Ban Ki-moon

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Secretary-General of the United Nations diplomat human politician

Ban Ki-moon is a South Korean diplomat who served as the eighth Secretary-General of the United Nations from 2007 to 2016.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Ban Ki-moon canonical	37
Ban Ki-moon (honorary doctorate, not student)	1
Madame Ban Ki-moon	1
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon	1
반기문	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T33776 — 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: Ban Ki-moon
Context triple: [António Guterres, precededBy, Ban Ki-moon]

A. António Guterres
António Guterres is a Portuguese politician and diplomat who has served as the ninth Secretary-General of the United Nations and was formerly Prime Minister of Portugal and UN High Commissioner for Refugees.
B. Boutros Boutros-Ghali
Boutros Boutros-Ghali was an Egyptian diplomat and statesman best known for serving as the sixth Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1992 to 1996.
C. Luceal Guterres
Luceal Guterres is the wife of António Guterres, the Portuguese politician and diplomat serving as Secretary-General of the United Nations.
D. Samantha Power
Samantha Power is an Irish-American diplomat, academic, and former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, renowned for her work on human rights and genocide.
E. Secretary-General of the United Nations
The Secretary-General of the United Nations is the chief administrative officer and de facto spokesperson of the UN, responsible for providing leadership, diplomacy, and coordination among member states on global issues.
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: Ban Ki-moon
Target entity description: Ban Ki-moon is a South Korean diplomat who served as the eighth Secretary-General of the United Nations from 2007 to 2016.

A. António Guterres
António Guterres is a Portuguese politician and diplomat who has served as the ninth Secretary-General of the United Nations and was formerly Prime Minister of Portugal and UN High Commissioner for Refugees.
B. Boutros Boutros-Ghali
Boutros Boutros-Ghali was an Egyptian diplomat and statesman best known for serving as the sixth Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1992 to 1996.
C. Luceal Guterres
Luceal Guterres is the wife of António Guterres, the Portuguese politician and diplomat serving as Secretary-General of the United Nations.
D. Samantha Power
Samantha Power is an Irish-American diplomat, academic, and former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, renowned for her work on human rights and genocide.
E. Secretary-General of the United Nations
The Secretary-General of the United Nations is the chief administrative officer and de facto spokesperson of the UN, responsible for providing leadership, diplomacy, and coordination among member states on global issues.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ diplomat ⓘ human ⓘ politician ⓘ
almaMater	Harvard University ⓘ Seoul National University ⓘ
appointedBy	United Nations General Assembly ⓘ
awardReceived	Grand Croix de la Légion d'honneur ⓘ surface form: Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour James A. Van Fleet Award ⓘ Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ surface form: Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany Order of Service Merit (South Korea) ⓘ Seoul Peace Prize ⓘ
birthDate	1944-06-13 ⓘ
birthPlace	Eumseong County, Chungcheongbuk-do, Korea ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	South Korea ⓘ
fieldOfStudy	international relations ⓘ
gender	male ⓘ
knownFor	climate change diplomacy ⓘ promotion of the Sustainable Development Goals ⓘ serving as eighth Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
languageSpoken	English ⓘ French ⓘ Korean ⓘ
memberOf	Democratic Party (South Korea, historical) ⓘ
name	Ban Ki-moon self-link ⓘ
nationality	South Korean ⓘ
nativeName	Ban Ki-moon self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: 반기문
notableWork	Sustainable Development Goals advocacy ⓘ United Nations climate change initiatives ⓘ
numberOfChildren	3 ⓘ
occupation	civil servant ⓘ diplomat ⓘ politician ⓘ
orderInOffice	8th Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
positionHeld	Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade of South Korea ⓘ President of the United Nations General Assembly ⓘ surface form: President of the 56th Session of the United Nations General Assembly Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
postUNRole	chair of the Global Green Growth Institute Council ⓘ co-chair of the Ban Ki-moon Centre for Global Citizens ⓘ
predecessor	Kofi Annan ⓘ
religion	Protestantism ⓘ
residenceDuringUNTerm	New York City ⓘ
spouse	Yoo Soon-taek ⓘ
successor	António Guterres ⓘ
termEnd	2016-12-31 ⓘ
termStart	2007-01-01 ⓘ
UNSecretaryGeneralNumber	8 ⓘ
UNSecretaryGeneralTermEnd	2016-12-31 ⓘ
UNSecretaryGeneralTermStart	2007-01-01 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (41)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

António Guterres → precededBy → Ban Ki-moon ⓘ

Order of the Aztec Eagle → notableRecipient → Ban Ki-moon ⓘ

Humboldt University of Berlin → hasNotableAlumni → Ban Ki-moon ⓘ

Four Freedoms Award → hasRecipient → Ban Ki-moon ⓘ

The Elders → hasMember → Ban Ki-moon ⓘ

The Elders → hasChairperson → Ban Ki-moon ⓘ

Ban Ki-moon → name → Ban Ki-moon self-link ⓘ

Ban Ki-moon → nativeName → Ban Ki-moon self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: 반기문

2014 UN Climate Summit → hostedBy → Ban Ki-moon ⓘ

this entity surface form: United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon

Uppsala University → hasNotableAlumnus → Ban Ki-moon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ban Ki-moon (honorary doctorate, not student)

Lakhdar Brahimi → appointedBy → Ban Ki-moon ⓘ

Eumseong County, Chungcheongbuk-do, Korea → hasNotablePerson → Ban Ki-moon ⓘ

subject surface form: Eumseong County

James A. Van Fleet Award → notableRecipient → Ban Ki-moon ⓘ

Seoul Peace Prize → notableRecipient → Ban Ki-moon ⓘ

Yoo Soon-taek → spouse → Ban Ki-moon ⓘ

Yoo Soon-taek → lifePartner → Ban Ki-moon ⓘ

Foreign Policy Association Medal → notableRecipient → Ban Ki-moon ⓘ

Gottlieb Duttweiler Prize → notableRecipient → Ban Ki-moon ⓘ

United Nations Mission for Ebola Emergency Response → foundedBy → Ban Ki-moon ⓘ

2009 United Nations Climate Change Conference → attendee → Ban Ki-moon ⓘ

Nelson Mandela memorial service 2013 → notableAttendee → Ban Ki-moon ⓘ

Nelson Mandela memorial service 2013 → notableSpeaker → Ban Ki-moon ⓘ

Elders (organization) → notableMember → Ban Ki-moon ⓘ

subject surface form: The Elders

Elders (organization) → chairperson → Ban Ki-moon ⓘ

subject surface form: The Elders

Jan Eliasson → UNSecretaryGeneralServedUnder → Ban Ki-moon ⓘ

School of International and Public Affairs → hasAlumni → Ban Ki-moon ⓘ

Eumseong County → birthplaceOf → Ban Ki-moon ⓘ

Eumseong County → hasNotablePerson → Ban Ki-moon ⓘ

Ban Woo-hyun → father → Ban Ki-moon ⓘ

Ban Woo-hyun → relative → Ban Ki-moon ⓘ

Madame Ban → spouse → Ban Ki-moon ⓘ

subject surface form: Yoo Soon-taek

Madame Ban → otherName → Ban Ki-moon ⓘ

subject surface form: Yoo Soon-taek

this entity surface form: Madame Ban Ki-moon

Ban Ki-moon Centre for Global Citizens (informal association through spouse) → founder → Ban Ki-moon ⓘ