Paris, France 21st February 2013. Portraits of Jean-Barthelemy Bokassa, a passionate disciple of Napoleon Bonaparte, a Dandy and Parisian socialite. Ambassador for the Maison Haute Couture Christophe Lebo. He was born in 1974 in Bangui Central Africa. Jean Barthelemy Bokassa is son of Jean-Bruno Dédéavode and Martine Bokassa 1, and grandson of the Emperor Jean-Bedel Bokassa and his first wife Madame Hue Thi Ba, his grandmother. Jean-Bedel Bokassa also known as Bokassa I of Central Africa and Salah Eddine Ahmed Bokassa, a military officer, was the head of state of the Central African Republic and its successor state, the Central African Empire, from his coup d'état on 1 January 1966 until 20 September 1979: Portrait of Jean-Barthelemy Bokassa wearing a Napoleonic jacket designed by Claire Chataigner of the Maison Couture Christophe Lebo, with Virginie Condette, as dressed in Napoleonic garb from the same house. She is the inspiration for his new book..Jean-Barthélémy Bokassa est né le 30 août 1974 à Bangui (capitale de la Centrafrique). Il est le fils de Jean-Bruno Dédéavode et de Martine Bokassa 1 et le premier petit-fils de Jean-Bedel Bokassa, président de la République centrafricaine (1965-1977), puis empereur (1977-1979). Il vit en France depuis 1980. Il est auteur de plusieurs essais et d'un premier roman.
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