army rule
Generals seize power
Army rule is governance by military forces rather than civilian authorities, typically following a coup or during a state of emergency.
The term emphasizes that the army specifically—not a broader military junta or single dictator—holds power: The country suffered under army rule for a decade.
It often implies suspended constitutions and restricted civil liberties.
- martial lawArmed forces governance
- state of emergencyOfficially declared public danger
- military juntaRuling council of officers
- juntaPost-coup ruling clique
- dictatorshipUnchecked single-ruler government
coup · power grab · military · generals · brass hats · curfew · night raids · tanks · uniform · regime · authoritarian · occupation · barracks · command · checkpoint · boots · boots on the ground · oppression
- PakistanIslamabad, Karachi, Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Balochistan
- military rulemilitary junta, military regime, military council, junta, military coup
- West African Historycolonial era, independence movement, French colonialism, French colonization, military coups
army rulecivilian rule
Government by elected officials
democracy · parliamentary democracy · civilian control · popular sovereignty · representative government
army ruleliberal democracy
Rights-based elected governance
free society · open society · constitutional democracy · pluralism · political freedom
army ruleanarchy
Disorder from absent authority
statelessness · civil society · rule of law · popular uprising · decentralized power
army, rule, armies, armed, arm, arms, arming, armament, armaments