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  2. Military junta - Wikipedia

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    A military junta (/ ˈ h ʊ n t ə, ˈ dʒ ʌ n t ə / ⓘ) is a system of government led by a committee of military leaders. The term junta means "meeting" or "committee" and originated in the national and local junta organized by the Spanish resistance to Napoleon's invasion of Spain in 1808. [ 1 ]

  3. Junta (governing body) - Wikipedia

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    Junta (/ ˈ h ʊ n t ə / ⓘ or / ˈ dʒ ʌ n t ə /) is a Spanish, Portuguese and Italian (giunta) term for a civil deliberative or administrative council.In English, the term, even when used alone, generally refers to a "military junta", the government of an authoritarian state run by high-ranking officers of a military.

  4. Military government - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  5. Myanmar's ethnic armies consolidate strongholds as junta ...

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    The street demonstrations, which were met with a brutal crackdown, morphed into an armed resistance movement that has combined with many of Myanmar's ethnic rebel armies to pose the most ...

  6. Military dictatorship - Wikipedia

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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.

  7. Myanmar junta plans to implement mandatory military service ...

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    The Southeast Asian country has been in turmoil since the military seized power from an elected government in a 2021 coup and plans by the junta to call up more people to fight point to the ...

  8. Soldiers say military junta now controls Burkina Faso

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    The military coup in a nation that was once a bastion of stability was the third of its kind in the region in the last 18 months, creating upheaval in some of the countries hardest hit by Islamic ...

  9. Military rule - Wikipedia

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    Military dictatorship, a form of government where political power resides with the military Military junta ("junta," from Spanish meaning "together") Military democracy , a form of military government of a war-based society which practices democracy , with an elected and removable supreme chief , a council of elders , and a popular assembly .