Word: dacko
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Bokassa's successor, President David Dacko, immediately announced that he would demand Bokassa's extradition. Under treaties with the Ivory Coast, the extradition "should not pose any problems," Dacko added...
Former President David Dacko staged a bloodless coup and unseated Bokassa late Thursday night while Bokassa reportedly was in Libya...
...World War II and by 1950 had risen to the rank of company sergeant. He survived the debacle at Dien Bien Phu and later retired as a captain. When the Central African Republic became independent in 1960, the country's first President (and Bokassa's cousin), David Dacko, named him commander of the army. As the fledgling state suffered through the inevitable independence pangs, the frustrated President at one point shouted to a group of bureaucrats: "What this country needs is a good revolution!" As head of the country's only organized institution, Bokassa swiftly obliged...
Bokassa's malign authority has seldom been challenged since he deposed his cousin, David Dacko, in a New Year's military coup in 1966. One of his first official acts was to abolish Parliament, the constitution and elections. Today Bokassa is virtually a one-man government. He is not only life President, commander in chief of the armed forces and president of the only political party but, as a result of his periodic Cabinet shuffles, the holder of ten ministerial portfolios, ranging from Defense to Information to Mines. From his subjects he demands ostentatious displays of devotion...