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Also known as corule, duumvirate, co-rule

thumb|Kings of the Visigoths () by Alonso Cano

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  • Formal use
  • Current diarchies
  • Andorra
  • Eswatini
  • Nicaragua
  • Northern Ireland
  • San Marino
  • Historical diarchies
  • Sparta
  • Roman Republic
  • Kartli
  • Hungary
  • Afghanistan
  • Japan
  • Medieval Europe
  • Tibet
  • Russia
  • England, Scotland and Ireland
  • Canada
  • India
  • Western Samoa
  • Bolivia
  • Israel
  • Informal use
  • Bureaucracy
  • Influential outsiders
  • Informally shared power
  • In fiction
  • See also
  • Notes
  • References
  • Citations
  • Sources

thumb|Kings of the Visigoths () by Alonso Cano

Diarchy (from Greek , di-, "double", and , -arkhía, "ruled"), duarchy, or duumvirate is a form of government characterized by co-rule, with two people ruling a polity together either lawfully or de facto, by collusion and force. The leaders of such a system are usually known as corulers.

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