[1] When his father became Emperor of the Central African Empire on 4 December 1976, Jean-Serge, along with his siblings, became a Prince with the style Imperial Highness.

While speaking warmly of his father, saying that he was a loving family man and "a patriot" who was the victim of "character assassination by media", he has described Bokassa's creation of a monarchy as "indefensible".

Touadéra won the election, and after taking office he appointed Bokassa to the government as Minister of the Interior, Public Security and Territorial Administration on 11 April 2016.

[5] In a cabinet reshuffle under Prime Minister Simplice Sarandji in September 2017 he lost the portfolio of Public Security.

Reports were however that Bokassa and his family were at odds with the government over the use of Berengo, the former presidential complex and mausoleum of his father, by the Russian Wagner Group from early 2018.