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The previous election was held on 26 May 1991, setting the election date for the General Junta on Sunday, 28 May 1995. [1] [2] [4] The General Junta could not be dissolved before the date of expiry of parliament except in the event of an investiture process failing to elect a regional president within a two-month period from the first ballot.
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]
In January 2012, Dr. Christophe Nuttall, director of the UNDP Hub for Innovative Partnership, officially joined R20 as executive director. From 2013 to 2017, Michèle Sabban took on the R20 presidency. In June 2017, Magnus Berntsson, president of the Regional Council of Västra Götaland and president of AER, was elected as the new R20 president.
In July 2019, hundreds of thousands of people rallied in the streets of San Juan to chants for Governor Ricardo Rosselló to "resign and take the "junta" with you." [ 12 ] Many argue that The Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico amounts to the return of colonial rule over Puerto Rico. [ 13 ]
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.
It declared the results of the November 2020 general election invalid and stated its intent to hold a new election at the end of the state of emergency. [ 10 ] [ 11 ] The coup d'état occurred the day before the Parliament of Myanmar was to swear in the members elected in the 2020 election , thereby preventing this from occurring.
Switzerland's Marco Odermatt celebrates at the finish area of an alpine ski, men's World Cup downhill, in Wengen, Switzerland, Saturday, Jan. 18, 2025 (AP Photo/Giovanni Maria Pizzato)
On 29 May, junta forces launched an offensive to resecure Loikaw from Karenni resistance – which had controlled around 80% of the city since November 2023. Junta colums advanced on Loikaw, [422] reaching Kayan Tha Yar village 10 kilometres north of Loikaw the next day [423] and then the Loikaw-Mobye-Hsi Hseng intersection by 3 June before ...