This man was serving as leader of the MESAN party when he took power in a coup which overthrew his cousin, David Dacko.
He was released from prison in 1993 by a man who himself was replaced in office later that year by Angé Patassé. This man lost international support after a number of children were killed following a riot over school uniforms, and was ousted in a coup by a man who was himself overthrown two years later by André Kolingba. This man was serving as leader of the MESAN party when he took power in a coup which overthrew his cousin, David Dacko. He named himself president for life in 1972, five years before he had himself crowned emperor. FTP, name this dictator of the Central African Republic, renowned for torturing and perhaps eating his subjects.
He was released from prison in 1993 by a man who himself was replaced in office later that year by Angé Patassé.
Jean-Bedel {Bokassa}