Military government
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Parliamentary systems: Head of government is elected or nominated by and accountable to the legislature
Presidential system: Head of government (president) is popularly elected and independent of the legislature
Hybrid systems:
Note: this chart represent de jure systems of government, not the de facto degree of democracy.[citation needed]
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.