Military junta

The Chilean military junta, led by Augusto Pinochet in March 1986

A military junta (/ˈhʊntə, ˈdʒʌntə/) 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. The term is now used to refer to an authoritarian form of government characterized by a politically dominant group of military officers.

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