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- Jean-Bédel_Bokassa abstract "Jean-Bédel Bokassa (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ bedɛl bɔkasa]; 22 February 1921 – 3 November 1996), also known as Bokassa I of Central Africa and Salah Eddine Ahmed Bokassa, was a military officer and the head of state of the Central African Republic and its successor state, the Central African Empire, from his coup d'état on 1 January 1966 until 20 September 1979. Of this period, he served almost eleven years (1 January 1966 – 4 December 1976) as president (president for life in 1972–1976), and for almost three years he reigned as self-proclaimed emperor (4 December 1976 – 20 September 1979). Following his overthrow, the Central African Republic was restored. Bokassa's imperial title did not achieve international diplomatic recognition.Born in French Equatorial Africa, the son of a village chief, Jean-Bédel Bokassa was orphaned at age 12. Educated in mission schools, he joined the French colonial army in 1939 as a private. He distinguished himself in the war in Indochina, winning medals and rising to the rank of captain. When French Equatorial Africa gained its independence as the Central African Republic in 1960, the new president David Dacko, who was his distant cousin, invited Bokassa to head the armed forces. In 1966, Bokassa used his position to oust Dacko and declared himself president. He then began a reign of terror, taking all important government posts for himself. He personally supervised judicial beatings and introduced a rule that thieves would have an ear cut off for the first two offenses and a hand for the third. In 1977, in emulation of his hero Napoleon, he crowned himself emperor of the Central African Empire in a ceremony costing $20 million, practically bankrupting the country. His diamond-encrusted crown alone cost $5 million. In 1979 he had hundreds of schoolchildren arrested for refusing to wear uniforms made in a factory he owned, and was reported to have personally supervised the massacre of 100 of the schoolchildren by his Imperial Guard.On 20 September 1979, French paratroopers deposed him and re-installed Dacko as president. Bokassa went into exile in France where he had a chateau and other property bought with the money he had embezzled. After his overthrow in 1979, Central Africa reverted to its former name and status as the Central African Republic. In his absence, he was tried and sentenced to death. He returned to the Central African Republic in 1986 and was put on trial for treason and murder. In 1987, he was cleared of charges of cannibalism, but found guilty of the murder of schoolchildren and other crimes. The death sentence was later commuted to life in solitary confinement, but just six years later, in 1993, he was freed. He lived a private life in his former capital, Bangui, and died in November 1996.".
- Jean-Bédel_Bokassa birthDate "1921-02-22".
- Jean-Bédel_Bokassa birthPlace Bobangui.
- Jean-Bédel_Bokassa birthPlace French_Equatorial_Africa.
- Jean-Bédel_Bokassa birthPlace Ubangi-Shari.
- Jean-Bédel_Bokassa deathDate "1996-11-03".
- Jean-Bédel_Bokassa deathPlace Bangui.
- Jean-Bédel_Bokassa deathPlace Central_African_Republic.
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- Jean-Bédel_Bokassa alternative "Sire".
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- Jean-Bédel_Bokassa birthDate "1921-02-22".
- Jean-Bédel_Bokassa birthPlace "Bobangui, Ubangi-Shari, French Equatorial Africa".
- Jean-Bédel_Bokassa caption "Jean-Bédel Bokassa during his July 1970 state visit to Romania".
- Jean-Bédel_Bokassa coronation "1977-12-04".
- Jean-Bédel_Bokassa dateOfBirth "1921-02-22".
- Jean-Bédel_Bokassa dateOfDeath "1996-11-03".
- Jean-Bédel_Bokassa deathDate "1996-11-03".
- Jean-Bédel_Bokassa deathPlace Bangui.
- Jean-Bédel_Bokassa deathPlace Central_African_Republic.
- Jean-Bédel_Bokassa father "Mindogon Mgboundoulou".
- Jean-Bédel_Bokassa house House_of_Bokassa.
- Jean-Bédel_Bokassa issue Jean-Bédel_Bokassa,_Crown_Prince_of_the_Central_African_Empire.
- Jean-Bédel_Bokassa issue Jean-Serge_Bokassa.
- Jean-Bédel_Bokassa mother "Marie Yokowo".
- Jean-Bédel_Bokassa name "Bokassa I of Central Africa".
- Jean-Bédel_Bokassa name "Bokassa, Jean-Bedel".
- Jean-Bédel_Bokassa name "Jean-Bédel Bokassa/Bokassa I".
- Jean-Bédel_Bokassa placeOfBirth "Bobangui, Ubangi-Shari, French Equatorial Africa".
- Jean-Bédel_Bokassa placeOfDeath Bangui.
- Jean-Bédel_Bokassa placeOfDeath Central_African_Republic.
- Jean-Bédel_Bokassa predecessor David_Dacko.
- Jean-Bédel_Bokassa reason Central_African_Republic.
- Jean-Bédel_Bokassa reason "Monarchy abolished".
- Jean-Bédel_Bokassa reference Imperial_Majesty_(style).
- Jean-Bédel_Bokassa reign "--01-01".
- Jean-Bédel_Bokassa reign "--12-04".
- Jean-Bédel_Bokassa reignType "Term".
- Jean-Bédel_Bokassa religion "Catholicism, Islam briefly between September 1976 and December 1976".
- Jean-Bédel_Bokassa rows "2".
- Jean-Bédel_Bokassa shortDescription "Central African Emperor".
- Jean-Bédel_Bokassa spoken "Your Imperial Majesty".
- Jean-Bédel_Bokassa spouse Catherine_Denguiadé.
- Jean-Bédel_Bokassa succession Emperor_of_Central_Africa.
- Jean-Bédel_Bokassa succession "2".
- Jean-Bédel_Bokassa successor David_Dacko.
- Jean-Bédel_Bokassa title Emperor_of_Central_Africa.
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- Jean-Bédel_Bokassa comment "Jean-Bédel Bokassa (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ bedɛl bɔkasa]; 22 February 1921 – 3 November 1996), also known as Bokassa I of Central Africa and Salah Eddine Ahmed Bokassa, was a military officer and the head of state of the Central African Republic and its successor state, the Central African Empire, from his coup d'état on 1 January 1966 until 20 September 1979.".
- Jean-Bédel_Bokassa label "Jean-Bedel Bokassa".
- Jean-Bédel_Bokassa label "Jean-Bédel Bokassa".