Military government

Short description: Government administered by military forces

A military government is any government that is administered by a military, whether or not this government is legal under the laws of the jurisdiction at issue or by an occupying power. It is usually administered by military personnel.

Types of military government include:

* Military occupation of acquired foreign territory and the administration thereof
* Martial law, temporary military rule of domestic territory
* Military dictatorship, an authoritarian government controlled by a military and its political designees, called a military junta when done extralegally
* Military junta, a government led by a committee of military leaders
* Stratocracy, a government traditionally or constitutionally run by a military
* Military democracy, a war-based society that practices democracy. With an elected and removable general as supreme chief, a council of elders and a popular assembly.[1]

## References

1. ↑ Maenchen-Helfen, Otto (1973). The World of the Huns: Studies in Their History and Culture. University of California Press. p. 191. ISBN 978-0-520-01596-8. https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_CrUdgzSICxcC/page/191/mode/1up.

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