transitional government
Temporary ruling authority
A transitional government is a temporary administration that holds power during a period of political change—after a revolution, coup, peace agreement, or collapse of a previous regime.
Its purpose is to maintain order and prepare for permanent governance, typically by organizing elections or drafting a constitution: The transitional government promised elections within eighteen months.
- peace negotiationsDiplomatic talks ending conflict
- electoral reformAltering voting system laws
- political partiesOrganized electoral coalitions
- regime changeReplacement of governing power
- corruption scandalsExposed abuse of power
rebel factions · factionalism · truth commission · interim president · executive committee · national unity · conflict resolution · legislative body · reconciliation efforts · human rights advocates · civil society · power vacuum · political instability · security threats · public consultations · regional alliances · grassroots movements · free elections
- shared powerpower sharing, dual control, joint sovereignty, dual sovereignty, co-management
- LiberiaMonrovia, Buchanan, Harper, Firestone, rubber plantations
- Rwanda Governmentministries, ministry, mayors, provinces, sectors
- SomaliaMogadishu, Somaliland, clanship, clans, Somali pirates
- colonialismcolony, colonization, colonial rule, colonial powers, colonizer
- African politicsNigeria, Ghana, Senegal, Pan-Africanism, Mali
transitional governmentconstitutional democracy
Rule by people, bounded by law
transition, transitional, transitions, transit, transitive, transitory, intransitive, transient, government