Charles Debbas
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Charles Debbas was a Lebanese statesman and lawyer who became the first president of the Lebanese Republic under the French Mandate in the early 20th century.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Charles Debbas canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9517659 — 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: Charles Debbas Context triple: [President of Lebanon, firstHolder, Charles Debbas]
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A.
Vincent Baudriller
Vincent Baudriller is a French theater director and cultural manager best known for his leadership roles at major European performing arts institutions, including the Festival d’Avignon and the Théâtre de Vidy in Lausanne.
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B.
Gabriel Le Duc
Gabriel Le Duc was a 17th-century French architect best known for his work on the Val-de-Grâce church and complex in Paris.
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C.
Gil Renard
Gil Renard is the obsessive, mentally unstable baseball fan and knife salesman portrayed by Robert De Niro in the 1996 psychological thriller film "The Fan."
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D.
Raymond Aubrac
Raymond Aubrac was a prominent French engineer and Resistance leader during World War II, known for his role in organizing underground networks against the Nazi occupation and the Vichy regime.
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E.
Hervé
Hervé is a French given name, often considered a variant of the English name Harvey, and is commonly used for males in French-speaking regions.
- 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: Charles Debbas Target entity description: Charles Debbas was a Lebanese statesman and lawyer who became the first president of the Lebanese Republic under the French Mandate in the early 20th century.
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A.
Vincent Baudriller
Vincent Baudriller is a French theater director and cultural manager best known for his leadership roles at major European performing arts institutions, including the Festival d’Avignon and the Théâtre de Vidy in Lausanne.
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B.
Gabriel Le Duc
Gabriel Le Duc was a 17th-century French architect best known for his work on the Val-de-Grâce church and complex in Paris.
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C.
Gil Renard
Gil Renard is the obsessive, mentally unstable baseball fan and knife salesman portrayed by Robert De Niro in the 1996 psychological thriller film "The Fan."
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D.
Raymond Aubrac
Raymond Aubrac was a prominent French engineer and Resistance leader during World War II, known for his role in organizing underground networks against the Nazi occupation and the Vichy regime.
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E.
Hervé
Hervé is a French given name, often considered a variant of the English name Harvey, and is commonly used for males in French-speaking regions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
head of state
ⓘ
human ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| appointedBy |
French High Commissioner for the Levant
ⓘ
linked to:
High Commissioner of the Levant
|
| birthDate | 1885-04-16 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Beirut ⓘ |
| constitutionalRole | first president under the 1926 Lebanese Constitution ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| country | Lebanon ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Lebanon ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1935-08-07 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Beirut ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Saint Joseph University
ⓘ
linked to:
Université Saint-Joseph
University of Paris ⓘ |
| endTime | 1934-01-02 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Greek Orthodox Christian Lebanese ⓘ |
| familyName | Debbas ⓘ |
| fieldOfStudy | law ⓘ |
| givenName | Charles ⓘ |
| headOfGovernment |
Auguste Adib Pacha
ⓘ
Ayoub Tabet ⓘ Béchara El Khoury ⓘ
linked to:
Bechara El Khoury
Habib Pacha Es-Saad ⓘ Émile Eddé ⓘ
linked to:
Emile Eddé
|
| languageSpoken |
Arabic
ⓘ
French ⓘ Greek ⓘ |
| legalProfession | barrister ⓘ |
| mandateContext |
French Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon
ⓘ
linked to:
French Mandate for Syria and Lebanon
|
| memberOf | Lebanese Parliament ⓘ |
| name | Charles Debbas ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being the first President of the Lebanese Republic
ⓘ
presiding over Lebanon during the early years of the French Mandate constitution ⓘ |
| occupation |
lawyer
ⓘ
politician ⓘ |
| office |
President of the Lebanese Republic
ⓘ
President of the State of Greater Lebanon ⓘ |
| parliamentaryTerm | first Lebanese Parliament under the 1926 constitution ⓘ |
| placeOfBurial | Beirut ⓘ |
| politicalSystem | confessional political system in Lebanon ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
President of Lebanon
ⓘ
Speaker of the Lebanese Parliament ⓘ
linked to:
Speaker of the Parliament of Lebanon
|
| precededBy | office created ⓘ |
| regionOfActivity | Greater Lebanon ⓘ |
| religion |
Greek Orthodox Christianity
ⓘ
linked to:
Greek Orthodox Church
|
| residence | Beirut ⓘ |
| startTime | 1926-05-26 ⓘ |
| succeededBy | Habib Pacha Es-Saad ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Charles Debbas Description of subject: Charles Debbas was a Lebanese statesman and lawyer who became the first president of the Lebanese Republic under the French Mandate in the early 20th century.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.