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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 political and military leader. He became the second president of the Central African Republic (CAR) after seizing power in the Saint-Sylvestre coup d'état on 1 January 1966. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jean-Bédel Bokassa has received more than 2,199,655 page views. His biography is available in 69 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 67 in 2019). Jean-Bédel Bokassa is the 1,040th most popular politician (down from 640th 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

Among politicians, Jean-Bédel Bokassa ranks 1,040 out of 19,576. Before him are Ptolemy VIII Physcon, Ferdinand VI of Spain, Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, Irma Grese, and Saud of Saudi Arabia. After him are Louis V of France, Gustáv Husák, Liu Shaoqi, John VIII Palaiologos, Frederick VII of Denmark, and Abdelaziz Bouteflika.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Jean-Bédel Bokassa ranks 15. Before him are Astor Piazzolla, Giulietta Masina, Fawzia Fuad of Egypt, John Rawls, Simone Signoret, and Fahd of Saudi Arabia. After him are Sophie Scholl, Hua Guofeng, Friedrich Dürrenmatt, Joseph Beuys, Peter Ustinov, and Gunnar Nordahl. Among people deceased in 1996, Jean-Bédel Bokassa ranks 10. Before him are Baba Vanga, Thomas Kuhn, Carl Sagan, Marguerite Duras, Krzysztof Kieślowski, and Dzhokhar Dudayev. After him are Joseph Brodsky, Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Whittle, Tadeusz Reichstein, René Lacoste, and Paul Erdős.

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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), André Kolingba (1936), Ange-Félix Patassé (1937), Michel Djotodia (1949), Félix Moloua (null), Abel Goumba (1926), Elisabeth Domitien (1925), Nathalie Tauziat (1967), and Dieudonné Nzapalainga (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), André Kolingba (1936), Ange-Félix Patassé (1937), Michel Djotodia (1949), Félix Moloua (null), Abel Goumba (1926), Elisabeth Domitien (1925), Élie Doté (1948), and Nicolas Tiangaye (1956).

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