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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), also known as Bokassa I, was a Central African political and military leader who served as the second president of the Central African Republic (CAR) and as the emperor of its successor state, the Central African Empire (CAE), from the Saint-Sylvestre coup d'état on 1 January 1966 until his overthrow in a subsequent coup in 1979. 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

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jean-Bédel Bokassa has received more than 2,057,896 page views. His biography is available in 67 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 64 in 2019). Jean-Bédel Bokassa is the 641st most popular politician (up from 1,011th 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 641 out of 15,577. Before him are Christian II of Denmark, Philip I of France, Tigranes the Great, Miloš Zeman, Jalal ad-Din Mingburnu, and Igor of Kiev. After him are Margaret of Austria, Duchess of Savoy, Edmund Burke, Michael I of Romania, Suharto, Kliment Voroshilov, and Tiberius Gracchus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Jean-Bédel Bokassa ranks 7. Before him are Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, Charles Bronson, Alexander Dubček, Astor Piazzolla, Stanisław Lem, and Andrei Sakharov. After him are Michael I of Romania, Suharto, John Rawls, Fawzia Fuad of Egypt, Yves Montand, and Hua Guofeng. Among people deceased in 1996, Jean-Bédel Bokassa ranks 8. Before him are François Mitterrand, Marcello Mastroianni, Thomas Kuhn, Tupac Shakur, Carl Sagan, and Krzysztof Kieślowski. After him are Marguerite Duras, Dzhokhar Dudayev, Ella Fitzgerald, Joseph Brodsky, Babrak Karmal, and René Lacoste.

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In Central African Republic

Among people born in Central African Republic, Jean-Bédel Bokassa ranks 1 out of 19. After him are David Dacko (1930), Faustin-Archange Touadéra (1957), André Kolingba (1936), Ange-Félix Patassé (1937), Barthélemy Boganda (1910), Michel Djotodia (1949), Elisabeth Domitien (1925), Abel Goumba (1926), Dieudonné Nzapalainga (1967), Élie Doté (1948), 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), André Kolingba (1936), Ange-Félix Patassé (1937), Barthélemy Boganda (1910), Michel Djotodia (1949), Elisabeth Domitien (1925), Abel Goumba (1926), Élie Doté (1948), Nicolas Tiangaye (1956), and André Nzapayeké (1951).

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