Military government

World's states colored by systems of government:

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  Parliamentary systems: Head of government is elected or nominated by and accountable to the legislature.
    Constitutional monarchy with a ceremonial monarch
    Parliamentary republic with a ceremonial president
    Parliamentary republic with an executive president

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  Presidential system: Head of government (president) is popularly elected and independent of the legislature.
    Presidential republic

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  Hybrid systems:
    Semi-presidential republic: Executive president is independent of the legislature; head of government is appointed by the president and is accountable to the legislature.
    Assembly-independent republic: Head of government (president or directory) is elected by the legislature, but is not accountable to it.

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  Other systems:
    Theocratic republic: Supreme leader is head of both the state and the faith, and holds significant executive and legislative power
    Semi-constitutional monarchy: Monarch holds significant executive or legislative power but is still restricted by the constitution.
    Absolute monarchy: Monarch has unlimited power.
    One-party state: Power is constitutionally linked to a single political party.
    Military junta: Committee of military leaders controls the government; constitutional provisions are suspended.
    Governments with no constitutional basis: No constitutionally defined basis to current regime, i.e., provisional governments or Islamic theocracies.
    Dependent territories or places without governments

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  Note: this chart represents the de jure systems of government, not the de facto degree of democracy.

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.