Jean-Serge Bokassa is a Central African politician who served in the government of the Central African Republic as Minister of the Interior between 2016 and 2018. Previously he was Minister of Youth, Sports, Arts, and Culture from 2011 to 2013 and was member of the National Assembly from 2005 to 2011. He was a presidential candidate in the 2015 and 2020 elections. He is a son of Bokassa I, who ruled the Central African Empire from 1966 to 1979.
Jean-Serge Bokassa
Jean-Bédel Bokassa, also known as Bokassa I, was a Central African political and military leader who served as the second president of the Central African Republic (CAR) and as the emperor of its successor state, the Central African Empire (CAE), from the Saint-Sylvestre coup d'état on 1 January 1966 until his overthrow in a subsequent coup in 1979.
Bokassa in 1970
Bokassa in 1939 (age 18)
Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu visits Central African Republic and meets with Bokassa, 1970
Bokassa and Giuseppe Saragat in 1971