1
: a council or committee for political or governmental purposes
especially
: a group of persons controlling a government especially after a revolutionary seizure of power
a military junta
2
: junto
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In 2015, the government was run by a junta, and the person defending the deportation of Uyghurs was a military man who had seized power in a coup in May 2014.
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Jeffrey Wasserstrom, NPR, 8 Mar. 2025
Working through proxies like the Africa Corps (the new name of the infamous Wagner paramilitary group), Russia has played a critical role in bolstering assorted military juntas and authoritarian regimes.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 3 Mar. 2025
But replacing it with a junta of unaccountable elites—the Putin model—is not an improvement.
—Garry Kasparov, The Atlantic, 28 Feb. 2025
Chinese weapons flow both to the ruling junta and to the resistance forces that are fighting it.
—Hannah Beech, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2024
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Jeffrey Wasserstrom, NPR, 8 Mar. 2025
Working through proxies like the Africa Corps (the new name of the infamous Wagner paramilitary group), Russia has played a critical role in bolstering assorted military juntas and authoritarian regimes.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 3 Mar. 2025
But replacing it with a junta of unaccountable elites—the Putin model—is not an improvement.
—Garry Kasparov, The Atlantic, 28 Feb. 2025
Chinese weapons flow both to the ruling junta and to the resistance forces that are fighting it.
—Hannah Beech, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2024
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“Junta.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/junta. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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