Military dictatorship
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A military dictatorship is a type of dictatorship where supreme power is held and exercised by a member of the armed forces. Military dictatorships are usually led by the commander-in-chief of the mil
Polish dictator Józef Piłsudski and fellow military officers during the May Coup in 1926
Military dictator Jean-Bédel Bokassa of the Central African Empire was overthrown by a French military invasion.
A crowd during the end of the civic-military dictatorship of Uruguay in 1983
Chilean military dictator Augusto Pinochet and his Government Junta
Stratocracy
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A stratocracy is a form of government headed by military chiefs. The branches of government are administered by military forces, the government is legal under the laws of the jurisdiction at issue, an
Portrait of Robert Filmer, the first person to use the term stratocracy in English.
Banner of the Dey of Algiers, Victor Hugo museum, Paris.
Senior General Than Shwe who was the Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council from 1992 to 2011.
US President Dwight D. Eisenhower famously warned of a "military–industrial complex" in his farewell address.