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Jean-Bédel Bokassa

1921 - 1996

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Jean-Bédel Bokassa ([ʒɑ̃ bedɛl bɔkasa] ; 22 February 1921 – 3 November 1996) was a Central African politician and military officer who served as the second president of the Central African Republic (CAR), after seizing power in the Saint-Sylvestre coup d'état on 1 January 1966. He later established the Central African Empire (CAE) with himself as emperor, reigning as Bokassa I until his overthrow in a 1979 coup. Of this period, Bokassa served about eleven years as president and three years as self-proclaimed Emperor of Central Africa, though the country was still a de facto military dictatorship. His "imperial" regime lasted from 4 December 1976 to 21 September 1979. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jean-Bédel Bokassa is the 468th most popular politician (up from 1,040th in 2019), the most popular biography from Central African Republic and the most popular Central African Politician.

Jean-Bédel Bokassa was the president of the Central African Republic from 1966 to 1979. He is most famous for being the first person to declare himself emperor of the Central African Republic.

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Among politicians, Jean-Bédel Bokassa ranks 468 out of 19,576. Before him are Pertinax, Alfred the Great, Willy Brandt, Toghon Temür, Nawaz Sharif, and Volodymyr Zelensky. After him are Vitellius, Frederick William II of Prussia, Macbeth, King of Scotland, John Adams, Alexander Lukashenko, and Paul I of Russia.

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Among people born in 1921, Jean-Bédel Bokassa ranks 5. Before him are Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, John Glenn, Alexander Dubček, and Charles Bronson. After him are Michael I of Romania, Kocheril R. Narayanan, Suharto, Andrei Sakharov, Astor Piazzolla, Stanisław Lem, and Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg. Among people deceased in 1996, Jean-Bédel Bokassa ranks 5. Before him are Baba Vanga, François Mitterrand, Marcello Mastroianni, and Nevill Francis Mott. After him are Tupac Shakur, Tadeusz Reichstein, Thomas Kuhn, Carl Sagan, Gladwyn Jebb, Mohammad Najibullah, and Krzysztof Kieślowski.

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In Central African Republic

Among people born in Central African Republic, Jean-Bédel Bokassa ranks 1 out of 22. After him are David Dacko (1930), Faustin-Archange Touadéra (1957), Barthélemy Boganda (1910), Michel Djotodia (1949), Ange-Félix Patassé (1937), André Kolingba (1936), Elisabeth Domitien (1925), Dieudonné Nzapalainga (1967), Félix Moloua (null), Abel Goumba (1926), and Nathalie Tauziat (1967).

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Among POLITICIANS In Central African Republic

Among politicians born in Central African Republic, Jean-Bédel Bokassa ranks 1. After him are David Dacko (1930), Faustin-Archange Touadéra (1957), Barthélemy Boganda (1910), Michel Djotodia (1949), Ange-Félix Patassé (1937), André Kolingba (1936), Elisabeth Domitien (1925), Félix Moloua (null), Abel Goumba (1926), Nicolas Tiangaye (1956), and Élie Doté (1948).

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