRank | Lieutenant General ⓘ |
| notableFor |
leading the 1976–1981 Argentine military dictatorship
ⓘ
role in the Dirty War ⓘ state terrorism in Argentina ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 7 ⓘ |
| occupation |
military officer
ⓘ
politician ⓘ |
| opposedBy |
Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo
ⓘ
human rights organizations ⓘ |
| partOf | Operation Condor ⓘ |
| periodOfRule | Dirty War ⓘ |
| placeOfDetention | Marcos Paz prison ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Commander-in-Chief of the Argentine Army
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President of Argentina ⓘ de facto head of the National Reorganization Process ⓘ |
| precededBy | Isabel Perón ⓘ |
| recognizedBy |
United States government (initially)
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linked to:
United States government
several Western governments ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
extrajudicial killings
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forced disappearances in Argentina ⓘ illegal appropriation of babies of disappeared detainees ⓘ torture of political opponents ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse | Alicia Raquel Hartridge ⓘ |
| succeededBy | Roberto Eduardo Viola ⓘ |
| termEnd | 1981-03-29 ⓘ |
| termStart | 1976-03-29 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Jorge Rafael Videla Description of subject: Jorge Rafael Videla was an Argentine military officer and dictator who led the country’s 1976–1981 military junta, overseeing a brutal campaign of state terrorism known as the "Dirty War."
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Argentine military dictatorship (National Reorganization Process)
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headOfState
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Jorge Rafael Videla
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linked to: Jorge Rafael Videla
subject linked to:
Juicio a las Juntas (Trial of the Juntas)
subject linked to:
Juicio a las Juntas (Trial of the Juntas)