Jean-Bédel Bokassa (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 and as the emperor of its successor state, the Central African Empire, from his Saint-Sylvestre coup d'état on 1 January 1966 until overthrown in a subsequent coup in 1979.
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22 February 1921 Bobangui, Ubangi-Shari, French Equatorial Africa (now Central African Republic)
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3 November 1996 (aged 75) Bangui, Central African Republic
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