Military dictatorship
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A military dictatorship, or a military regime, is a type of dictatorship in which power is held by one or more military officers. Military dictatorships are led by either a single military dictator, known as a strongman, or by a council of military officers known as a military junta. They are most often formed by military coups or by the empowerment of the military through a popular uprising in times of domestic unrest or instability. The military nominally seeks power to restore order or fight corruption, but the personal motivations of military officers will vary.
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
Coup d'état
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A coup d'état, or simply a coup, is typically an illegal and overt attempt by a military organization or other government elites to unseat an incumbent leadership. A self-coup is when a leader, having come to power through legal means, tries to stay in power through illegal means.
