Known For
Acting
Birthday
February 22, 1921
Place of Birth
Bobangui, Central African Republic
Also Known As
- Salah Eddine Ahmed Bokassa
- Bokassa I of Central Africa
- Emperor Bokassa I
Jean-Bedel Bokassa
Biography
Jean-Bédel Bokassa was a Central African politician and military officer who served as the second president of the Central African Republic, after seizing power in the Saint-Sylvestre coup d'état on 1 January 1966.
