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A military dictatorship, or a military regime, is a type of dictatorship in which power is held by one or more military officers. Military dictatorships are led by either a single military dictator , known as a strongman , or by a council of military officers known as a military junta .
This is a list of totalitarian regimes. ... Unitary presidential constitutional republic under conjugal military dictatorship: Asia: Democratic Kampuchea [36] [63] 1975:
A military junta (/ ˈ h ʊ n t ə, ˈ dʒ ʌ n t ə / ⓘ) is a system of government led by a committee of military leaders and whose constitutional provisions are suspended. The term junta means "meeting" or "committee" and originated in the national and local junta organized by the Spanish resistance to Napoleon's invasion of Spain in 1808. [1]
Since the 19th century, the United States government has participated and interfered, both overtly and covertly, in the replacement of many foreign governments. In the latter half of the 19th century, the U.S. government initiated actions for regime change mainly in Latin America and the southwest Pacific, including the Spanish–American and Philippine–American wars.
Military dictatorship: A dictatorship primarily enforced by the military. Military dictators are different from civilian dictators for a number of reasons: their motivations for seizing power, the institutions through which they organize their rule, and the ways in which they leave power. Often viewing itself as saving the nation from the ...
1913 Ottoman coup d'état: Led by Talaat and Enver Pasha, the Committee of Union and Progress overthrew the Freedom and Accord Party coalition and introduced a military dictatorship, led by the Three Pashas. Mexico: During the Ten Tragic Days, General Victoriano Huerta overthrew and murdered the president of Mexico, Francisco Madero.
The coup was arranged by the Greek Army in Cyprus, the Cypriot National Guard and the Greek military junta of 1967–1974. The plotters ousted President Makarios III and replaced him with pro- Enosis (Greek irridentist ) nationalist Nikos Sampson as dictator.