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Bokassa, Jean-Bédel
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Bokassa, Jean-Bédel (1921–1996)

Central African Republic president 1966–79 and self-proclaimed emperor 1977–79. Commander-in-chief from 1963, in December 1965 he led the military coup that gave him the presidency. On 4 December 1976 he proclaimed the Central African Empire and one year later crowned himself emperor for life.

His regime was characterized by arbitrary state violence and cruelty. Overthrown in 1979, Bokassa was in exile in the Côte d'Ivoire until 1986. Upon his return he was sentenced to death, but this was commuted to life imprisonment in 1988.



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