List of Famous people born in Lobaye Prefecture, Central African Republic

Jean-Bedel Bokassa

First Name Jean-Bedel

Born on February 22, 1921

Died on November 3, 1996 (aged 75)

Born in Central African Republic, Lobaye Prefecture

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 and as the emperor of its successor state, the Central African Empire, from his Saint-Sylvestre coup d'état on 1 January 1966 until overthrown in a subsequent coup in 1979.

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Barthélemy Boganda

First Name Barthélemy

Last Name Boganda

Died on March 29, 1959

Born in Central African Republic, Lobaye Prefecture

Barthélemy Boganda was the leading nationalist politician from what is now the Central African Republic. Boganda was active prior to his country's independence, during the period when the area, part of French Equatorial Africa, was administered by France under the name of Oubangui-Chari. He served as the first Prime Minister of the Central African Republic autonomous territory.

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