A national government is the

government A government is the system or group of people governing an organized community, generally a state. In the case of its broad associative definition, government normally consists of legislature, executive, and judiciary. Government is a ...

of a nation. National government or National Government may also refer to: *

Central government A central government is the government that is a controlling power over a unitary state. Another distinct but sovereign political entity is a federal government, which may have distinct powers at various levels of government, authorized or dele ...

in a unitary state, or a country that does not give significant power to regional divisions *

Federal government A federation (also known as a federal state) is a political entity characterized by a union of partially self-governing provinces, states, or other regions under a central federal government (federalism). In a federation, the self-governin ...

, the government of a federal state, or a country that gives significant power to regional divisions *

National unity government A national unity government, government of national unity (GNU), or national union government is a broad coalition government consisting of all parties (or all major parties) in the legislature, usually formed during a time of war or other nati ...

, an all-party coalition government, usually formed during a time of war or other national emergency

Specific governments

* Governments of the

Republic of China Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the northeast ...

** National Government of the Republic of China, from 1925 to 1948 **

Reorganized National Government of the Republic of China The Wang Jingwei regime or the Wang Ching-wei regime is the common name of the Reorganized National Government of the Republic of China ( zh , t = 中華民國國民政府 , p = Zhōnghuá Mínguó Guómín Zhèngfǔ ), the government of the pup ...

, from 1940 to 1945 *

National Government (Canada) A national government is the government of a nation. National government or National Government may also refer to: * Central government in a unitary state, or a country that does not give significant power to regional divisions * Federal governme ...

, the name of the historic Conservative Party of Canada c. 1940 *

National Government (United Kingdom) In the politics of the United Kingdom, a National Government is a coalition of some or all of the major political parties. In a historical sense, it refers primarily to the governments of Ramsay MacDonald, Stanley Baldwin and Neville Chambe ...

, the British government from 1931 to 1940 *

New Zealand National Party The New Zealand National Party ( mi, Rōpū Nāhinara o Aotearoa), shortened to National () or the Nats, is a centre-right political party in New Zealand. It is one of two major parties that dominate contemporary New Zealand politics, alongside ...

governments **

First National Government of New Zealand The First National Government of New Zealand was the government of New Zealand from 1949 to 1957 formed by the National Party. It was a conservative government best remembered for its role in the 1951 waterfront dispute. It also began the rep ...

, the New Zealand government led by Sidney Holland from 1949 to 1957 **

Second National Government of New Zealand The Second National Government of New Zealand (also known as the Holyoake Government, after head of government Keith Holyoake) was the government of New Zealand from 1960 to 1972. It was a conservative government which sought mainly to preserve t ...

, the New Zealand government led by Keith Holyoake from 1960 to 1972 **

Third National Government of New Zealand The Third National Government of New Zealand (also known as the Muldoon Government) was the government of New Zealand from 1975 to 1984. It was an economically conservative government that aimed to preserve the Keynesian economic system establi ...

, the New Zealand government led by Robert Muldoon from 1975 to 1984 **

Fourth National Government of New Zealand The Fourth National Government of New Zealand (also known as the Bolger–Shipley Government) was the government of New Zealand from 2 November 1990 to 27 November 1999. Following electoral reforms in the 1996 election, Jim Bolger formed a coal ...

, the New Zealand government led by Jim Bolger and Jenny Shipley respectively from 1990 to 1999 **

Fifth National Government of New Zealand The Fifth National Government of New Zealand was the government of New Zealand for three parliamentary terms from 19 November 2008 to 26 October 2017. John Key served as National Leader and Prime Minister until December 2016, after which Bill En ...

, the New Zealand government led by John Key and Bill English respectively from 2008 to 2017 *

Polish National Government (disambiguation) Polish National Government (Polish: ''Rząd Narodowy'') can refer to: * Polish National Government (November Uprising) (1831) * Polish National Government (Kraków Uprising) (1846) * Polish National Government (January Uprising) (If God is with us, ...

Provisional National Government of the Southwestern Caucasus The Provisional National Government of the Southwestern Caucasus, Provisional National Government of South West Caucasia (Modern Turkish: ''Güneybatı Kafkas Geçici Milli Hükûmeti''; Ottoman Turkish: ''Cenub-ı Garbi Kafkas Hükûmet-i Muvak ...

, a provisional government based in Kars, Turkey *

Transitional National Government The Transitional National Government (TNG) was the internationally recognized central government of Somalia from 2000 to 2004. Overview The TNG was established in April–May 2000 at the Somalia National Peace Conference held in Arta, Djibouti. ...

, the Somali government from 2000 to 2004 * Tsilhqot'in National Government, an indigenous government in British Columbia, Canada * Ukrainian national government (1941)

Specific governments

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