Bokassa I of the Central African Empire

GPTKB entity

Properties (50)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Monarch
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:French_government
gptkb:Jean-Claude_Duvalier
Mobutu Sese Seko
African_dictators
gptkbp:birthDate 1921-02-22
gptkbp:capital gptkb:Bangui
gptkbp:children gptkb:Bokassa_IV
gptkb:Bokassa_V
gptkb:Bokassa_II
gptkb:Bokassa_III
gptkbp:convictedOf Death sentence
gptkbp:court 1979 trial
gptkbp:deathDate 1996-11-03
gptkbp:depictedIn Films
Documentaries
gptkbp:education gptkb:Military_Academy_of_France
gptkbp:enactedBy 1976 coup
French_intervention
gptkbp:famousFor Human rights abuses
Cult of personality
Extravagant lifestyle
gptkbp:finaleDate 1977-12-04
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Jean-Bédel_Bokassa
gptkbp:governmentType Absolute monarchy
gptkbp:historicalEvent gptkb:Independence_of_Central_African_Republic
1977 coronation
1979 overthrow
Central_African_Empire_proclamation
gptkbp:historicalPeriod gptkb:Cold_War
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Bokassa I of the Central African Empire
gptkbp:influence French_colonialism
gptkbp:influenceOn Central_African_politics
gptkbp:knownFor Establishing the Central African Empire
gptkbp:legacy Controversial figure
gptkbp:migration gptkb:France
gptkbp:militaryRank General
gptkbp:nationality Central_African
gptkbp:nickname The Emperor
gptkbp:politicalParty gptkb:Movement_for_the_Social_Evolution_of_Black_Africa
gptkbp:politicalPosition President
Autocracy
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:David_Dacko
gptkbp:reignEnd 1979
gptkbp:reignStart 1966
gptkbp:religion Catholicism
gptkbp:respondsTo 1986
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Marie-Joséphine_Bokassa
gptkbp:successor gptkb:David_Dacko
gptkbp:title Emperor