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"Dictatorship without a dictator" is a phrase which has been used (sometimes misleadingly) to describe:

China under the Hu–Wen Administration
Egypt under Gamal Abdel Nasser
France after the death of Maximilian Robespierre
Greece between 1924 and 1935, when there was no monarch
Modern-day Iraq
Italy after Benito Mussolini was dismissed by Victor Emmanuel III
Japan in the 1930s and '40s, as Hirohito along with the civilian governments (of which there were many) are often portrayed as having very limited influence and the military as making most of the important decisions
Poland from 1935 to 1939 after the death of Józef Piłsudski
Portugal under Óscar Carmona
Russia under Boris Yeltsin
The Soviet Union after Vladimir Lenin suffered a series of debilitating strokes, after Joseph Stalin died, or after Nikita Khrushchev was removed from power
Spain after the Second Republic was proclaimed, or after the death of Francisco Franco
Sri Lanka under Maithripala Sirisena
Syria under Bashar al-Assad
Türkiye under İsmet İnönü
The United States of America
Weimar Germany under the governance of Paul von Hindenburg, Heinrich Brüning, and Wilhelm Groener
Yugoslavia after the assassination of Alexander I, or after the death of Josip Broz Tito

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-The phrase "'''dictatorship without a dictator'''" has been used (sometimes misleadingly) to refer to:
+"'''Dictatorship without a dictator'''" is a phrase which has been used (sometimes misleadingly) to describe:
 * [[People's Republic of China|China]] under the [[Hu–Wen Administration]]
 * [[United Arab Republic (1958–1971)|Egypt]] under [[Gamal Abdel Nasser]]
-* [[French Republic (1792–1804)|France]] under the [[Jacobins]] (especially after the death of [[Maximilian Robespierre]])
+* [[French Republic (1792–1804)|France]] after the death of [[Maximilian Robespierre]]
+* [[Hellenic Republic (1924–1935)|Greece]] between 1924 and 1935, when there was no [[Monarchism|monarch]]
 * Modern-day [[Republic of Iraq|Iraq]]
-* [[Empire of Japan (1868–1947)|Japan]] in the 1930s and '40s
+* [[Kingdom of Italy (1861–1946)|Italy]] after [[Benito Mussolini]] was dismissed by [[Victor Emmanuel Ferdinand Marie Januarius of Savoy|Victor Emmanuel III]]
-* [[Republic of Poland (1918–1939)|Poland]] after the death of [[Józef Piłsudski]]
+* [[Empire of Japan (1868–1947)|Japan]] in the 1930s and '40s, as [[Hirohito]] along with the civilian governments (of which there were many) are often portrayed as having very limited influence and [[Imperial Japanese Armed Forces|the military]] as making most of the important decisions
+* [[Republic of Poland (1918–1939)|Poland]] from 1935 to 1939 after the death of [[Józef Piłsudski]]
 * [[Portuguese Republic (1933–1974)|Portugal]] under [[Óscar Carmona]]
 * [[Russian Federation|Russia]] under [[Boris Yeltsin]]
-* The [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1922–1991)|Soviet Union]] after the [[death of Joseph Stalin]], or after the removal of [[Nikita Khrushchev]] from power
+* The [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1922–1991)|Soviet Union]] after [[Vladimir Lenin]] suffered a series of debilitating strokes, after [[death of Joseph Stalin|Joseph Stalin died]], or after [[Nikita Khrushchev]] was removed from power
-* [[Kingdom of Spain|Spain]] after the death of [[Francisco Franco]]
+* [[Kingdom of Spain|Spain]] after the [[Spanish Republic (1931–1939)|Second Republic]] was proclaimed, or after the death of [[Francisco Franco]]
 * [[Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka|Sri Lanka]] under [[Maithripala Sirisena]]
 * [[Syrian Arab Republic|Syria]] under [[Bashar al-Assad]]
+* [[Republic of Türkiye|Türkiye]] under [[İsmet İnönü]]
 * The [[United States of America]]
 * [[German Reich (1918–1933)|Weimar Germany]] under the governance of [[Paul von Hindenburg]], [[Heinrich Brüning]], and [[Wilhelm Groener]]
-* [[Yugoslavia]] under [[Paul Karađorđević]], or after the [[death of Josip Broz Tito]]
+* [[Yugoslavia]] after the assassination of [[Aleksandar I Karađorđević|Alexander I]], or after the [[death of Josip Broz Tito]]