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Jean-Bedel Bokassa
Born
Feb 22, 1921
Died: Nov 3, 1996
Lived 75 years
Place of Birth
Bobangui, Central African Republic
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Career Highlights
5
Movies
2
TV Shows
Also Known As
Salah Eddine Ahmed Bokassa
Bokassa I of Central Africa
Emperor Bokassa I
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Jean-Bedel Bokassa
Acting
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.
Movies
5
TV Shows
2
How to Stage a Coup
Cast
2017
Dictator: One Crazy Job
as
Self (archive footage)
2013
Notre ami l'empereur Bokassa Ier
as
Self (archive footage)
2011
Bokassa Ier, empereur de Françafrique
as
Self (archive footage)
2011
Echoes from a Sombre Empire
as
Self (archive footage)
1990