Editing Military dictatorship

A '''military [[dictatorship]]''' is an [[Authoritarianism|authoritarian]] form of government in which political power is held by the military.

== Structure ==
The state is controlled by a collegiate body that is composed by various people belonging to the high ranks of the army and is under the control a senior officer or supreme commander of the armed forces. This type of collegiate body applies over the country the martial laws.

Even though the government has great power over the nation (power that is obtained through the violation of human rights and with strong indoctrination through a fervent [[cult of personality]]), it should be known that these types of governments can easily break down. In fact, it often abandons power only under the pressure of an already ongoing or imminent popular uprising.

A variation of a military dictatorship is a '''military junta''', which is where executive power is held by a committee of military leaders rather than a single military officer. The term originated in Spain, and thus military juntas are most common in Latin American countries (but military juntas have also existed in Africa, Asia, and Europe as well.)

== Characteristic ==
There are vatious characteristic that various military dictatorships have in common. One of them is that it starts after a coup d'etat by replacing the old government (only [[Saddam Hussein]]'s regime didn't start with a coup d'etat). Very often, it justifies itself with excuse of "protecting" the country from "dangerous ideologies" and defines civilian politicians as "corrupt" and "incompetent".

== Examples ==

=== People ===
* [[Alfredo Stroessner]]
* [[Assimi Goita]]
* [[Abdel Fattah Abdelrahman Burhan]]
* [[Abdel Fattah el-Sisi]] 
* [[Augusto Pinochet]]
* [[Bazilio Olara-Okello]]
* [[Denis Sassou Nguesso]]
* [[Efraín Ríos Montt]]
* [[Ely Ould Mohamed Vall]]
* [[Francisco Franco]]
* [[Ferdinand Marcos]]
* [[Frank Bainimarama]]
* [[Fulgencio Batista]]
* [[Gamal Abdel Nasser|Gamal Abd el-Nasser]]
* [[Gabriel Ramanantsoa]]
* [[Gnassingbé Eyadéma]]
* [[Gustavo Rojas Pinilla]]
* [[Idi Amin Dada]]
* [[Isaias Afewerki]]
* [[Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara]]
* [[Ibrahim Babangida]]
* [[Ibrahim 'Abbud]]
* [[Yakubu Gowon]]
* [[Ja'far al-Nimeyri]]
* [[Jean-Baptiste Bagaza]]
* [[Jean-Bédel Bokassa]]
* [[Jorge Rafael Videla]]
* [[Luis García Meza]]
* [[Mamady Doumbouya]]
* [[Mengistu Haile Mariam]]
* [[Michel Micombero]]
* [[Muammar Gaddafi|Muʿammar Gheddafi]]
* [[Manuel Noriega]] 
* [[Mobutu Sese Seko]]
* [[Omar al-Bashir]]
* [[Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba]]
* [[Prayut Chan-o-cha]]
* [[Rafael Trujillo]]
* [[Raoul Cédras]]
* [[Saddam Hussein]]
* [[Samuel Doe]]
* [[Seyni Kountché]]
* [[Sani Abacha]]
* [[Siad Barre]]
* [[Suharto]]
* [[Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo]]
* [[Tito Okello]]
* [[Valentine Strasser]]
* [[Yahya Khan]]
* [[Yakubu Gowon]]
* [[Zine El Abidine Ben Ali]]

=== Organizations ===
* [[Derg]]
* [[Falange de las J.O.N.S]]
* [[Military Council of National Salvation]]
* [[National Council for Peace and Order]]
* [[National Renewal Alliance]]
* [[National Reorganization Process]]
* [[People's Redemption Council]]
* [[Revolutionary Government Junta of El Salvador]]
* [[State Peace and Development Council]]
* [[Supreme Council for National Reconstruction]]
* [[Supreme Council of Government]]
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