military government
Generals in charge
Military government is rule by armed forces rather than civilian authorities, typically established after a coup or during occupation of conquered territory.
The military suspends normal constitutional processes and governs by decree: The country lived under military government for fifteen years.
Also called military rule or junta when referring to the ruling group.
- juntaPost-coup ruling clique
- caudilloHispanic authoritarian leader
- dictatorshipUnchecked single-ruler government
- regimeSystem of governance
- martial lawArmed forces governance
state of emergency · praetorian · armed forces · command · samurai · shogunate · totalitarianism · daimyo · authoritarianism · militarization · coup · army · uprising · tanks · decree · uniforms · repression · secret police
- Japanese Empireimperial expansion, Manchuria, Korea, Taiwan, China
- military rulejunta, army rule, martial law, coup leader, strongman
- postwarrebuilding, demobilization, peace treaties, treaty signing, war reparations
- postwar GermanyWest Germany, East Germany, divided Germany, Iron Curtain, Federal Republic
- Occupationoccupation force, occupation forces, occupation of Japan, occupation zone, occupation troops
- Kamakura Japanshogunate, Mongol invasions
military governmentcivilian rule
Government by elected officials
democratic government · civil authority · civil government · parliamentary government · constitutional government
military governmentdemocracy
Rule by the people
constitutional democracy · popular sovereignty · democratic republic · liberal democracy · self-governance
military governmentfree society
Polity guaranteeing personal liberties
open society · liberal democracy · constitutional republic · rule of law
government, military, governing, militant, governance, militia, militate, governorship, militarize