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	Bokassa, Jean-Bedel. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		Erratic and violent, he was overthrown by a French-supported coup (1979) that reinstated Dacko as president.
		Bokassa lived in exile in France and Côte d’Ivoire, returning to the Central African Republic in 1987.
		Convicted of murdering several political opponents, Bokassa was sentenced to death, but that was later commuted to life in prison.
	www.bartleby.com /65/bo/Bokassa.html (180 words)

	Jean-Bédel Bokassa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Jean-Bédel Bokassa also known as Salah Eddine Ahmed Bokassa and Emperor Bokassa I, (February 22, 1921–November 3, 1996) was the military ruler and emperor of the Central African Republic from January 1, 1966 until his overthrow on September 20, 1979.
		Bokassa abolished the constitution of 1959 on January 4 and began to rule by decree.
		Bokassa had been sentenced to death ‘in absentia’ in December 1980 but he returned from exile in France on October 24, 1986, he was arrested and tried for treason, murder, cannibalism and embezzlement.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jean-Bedel_Bokassa (792 words)

	Jean-Bédel Bokassa -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Jean-Bédel Bokassa (February 22, 1921–November 3, 1996) was the military ruler and (The male ruler of an empire) emperor of the (A landlocked country in central Africa; formerly under French control; became independent in 1960) Central African Republic from January 1, 1966 until his overthrow on September 20, 1979.
		Bokassa was born in Bobangi, Moyen-Congo, in the Central African Republic (then a (additional info and facts about French colony) French colony called (additional info and facts about French Equatorial Africa) French Equatorial Africa).
		On December 4, 1976, at the MESAN congress Bokassa declared the (A form of government whose head of state is not a monarch) republic a (An autocracy governed by a monarch who usually inherits the authority) monarchy, the (additional info and facts about Central African Empire) Central African Empire.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/J/Je/Jean-B%E9del_Bokassa1.htm (957 words)

	jean-bédel bokassa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Jean-Bédel Bokassa (February 22, 1921 – November 3, 1996) was the military ruler of the Central African Republic from January 1, 1966 until his overthrow as Emperor on September 20, 1979.
		Cousin of the President David Dacko and nephew of his predecessor Barthélémy Boganda, Bokassa rose to the rank of colonel and chief of staff of the armed forces.
		In April 1969 there was an attempted coup, which gave Bokassa an excuse to implement even tougher reforms to consolidate his power.
	www.yourencyclopedia.net /Jean-B%E9del_Bokassa.html (668 words)

	Jean-Bédel Bokassa - Wikipedia, wolna encyklopedia
		Bokassa objął stanowisko prezydenta i przewodniczącego jedynej partii kraju - Ruchu Społecznego Czarnej Afryki (MESAN), a następnie zniósł konstytucję z 1959 roku.
		Bokassa zmarł na atak serca 3 listopada 1996.
		Bokassa miał 17 żon i przynajmniej 55 dzieci, choć niektóre źródła podają, że było ich nawet 62.
	pl.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jean-B%C3%A9del_Bokassa (629 words)

	JEAN-BéDEL BOKASSA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Bokassa wird Armeechef der 1960 unabhängig gewordenen Zentralafrikanischen Republik.
		Zahlreiche Jugendliche werden in den Gefängnissen gefoltert und ermordet, wobei Bokassa eine direkte Mitbeteiligung angelastet wird.
		September 1993 kommt Bokassa in den Genuss einer Generalamnestie und wird freigelassen.
	www.toonorama.com /encyclopedia/J/Jean-B%E9del_Bokassa (231 words)

	Jean-Bédel Bokassa, Dictator of the Month January, 2003
		On January 1, 1966, with the country in economic turmoil, Bokassa overthrew the autocratic Dacko in a swift coup d'état and assumed power as president of the Republic and head of the sole political party, the Mouvement pour l'évolution sociale de l'Afrique Noire (MESAN).
		Bokassa abolished the constitution of 1959 on January 4 and began to rule by decree.
		Bokassa had been sentenced to death in absentia in December 1980 but he returned from exile in France on October 24, 1986, he was arrested and tried for treason, murder, cannibalism and embezzlement.
	www.dictatorofthemonth.com /Bokassa/Jan2003BokassaEN.htm (759 words)

	Jean-Bédel Bokassa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Born in Bobangi Bokassa was a career He joined the Free French Forces and ended World War II as a sergeant major with the d'Honneur and the Croix de Guerre.
		It was claimed Bokassa had participated in the killings and that he had eaten some of the Former President David Dacko was able to gain French support lead a successful coup using French troops Bokassa was absent in Libya on September 20 1979.
		Bokassa had been sentenced to death in absentia in December 1980 but he returned from exile in on October 24 1986 he was arrested and tried for treason murder cannibalism and embezzlement.
	www.freeglossary.com /Jean-Bedel_Bokassa (879 words)

	MSN Encarta - Search Results - Bokassa
		Bokassa, Jean-Bédel (1921-1996), president (1966-1977) and emperor (1977-1979) of the Central African Republic.
		On September 20 the self-styled emperor of what he had proclaimed to be the Central African Empire was ousted by a cousin and former president, David Dacko, in a bloodless coup, executed with French aid.
		Emperor Bokassa I, who himself had overthrown Dacko in 1965, was away in Libya at the time,...
	ca.encarta.msn.com /Bokassa.html (139 words)

	Jean Bédel Bokassa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Jean-Bédel Bokassa (February 22, 1921 – November 3, 1996) was the military ruler of the CentralAfrican Republic from January 1, 1966 until his overthrow as Emperor on September 20, 1979.
		On January 1, 1966, with the country ineconomic turmoil, Bokassa overthrew the autocratic Dacko in a swift coupd'état and assumed power as president of the Republic and head of the sole political party, the Mouvement pourl'évolution sociale de l'Afrique Noire (MESAN).
		Bokassa attempted to justify his actions by claimingthat creating a monarchy would help Central Africa "stand out" from the rest of the continent, and earn the world's respect.
	www.therfcc.org /jean-b%E9del-bokassa-29645.html (703 words)

	Guardian \| Relatives try to cash in on Bokassa's palace may join tourist trail
		Madame Bokassa's Italian bathroom tiles are chipped and the kitchen where chefs allegedly cooked the emperor's political rivals, often serving them to visiting foreign dignitaries, is alive with rats.
		The 62 children of Emperor Bokassa I, who were once the elite of this impoverished country but who now live in rags in the palace grounds, want to turn the building into a tourist attraction.
		Exhibitions on Bokassa are outlawed in the country and his belongings, such as his gold-plated bed, are in the national museum's basement.
	www.guardian.co.uk /print/0,,4056262-103681,00.html (601 words)

	Encyclopedia: Jean-BÃ©del Bokassa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Jean-Bédel Bokassa (February 22, 1921–November 3, 1996) was the military ruler and emperor of the Central African Republic from January 1, 1966 until his overthrow on September 20, 1979.
		Emperor Bokassa of the Central African Republic File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version.
		Bokassa fled to Côte d'Ivoire and later lived in exile in France near Paris.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Jean_B%E9del-Bokassa (2415 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Bokassa,
		Bokassa, Jean-Bédel (1921–96) President of the Central African Republic (1966–76); emperor of the Central African Empire (1976–79).
		or Bokassa I (born Feb. 22, 1921, Bobangui [Central African Republic151;died Nov. 3, 1996, Bangui, Central African Republic) President of the Central African Republic (1966–77) and self-proclaimed emperor of the Central African Empire (1977–79).
		Diamonds are not enough: the Central African Republic, once the 'personal domain' of 'Emperor' Jean Badel Bokassa, seemed to have disappeared off the continental radar until an exodus of refugees recently turned the spotlight back on this small country.
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Bokassa, (616 words)

	Encyclopedia of African History
		Bokassa invoked the spirit of Boganda, claimed as a relative, to legitimize his takeover, and embarked on a program of austerity and reform.
		Bokassa's 1972 decree, laying down the penalty of mutilation for theft, is an example of the second vice: an international outcry forced him to rescind it.
		Bokassa's vanity is epitomized in his declaration of himself as the "Emperor Bokassa I," ruling over the "Central African Empire," in December 1976.
	www.routledge-ny.com /ref/africanhist/central.html (912 words)

	History - Central African Republic - Africa
		Bokassa became Emperor Bokassa I; he was crowned in a lavish ceremony in December 1977.
		Bokassa went into exile, and Dacko was confirmed in office by the electorate in March 1981.
		Bokassa returned to the country in October 1986 and was tried and convicted for ordering the murders of political opponents while he was in power.
	www.countriesquest.com /africa/central_african_republic/history.htm (564 words)

	The Thresher Online: COLUMN: Bokassa's ethics violations inflated by his detractors (January 31, 1997)
		Bokassa was born Feb. 22, 1921, in the village of Bobangui, in the French colony of Oubangui-Chari, destined to live life the hard way.
		Educated at mission schools, the teenage Bokassa volunteered for the colonial French army in 1939, drawn by a sense of duty and patriotism.
		Within four years, Bokassa rose to the post of army chief of staff, and saw it as his obligation to mount a coup on New Year's Day 1966 to save the country from the shameless predations of Dacko and his cronies.
	www.rice.edu /projects/thresher/issues/84/970131/Opinion/Story09.html (747 words)

	Telegraph \| News \| David Dacko
		Bokassa (or "Papa Bok", as he was known to his detractors) now began a tyrannical 13-year reign.
		Dacko announced that he would seek Bokassa's extradition to face trial by a people's court, accusing the former emperor of participating personally in a massacre of 150 schoolchildren.
		In December 1980 Bokassa was sentenced to death in his absence by a court in the capital, Bangui.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /news/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&targetRule=10&xml=/news/2003/11/22/db2203.xml (684 words)

	trinicenter.com \| DENIS SOLOMON \| The real Bokassa
		Bokassa was cursing them all at the top of his voice.
		Bokassa motioned him to a seat on the other side of his desk, drew from a drawer two bottles of whisky, and placed one before each of them.
		Bokassa had recently taken delivery of some Fordson tractors, and had been photographed at the wheel of one of them, flanked by two Englishmen from the Fordson company.
	www.trinicenter.com /Denis/2001/Bokassa.htm (1160 words)

	Bokassa - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Bokassa, Jean-Bédel (1921-1996), president (1966-1977) and emperor (1977-1979) of the Central African Republic.
		On September 20 the self-styled emperor of what he had proclaimed to be the Central African Empire was ousted by a cousin and former president, David Dacko, in a bloodless coup, executed with French aid.
		Emperor Bokassa I, who himself had overthrown Dacko in 1965, was away in Libya at the time,...
	encarta.msn.com /Bokassa.html (147 words)

	BOKASSA, Jean Bédel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Bokassa staged a French-supported coup in 1966, overthrew Dacko, and assumed the role of president.
		Bokassa pursued increasingly erratic, dictatorial policies; in 1971 he became president for life and in 1977 crowned himself Emperor Bokassa I. His personal involvement in the massacre of schoolchildren in 1979 shocked the world and led to his overthrow by Dacko with the aid of French forces.
		Bokassa ended his self-imposed exile in Côte d'Ivoire and returned to Bangui in October 1986 to face charges against him.
	www.history.com /encyclopedia.do?vendorId=FWNE.fw..bo129400.a (710 words)

	Discovery Times :: The Case Against Saddam: Despots on Trial
		Bokassa, a former army officer, overthrew the government of the Central African Republic in 1966 and ruled the impoverished nation as a dictator for 10 years before crowning himself as a monarch in a $30 million ceremony designed to emulate Napoleon's coronation.
		Bokassa distinguished himself mostly as a hard-partying ladies man who sired 54 children by various mates, and as a bloodthirsty ghoul who allegedly dined on the flesh of political opponents and executed 100 schoolchildren for refusing to buy costly uniforms emblazoned with his picture.
		While Bokassa was on a trip to Libya in 1949, French paratroopers swept in and overthrew his regime.
	times.discovery.com /convergence/saddamcase/slideshow/slideshow_04.html (422 words)

	Jean Bedel Bokassa :: informBank (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Born in French Equatorial Africa, the son of a village chief, Jean Bedel Bokassa was orphaned at the age of 12.
		In 1966, Bokassa used his position to oust Dacko and declared himself president.
		Bokassa went into exile in France where he had chateaux and other property bought with loot he had embezzled.
	www.informbank.com /art_5_Jean-Bedel-Bokassa.htm (306 words)

	The Big Man in the Electronic Passport
		Bokassa's $22 million "coronation" consumed one quarter of his poor nation's annual revenue.
		After Bokassa's overthrow two years later, he was convicted, among other things, of murdering members of his army and poisoning his grandchild.
		Bokassa was released in 1993 and died three years later.
	www.mrdowling.com /611-bigman.html (601 words)

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