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A military junta (/'d??nt?/ or /'h?nt?/) is a government
Government

Government is the body within any organization that has the authority to make and the power to enforce laws, regulations, or rules. Typically, the government refers to a civil government -- local, provincial, or national -- but commercial, academic, religious, or other formal organizations are also administered by governing bodies....
 ruled by a committee of military leaders. The term derives from the Spanish junta
Junta

Junta...
 meaning committee
Committee

A committee is a type of small deliberative assembly that is usually intended to remain subordinate to another, larger deliberative assembly—which when organized so that action on committee requires a vote by all its entitled members, is called the "Committee of the Whole"....
, specifically a board of directors
Board of directors

A board of directors is a body of elected or appointed persons who jointly oversee the activities of a company or organization. The body sometimes has a different name, such as board of trustees, board of governors, board of managers, or executive board....
. It originally referred to an executive body that came to power after a military coup in 20th century Latin America
Latin America

Latin America is a region of the Americas where Romance languages ? particularly Spanish language and Portuguese language, and variably French language ? are primarily spoken....
. Often it becomes a military dictatorship
Military dictatorship

A military dictatorship is a form of government wherein the political power resides with the military. It is similar but not identical to a stratocracy, a state ruled directly by the military....
, though the terms are not necessarily synonymous.








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A military junta (/'d??nt?/ or /'h?nt?/) is a government
Government

Government is the body within any organization that has the authority to make and the power to enforce laws, regulations, or rules. Typically, the government refers to a civil government -- local, provincial, or national -- but commercial, academic, religious, or other formal organizations are also administered by governing bodies....
 ruled by a committee of military leaders. The term derives from the Spanish junta
Junta

Junta...
 meaning committee
Committee

A committee is a type of small deliberative assembly that is usually intended to remain subordinate to another, larger deliberative assembly—which when organized so that action on committee requires a vote by all its entitled members, is called the "Committee of the Whole"....
, specifically a board of directors
Board of directors

A board of directors is a body of elected or appointed persons who jointly oversee the activities of a company or organization. The body sometimes has a different name, such as board of trustees, board of governors, board of managers, or executive board....
. It originally referred to an executive body that came to power after a military coup in 20th century Latin America
Latin America

Latin America is a region of the Americas where Romance languages ? particularly Spanish language and Portuguese language, and variably French language ? are primarily spoken....
. Often it becomes a military dictatorship
Military dictatorship

A military dictatorship is a form of government wherein the political power resides with the military. It is similar but not identical to a stratocracy, a state ruled directly by the military....
, though the terms are not necessarily synonymous.

Well-known military juntas

  • Nigerian Military Juntas
    Nigerian military juntas of 1966-1979 and 1983-1998

    The two Nigerian Military Juntas of 1966-1979 and 1983-1998 were a pair of military dictatorships in the African country of Nigeria that were led by the Military of Nigeria, having a chairman or president in charge....
     (1966–1979 and 1983–1998)
  • Greek Military Junta
    Greek military junta of 1967-1974

    The Greek military junta of 1967–1974, alternatively "The Regime of the Colonels" , or in Greece "The Junta", and "The Seven Years" are terms used to refer to a series of right-wing military governments that ruled Greece from 1967 to 1974....
     (1967–1974), also called "The Regime of the Colonels"
  • Peruvian Military Junta (1968-1980)
  • Brazilian Military Junta
    Brazilian Military Junta

    A Military Junta or Junta Militar ruled Brazil from August 31 to October 30, 1969, between the sudden illness of the President Artur da Costa e Silva and the oath of Em?lio Garrastazu M?dici....
     (1969)
  • Government Junta of Chile
    Government Junta of Chile (1973)

    Government Junta of Chile was the political structure established to rule Chile following the overthrow of President Salvador Allende in the Chilean coup of 1973....
     (1973–1990)
  • Derg
    Derg

    The Derg or Dergue was a communism military military dictatorship that came to power in Ethiopia following the ousting of Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia....
     in Ethiopia (1974–1987)
  • Junta of National Reconstruction
    Junta of National Reconstruction

    The Junta of National Reconstruction officially ruled Nicaragua from July 1979 to January 1985, though effective power was in the hands of the Sandinista National Liberation Front's National Directorate....
     in Nicaragua (1979–1985)
  • Revolutionary Government Junta of El Salvador
    Revolutionary Government Junta of El Salvador

    The Revolutionary Government Junta ruled El Salvador between October 15, 1979 and May 2 1982. It contained two colonels, Adolfo Arnaldo Majano Ramos and Jaime Abdul Guti?rrez Avenda?o, and three civilians, Guillermo Ungo, Mario Antonio Andino and Rom?n Mayorga Quir?s....
     (1979–1982)
  • Military Council of National Salvation
    Military Council of National Salvation

    The Military Council of National Salvation was a military dictatorship government administering the People's Republic of Poland during the period of the martial law in Poland ....
     in Poland (1981–1983)
  • Haitian Military Junta (1991–1994)
  • State Peace and Development Council
    State Peace and Development Council

    The State Peace and Development Council is the official name of the military regime of Burma ,which seized power in 1988.The SDPC was originally known as State Law and Order Restoration Council ....
     in Myanmar (formerly known as Burma) (1988–present), known as the State Law and Order Restoration Council from 1988 to 1997.
  • Council for National Security in Thailand (2006–2008)
  • National Salvation Junta
    National Salvation Junta

    The National Salvation Junta was a group of military officers designated to maintain the government of Portugal in April 1974, after the Carnation Revolution had overthrown the Estado Novo dictatorial regime....
      in Portugal (1974–1976]


Failed military juntas

  • French Algeria Military Junta (1961)


Countries currently with juntas

  • Burma
  • Fiji
    Fiji

    Fiji , officially the Republic of the Fiji Islands , is an island nation in the South Pacific Ocean east of Vanuatu, west of Tonga and south of Tuvalu....
     2006+
  • Guinea
    Guinea

    Guinea, officially Republic of Guinea , is a country in West Africa formerly known as French Guinea. The country's current population is estimated at 10,211,437 ....
     2008+
  • Libya
    Libya

    Libya , officially the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya , is a country located in North Africa. Bordering the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Libya lies between Egypt to the east, Sudan to the southeast, Chad and Niger to the south, and Algeria and Tunisia to the west....
  • Mauritania
    Mauritania

    Mauritania , officially the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, is a country in northwest Africa. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean on the west, by Senegal on the southwest, by Mali on the east and southeast, by Algeria on the northeast, and by the Morocco-controlled Western Sahara on the northwest....
     2008+