Provisional governments

single-chamber assembly in France from 21 September 1792 to 26 October 1795

temporary or emergency government body/authority created when none exists

short-lived state on the Balkan Peninsula between late-October and early-December 1918

2011–2012 de facto government of Libya

The Derg or Dergue (, ), officially the Provisional Military Administrative Council (PMAC), and also often simply known as Socialist Ethiopia, was the military junta that ruled Ethiopia, including present-day Eritrea, from 1974 to 1987, when they formally "civilianized" the administration, though remaining in power until 1991.

historiographical concept of Greece (1822–1833)

anti-socialist government in Ukraine (except West Ukraine), 1918

Indian provisional government in Japanese-occupied Singapore during World War II

short-lived, final cabinet of Nazi Germany which tried to rule non-occupied territories of Germany

the officially mandated mission of the United Nations in Kosovo

government-in-exile during World War II

former country

1775–1781 convention of the Thirteen Colonies

interim government in Syria expected to be formed by the Syrian opposition in the wake of the fall of Damascus

political association established by independence activists seeking independence from Japanese rule

1945–1946 provisional government on the Korean Peninsula

political entity in southern Vietnam from 1969 to 1975; provisional government of South Vietnam from 1975 to 1976

2002-2004 administration in Afghanistan

short-lived 1914 republic in Europe

provisional government of Poland, proclaimed in 1944

Turkish provisional government (1920–1923)

Irish historical period

former country

The Interim Leadership Council is a body that temporarily handles the duties of the supreme leader of Iran when the office is vacant. The council consists of the president of Iran, the chief justice of Iran, and a member of the Guardian Council selected by the Expediency Discernment Council.

political party in Romania

2003–2004 transitional government of Iraq

statutory body of between 20 and 25 senior Egyptian military officers

1945–1950 US administration of southern Korea

Military's council formed after 2021 coup

interim government concluded with Khatumo

former country

military coup against Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir on 10 April 2019

governing committee of the Ukrainian People's Republic

former Soviet republic

government of Iran from February to November 1979

short-lived state in Western Thrace

puppet government controlled by Japan (1937–40)

government that controlled North Korea between 1947–1948; replaced in 1948 by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea

interim government in Syria established in March 2025

Rat der Volksbauftragten, supervising organ in the German November Revolution

head of state of Sudan for 39 months starting mid-August 2019

1917 Russian political committee

Government of Grenada 1979–1983

provisional government

1823-1824 government in Mexico

Caretaker government of Iraq controlled by United States and allies (2004–2005)

1898-1902 American military occupation of Cuba

first Government of Albania (4 December 1912- 22 January 1914)

proclaimed after the coup d'état on January 17, 1893

temporary cabinet which governed the Jewish community in Mandatory Palestine (Eretz Yisrael)

first autonomous government of Argentina

Organization in Mandatory Palestine

provisional Government of Libya since March 2021

puppet government controlled by Japan

occupation of Western Armenia by the Russian Empire during World War I

provisional government formed in 2023

The ruling government of Afghanistan

1918–1919 intermittently existed government of Estonia

1958–1962 government-in-exile of the National Liberation Front