<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Bédel_Bokassa" id="mwARM" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Jean-Bédel Bokassa">Jean-Bédel Bokassa</a>, leader of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_African_Republic" id="mwARQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Central African Republic">Central African Republic</a> army, and his military officers <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Sylvestre_coup_d'état" id="mwARU" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Saint-Sylvestre coup d'état">begin a coup d'état</a> against the government of <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_heads_of_state_of_the_Central_African_Republic_and_Central_African_Empire" id="mwARY" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="List of heads of state of the Central African Republic and Central African Empire">President</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Dacko" id="mwARc" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="David Dacko">David Dacko</a>.