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


== Structure ==
== Structure ==
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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.
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 ==
== Characteristic ==
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=== People ===
=== People ===
* [[Alfredo Stroessner]]
* [[Alfredo Stroessner]]
* [[Assimi Goita]]
* [[Assimi Goita]]
* [[Abdel Fattah Abdelrahman Burhan]]
* [[Abdel Fattah Abdelrahman Burhan]]
* [[Abdel Fattah el-Sisi]]  
* [[Abdel Fattah el-Sisi]]  
* [[Augusto Pinochet]]
* [[Bazilio Olara-Okello]]
* [[Bazilio Olara-Okello]]
* [[Denis Sassou Nguesso]]
* [[Denis Sassou Nguesso]]
* [[Efraín Ríos Montt]]
* [[Ely Ould Mohamed Vall]]
* [[Ely Ould Mohamed Vall]]
* [[Francisco Franco]]
* [[Francisco Franco]]
* [[Ferdinand Marcos]]
* [[Ferdinand Marcos]]
* [[Frank Bainimarama]]
* [[Frank Bainimarama]]
* [[Fulgencio Batista]]
* [[Gamal Abdel Nasser|Gamal Abd el-Nasser]]
* [[Gamal Abdel Nasser|Gamal Abd el-Nasser]]
* [[Gabriel Ramanantsoa]]
* [[Gabriel Ramanantsoa]]
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* [[Ibrahim Babangida]]
* [[Ibrahim Babangida]]
* [[Ibrahim 'Abbud]]
* [[Ibrahim 'Abbud]]
* [[Yakubu Gowon]]
* [[Ja'far al-Nimeyri]]
* [[Ja'far al-Nimeyri]]
* [[Jean-Baptiste Bagaza]]
* [[Jean-Bédel Bokassa]]
* [[Jorge Rafael Videla]]
* [[Jorge Rafael Videla]]
* [[Luis García Meza]]
* [[Luis García Meza]]
* [[Mamady Doumbouya]]
* [[Mamady Doumbouya]]
* [[Mengistu Haile Mariam]]
 
* [[Michel Micombero]]
* [[Muammar Gaddafi|Muʿammar Gheddafi]]
* [[Muammar Gaddafi|Muʿammar Gheddafi]]
* [[Mohammed Siad Barre]]
* [[Manuel Noriega]]  
* [[Manuel Noriega]]  
* [[Mobutu Sese Seko]]
* [[Olusegun Obasanjo]]  
* [[Omar al-Bashir]]
* [[Omar Hasan Ahmad al-Bashir]]
 
* [[Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba]]
* [[Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba]]
* [[Prayut Chan-o-cha]]
* [[Prayut Chan-o-cha]]
* [[Rafael Trujillo]]
* [[Raoul Cédras]]
* [[Raoul Cédras]]
* [[Saddam Hussein]]
* [[Saddam Hussein]]
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* [[Seyni Kountché]]
* [[Seyni Kountché]]
* [[Sani Abacha]]
* [[Sani Abacha]]
* [[Siad Barre]]
* [[Suharto]]
* [[Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo]]
* [[Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo]]
* [[Tito Okello]]
* [[Tito Okello]]
* [[Valentine Strasser]]
* [[Valentine Strasser]]
* [[Yahya Khan]]
* [[Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali]]  
* [[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]]
[[Category:Political]]
[[Category:Political]]
[[Category:Ideologies]]
[[Category:Ideologies]]
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[[Category:Propagandist]]
[[Category:Propagandist]]
[[Category:Barbarians]]
[[Category:Barbarians]]
[[Category:Xenophobes]]
[[Category:Totalitarians]]
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