Thomas Boni Yayi
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Thomas Boni Yayi is a Beninese economist and politician who served as President of Benin from 2006 to 2016.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Thomas Boni Yayi canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8353198 — 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: Thomas Boni Yayi Context triple: [Patrice Talon, predecessor, Thomas Boni Yayi]
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Blaise Compaoré
Blaise Compaoré is a Burkinabé politician and former president of Burkina Faso, known for seizing power in a 1987 coup and later playing a prominent regional role as a mediator in West African conflicts.
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B.
Laurent Gbagbo
Laurent Gbagbo is an Ivorian politician and former president of Côte d'Ivoire whose contested rule and refusal to cede power after elections played a central role in the country’s political crises and civil conflict.
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C.
Paul Biyoghé Mba
Paul Biyoghé Mba is a Gabonese politician who served as Prime Minister and has held several key governmental positions in Gabon.
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Bassirou Diomaye Faye
Bassirou Diomaye Faye is a Senegalese politician and former tax inspector who rose from opposition activism to become the country’s president on a reformist, anti-corruption platform.
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E.
Guillaume Soro
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- 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: Thomas Boni Yayi Target entity description: Thomas Boni Yayi is a Beninese economist and politician who served as President of Benin from 2006 to 2016.
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A.
Blaise Compaoré
Blaise Compaoré is a Burkinabé politician and former president of Burkina Faso, known for seizing power in a 1987 coup and later playing a prominent regional role as a mediator in West African conflicts.
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B.
Laurent Gbagbo
Laurent Gbagbo is an Ivorian politician and former president of Côte d'Ivoire whose contested rule and refusal to cede power after elections played a central role in the country’s political crises and civil conflict.
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C.
Paul Biyoghé Mba
Paul Biyoghé Mba is a Gabonese politician who served as Prime Minister and has held several key governmental positions in Gabon.
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D.
Bassirou Diomaye Faye
Bassirou Diomaye Faye is a Senegalese politician and former tax inspector who rose from opposition activism to become the country’s president on a reformist, anti-corruption platform.
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E.
Guillaume Soro
Guillaume Soro is an Ivorian politician and former rebel leader who served as prime minister and later speaker of the National Assembly, playing a central role in his country’s turbulent political and military crises.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
economist
ⓘ
human ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| continentOfCitizenship | Africa ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | Benin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Benin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1952-07-01 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Paris Dauphine University
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
University of Dakar NERFINISHED ⓘ University of Orléans NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| electionOutcome2006PresidentialElection | won ⓘ |
| electionOutcome2011PresidentialElection | won ⓘ |
| endTime | 2016-04-06 ⓘ |
| familyName | Boni Yayi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfStudy | economics ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Thomas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| headOfGovernmentOf | Benin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| honorificTitle | His Excellency ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
Fon
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
French ⓘ |
| name | Thomas Boni Yayi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | French ⓘ |
| notableFor |
democratic transition of power in 2016
ⓘ
economic reforms in Benin ⓘ |
| notableOffice | Head of State of Benin ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 5 ⓘ |
| occupation |
economist
ⓘ
politician ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Tchaourou NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment | independent politician ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
President of Benin
ⓘ
President of the West African Development Bank NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | Mathieu Kérékou NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ranForOffice |
2006 Beninese presidential election
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
2011 Beninese presidential election ⓘ |
| regionOfActivity | West Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| residenceDuringPresidency | Cotonou NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Chantal de Souza Yayi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startTime | 2006-04-06 ⓘ |
| succeededBy | Patrice Talon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| termCountAsPresidentOfBenin | 2 ⓘ |
| termEndAsPresidentOfBenin | 2016 ⓘ |
| termEndAsPresidentOfWestAfricanDevelopmentBank | 2006 ⓘ |
| termStartAsPresidentOfBenin | 2006 ⓘ |
| termStartAsPresidentOfWestAfricanDevelopmentBank | 1994 ⓘ |
| workedFor | West African Development Bank NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Thomas Boni Yayi Description of subject: Thomas Boni Yayi is a Beninese economist and politician who served as President of Benin from 2006 to 2016.
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