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Biography
Jean-Bédel Bokassa was a Central African politician and military officer who served as the second president of the Central African Republic, after seizing power in the Saint-Sylvestre coup d'état on 1 January 1966.
Awards & recognition
- Colonial Medal
- Commemorative medal — voluntary service in Free France
- Congolese Order of Merit
- Croix de guerre 1939–1945
- Croix de guerre des théâtres d'opérations extérieures
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- Croix du combattant volontaire 1939–1945
- Croix du combattant volontaire de la Résistance
- Grand Cordon of the National Order of the Leopard
- Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour
- Grand Cross of the National Order of the Lion
- Grand Cross of the Order of Wissam Alaouite
- Indochina Campaign commemorative medal
- Knight of the Legion of Honour
- Médaille commémorative de la guerre 1939–1945
- National Order of Chad
- National Order of Madagascar
- National Order of Merit
- National Order of the Ivory Coast
- National Order of the Leopard
- National Order of the Lion of Senegal
- Order of Independence
- Order of Merit
- Order of Operation Bokassa
- Order of Ouissam Alaouite
- Order of recognition
- Order of the Equatorial Star
- Order of the National Flag
- Order of the Nile
- Order of the Star of Ethiopia
- Order of the Two Niles
- Order of the Yugoslav Star
- Order of the Yugoslavian Great Star
- Order of Valour
