Who married Jean-Bédel Bokassa?

Jean-Bédel Bokassa ([ʒɑ̃ bedɛl bɔkasa] ; 22 February 1921 – 3 November 1996) was a Central African politician and military officer who served as the second president of the Central African Republic (CAR), after seizing power in the Saint-Sylvestre coup d'état on 1 January 1966. He later established the Central African Empire (CAE) with himself as emperor, reigning as Bokassa I until his overthrow in a 1979 coup.

Of this period, Bokassa served about eleven years as president and three years as self-proclaimed Emperor of Central Africa, and although the regime gave the appearance of being a constitutional monarchy, in practice it was an autocratic regime. His imperial regime lasted from 4 December 1976 to 21 September 1979. Following his overthrow, the CAR was restored under his predecessor, David Dacko. Bokassa's self-proclaimed imperial title did not achieve international diplomatic recognition.

In his trial in absentia, Bokassa was tried and sentenced to death. He returned to the CAR in 1986 and was put on trial for treason and murder. In 1987, the jury did not decide on the charges of cannibalism because of a general amnesty, but found him guilty of the murder of schoolchildren and other crimes. The resulting death sentence was later commuted to life in solitary confinement, but he was freed in 1993. Bokassa then lived a private life in Bangui, and died in November 1996.

Bokassa was posthumously rehabilitated by President François Bozizé in 2010, leading to an upsurge in his popularity, despite his well-known crimes and extravagances.

Catherine Bokassa z domu Denguiadé (ur. 7 sierpnia 1949 w Czadzie) – cesarzowa Cesarstwa Środkowoafrykańskiego w latach 1977–1979, żona Jeana-Bedela Bokassy.

Marie-Reine Hassen (born 1954 in Alindaho), is an economist, diplomat and politician from the Central African Republic. She was one of the 17 wives of Jean-Bédel Bokassa, CAR dictator. She was a goodwill ambassador in Senegal from 2003 to 2006, Minister Delegate for Foreign Affairs from 2006 to 2007, Minister Delegate for the Economy, Planning and International Cooperation from 2007 to 2008, and then Minister Delegate for Regional Development from 2008 to 2009. She founded the Movement for Rallying and Change. She was a candidate for her country's 2010 presidential election.