Military dictatorship

:For related terms, see Military rule

Nations with legacies of military dictatorships:

• Algeria (1965-1994)
• Argentina (1943-1958; 1966-1973; 1976-1983)
• Bangladesh (1975-1979; 1982-1990)
• Brazil (1964-1985)
• Burkina Faso (1966-1991)
• Burundi (1966-1993)
• Central African Republic (1966-1993)
• Chad (1975-1991)
• Chile (1973-1990)
• China (1916-1927)(or 1920-1922)
• Colombia (1953-1957)
• Republic of the Congo (1968-1992)
• Congo-Kinshasa (1965-2001/present)
• Dominican Republic (1844-1978 with a few exceptions)
• El Salvador (1931-1992)
• England under Oliver Cromwell (1649-1658, disputed)
• Equatorial Guinea (1968-1982)
• Ethiopia (1974-1991)
• France under Napoleon
• Greece (1967-1974)
• Guatemala (1931-1944; 1954-1986)
• Guinea (1984-1991)
• Haiti (1957-1990; 1991-1994)
• Honduras (1963-1971; 1972-1982)
• Indonesia (1967-1998)
• Iraq (1958-1968)
• Liberia (1980-1990)
• Madagascar (1972-1975)
• Mauritania (1978-1992) (2005-present)
• Niger (1974-1989; 1996-1999)
• Nigeria (1966-1979; 1983-1999)
• Pakistan (1958-1971; 1978-1988; 1999-present)
• Panama (1968-1989)
• Paraguay (1940-1948; 1949-1989)
• Peru (1948-1956; 1968-1980)
• Poland (1981-1983)
• Sierra Leone (1992-1996; 1997-1998)
• Somalia (1969-1991; then local militia rule)
• Spain (1923-1930; 1939-1975)
• Sudan (1958-1964; 1969- )
• Suriname (1980-1988)
• Thailand (1938-1992 with a few exceptions)
• Turkey (1960-1962; 1971-1973; 1980-1982)
• Uganda (1962-1986)
• Uruguay (1972-1985)
• Venezuela (1952-1958)