Description
A military government is generally any form of government that is administered by military forces, whether or not this government is legal under the laws of the jurisdiction at issue, and whether this government is formed by natives or by an occupying power. It is usually carried out by military workers.
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.
Incidence
Typically the military seizes power in the midst of a crisis and attempts to restore order and rationalize the economic system. Whatever promises are made to the population, there is a tendency for the military to retain their hold over the political institutions. Examples include: Argentina (1966 and 1976), Bolivia (1971), Brazil (1964), Chile (mid-1973), Indonesia (1966), Turkey (1971 and 1980), and Uruguay (mid 1970s). Of the 45 black African nations, in 1990 23 were military dictatorships where no political parties were permitted.