What is Jean-Bédel Bokassa?
{{Infobox officeholder |name = Jean-Bédel Bokassa |image = Bokassa portrait (cropped).jpg |image_upright = |caption = Bokassa in 1970 |title = [[Emperor of Central Africa]] |term_label1 = Reign |term1 = {{start and end dates|1976|12|04|1979|09|21|df=y}} |1blankname1 = [[Central African Empire#Proclamation|Proclamation]] |1namedata1 = 4 December 1976 |2blankname1 = [[Coronation of Bokassa I|Coronation]] |2namedata1 = 4 December 1977 |3blankname1 = [[Operation Caban|Overthrow]] |3namedata1 = 21 September 1979 |predecessor1 = Himself (as president) |successor1 = [[David Dacko]] (as president) |office2 = 2nd [[President of the Central African Republic|President of the {{nowr|Central African Republic}}]] |term2 = {{start and end dates|1966|01|01|1976|12|04|df=y}} |1blankname2 = [[Saint-Sylvestre coup d'état|Coup&nbsp;d'état]] |1namedata2 = 31 December 1965 |predecessor2 = [[David Dacko]] |successor2 = Himself (as emperor) |birth_date = {{birth date|1921|02|22|df=y}} |birth_place = [[Bobangui]], [[Ubangi-Shari]], [[French Equatorial Africa]] |death_date = {{death date and age|1996|11|03|1921|02|22|df=y}} |death_place = [[Bangui]], Central African Republic |party = [[Movement for the Social Evolution of Black Africa]] |spouse = {{ubl|Catherine Denguiadé|[[Marie-Reine Hassen]]|and 15 others}} |relations = {{ubl|class=nowrap|[[David Dacko]] (cousin)|[[Barthélemy Boganda]] (nephew)}} |children = {{ubl|[[Jean-Serge Bokassa]]|[[Jean-Bédel Bokassa Jr.]]|[[Kiki Bokassa]]}} |blank1 = [[Dynasty|House]] |data1 = [[House of Bokassa|Bokassa]] |blank2 = Civil&nbsp;awards |data2 = [[Order of Central African Merit]] |allegiance = {{ubl|{{flagu|France|size=20px}}|{{flagu|Central Africa|s