An interim is a period of temporary pause or change in a sequence of events, or a temporary state, and is often applied to transitional political entities. Interim may also refer to:

Temporary organizational arrangements (general concept)

Provisional government A provisional government, also called an interim government, an emergency government, or a transitional government, is an emergency governmental authority set up to manage a political transition generally in the cases of a newly formed state or f ...

, emergency government during the creation, collapse, or crisis of a state; also called interim government *

Caretaker government A caretaker government is a temporary ''ad hoc'' government that performs some governmental duties and functions in a country until a regular government is elected or formed. Depending on specific practice, it usually consists of either randomly se ...

, temporary rule between governments in a parliamentary democracy; also called interim government *

Acting president An acting president is a person who temporarily fills the role of a country's president when the incumbent president is unavailable (such as by illness or a vacation) or when the post is vacant (such as for death, injury, resignation, dismissal ...

, interim head of a state *

Acting (law) In law, a person is acting in a position if they are not serving in the position on a permanent basis. This may be the case if the position has not yet been formally created, the person is only occupying the position on an interim basis, the perso ...

, designation of a person temporarily exercising the authority of any position *

Interrex The interrex (plural interreges) was literally a ruler "between kings" (Latin ''inter reges'') during the Roman Kingdom and the Roman Republic. He was in effect a short-term regent. History The office of ''interrex'' was supposedly created follo ...

Interim management Interim management is the temporary provision of management resources and skills. Interim management can be seen as the short-term assignment of a proven heavyweight interim executive manager to manage a period of transition, crisis or change wit ...

, in business

Specific temporary political arrangements

Provisional and interim governments and constitutions

Articles of Confederation The Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union was an agreement among the 13 Colonies of the United States of America that served as its first frame of government. It was approved after much debate (between July 1776 and November 1777) by ...

, United States 1781–1788 * Interim government of California, 1846–1850 * Provisional Constitution of the Confederate States, 1861–1862 *

Provisional Constitution of the Republic of China After victory in the Xinhai Revolution, the Nanjing Provisional Government of the Republic of China, led by Sun Yat-sen, framed the Provisional Constitution of the Republic of China (, 1912), which was an outline of basic regulations with the qua ...

, 1912–1931 * Dáil Constitution, Ireland 1918–1921 * Interim National Assembly (Czechoslovakia), 1945–1946 *

Interim Government of India The Interim Government of India, also known as the Provisional Government of India, formed on 2 September 1946 from the newly elected Constituent Assembly of India, had the task of assisting the transition of British India to independence. It ...

, 1946–1947 *

Provisional Constitution of 1950 The Provisional Constitution of 1950 ( id, Undang-Undang Dasar Sementara Republik Indonesia 1950, ''UUDS 1950'') replaced the Federal Constitution of 1949 when Indonesia unilaterally withdrew from the union with the Netherlands agreed at the ...

, Indonesia 1950–1959 * Interim Constitution of Tanzania, 1964–1977 *

Interim presidency of Suharto The acting presidency of Suharto followed the transition to the New Order in which Army General Suharto assumed presidential powers to "restore" law and order following the now-disputed attempted coup which led to anti-communist purges. The ...

, Indonesia 1967–1968 * Interim Constitution of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (1974), from 1974 *

Interim Batasang Pambansa The Interim Batasang Pambansa ( English: Interim National Assembly) was the legislature of the Republic of the Philippines from its inauguration on June 12, 1978 to June 5, 1984. It served as a transitional legislative body mandated by the 197 ...

, government of the Philippines 1978–1984 *

Interim Government of Iran The Interim Government of Iran ( fa, دولت موقت ايران, Dowlat-e Movaqat-e Irân) was the first government established in Iran after the Iranian Revolution. The regime was headed by Mehdi Bazargan, one of the members of the Freedo ...

1979–80, also covered by Interim Government of Iran (1979–80), * Interim Government of Iran (1981) *

Interim Parliament of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus This is a list of Members of Parliament (MPs) who were a part of the Interim Assembly of the Republic which met 4 times awaiting the formation of the Founding Parliament of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus following the establishment of t ...

, 1983 * Transitional Government of Ethiopia, 1991–1995 * Interim Government of Somalia, 1991–1996 * Interim National Government, Nigeria 1993 *

Interim Constitution (South Africa) The Interim Constitution was the fundamental law of South Africa from the first non-racial general election on 27 April 1994 until it was superseded by the final constitution on 4 February 1997. As a transitional constitution it required th ...

, 1994–1997 *

National Transitional Council (Congo) The National Transition Council of Congo ( French ''Conseil national de transition'') was a political body in the Republic of the CongoJoint Interim Administrative Structure, Kosovo 2000–2001 * Afghan Interim Administration, 2001–2002 * Law of Administration for the State of Iraq for the Transitional Period, 2004–2005 *

Iraqi Interim Government The Iraqi Interim Government was created by the United States and its coalition allies as a caretaker government to govern Iraq until the drafting of the new constitution following the National Assembly election conducted on January 30, 2005. T ...

, 2005 * Iraqi Transitional Government, 2005–2006 * Interim National Constitution of the Republic of Sudan, 2005 *

2006 interim constitution of Thailand The Constitution of the Kingdom of Thailand (Interim), Buddhist Era 2549 (2006) ( th, รัฐธรรมนูญแห่งราชอาณาจักรไทย (ฉบับชั่วคราว) พุทธศักราช 2549; ) ...

and

2006 Thai interim civilian government The 2006 Thai interim civilian government is the Thai provisional civilian government headed by Interim Prime Minister General Surayud Chulanont. It was appointed on 1 October 2006 by the Council for National Security, the initial post-coup inte ...

Interim Cabinet of Fiji The interim cabinet of Fiji was appointed in January 2007, following the 2006 Fijian coup d'état. The coup deposed the Qarase government on 5 December 2006. The coup leader, Commodore Frank Bainimarama reached an agreement with deposed Presiden ...

, 2007 *

2011 Provisional Constitution of Egypt The Constitutional Declaration of 2011 (also known as the Provisional Constitution of the Arab Republic of Egypt) was a measure adopted by the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces of Egypt on 30 March 2011. The declaration was intended to serve a ...

, 2011–2012 *

National Transitional Council The National Transitional Council of Libya ( ar, المجلس الوطني الإنتقالي '), sometimes known as the Transitional National Council, was the ''de facto'' government of Libya for a period during and after the Libyan Civil War ...

, Libya 2011–2012 * Libyan interim Constitutional Declaration, from 2011 * Regmi interim cabinet, Nepal 2013–2014 *

Interim Government of Ambazonia The Interim Government of Ambazonia is the provisional government in exile of the internationally unrecognized Federal Republic of Ambazonia. History Ayuk Tabe cabinet (2017–18) The Interim Government of Ambazonia was formed from the Sout ...

, from 2017 *

2020 interim government of Kyrgyzstan The 2020 interim government of Kyrgyzstan is the 25th government of Kyrgyzstan that was formed during the 2020 Kyrgyzstan protests which resulted in opposition groups seizing government buildings during the aftermath of the first 2020 parliamentar ...

Caretaker interim governments

Specific states generally

Caretaker government of Australia In Australian political and constitutional terminology, a caretaker government is a government of Australia from when the House of Representatives is dissolved by the Governor-General prior to a general election to a period after the election, ...

, laws and history pertaining to interim governments in that country *

Caretaker government of Bangladesh The Caretaker Government of Bangladesh ( bn, বাংলাদেশের তত্ত্বাবধায়ক সরকার) was a form of government in which Bangladesh used to be ruled by a selected government for an interim period du ...

, laws and history pertaining to interim governments in that country *

Caretaker government of Malaysia In Malaysian political and constitutional terminology, a caretaker government is a government of Malaysia during a period that starts when the Parliament of Malaysia, parliament is dissolved by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong prior to a general election, ...

, laws and history pertaining to interim governments in that country *

Caretaker Prime Minister of Pakistan The Caretaker Prime Minister of Pakistan ( ur, ) is the acting head of government in Pakistan following the dissolution of the National Assembly. The purpose of this post is to ensure free and fair elections are held. The most recent Caretaker P ...

, laws and history pertaining to interim governments in that country *

Interim and Acting President of Israel Interim President of the Israel and Acting President of Israel are temporary posts established by Israeli Basic Law for the State of Israel. These are two different offices, the Interim President in case of presidential vacancy, and Acting Pres ...

Specific caretaker interim governments

* Churchill caretaker ministry, United Kingdom 1945 * Iraqi Governing Council, government under the Law of Administration for the State of Iraq for the Transitional Period, 2004–2005 (see above) *

Interim legislature of Nepal The Interim Legislature Parliament of Nepal, previously known as the Reinstated House of Representatives was the legislature of Nepal formed in the aftermath of the 2006 Nepalese revolution and the Comprehensive Peace Accord signed with the Comm ...

, from 2009 *

Interim Cabinet of Panagiotis Pikrammenos The Caretaker Cabinet of Panagiotis Pikrammenos was sworn in on May 17, 2012 after the end of the period of office of the Cabinet of Lucas Papademos, when an inconclusive election on May 6, 2012 resulted in a hung parliament. According to the ...

in Greece, 2012 *

2015 interim election government of Turkey The 2015 interim election government of Turkey was a temporary election government formed by Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu on the request of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. It is also referred to as the Second Davutoğlu Cabinet. As the 63rd ...

Caretaker Government of Myanmar (2021) The caretaker government of Myanmar ( my, အိမ်စောင့်အစိုးရ), officially the Provisional Government of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar ( my, ပြည်ထောင်စုသမ္မတမြန်မာ� ...

, from 2021 :Sub-state entities *

Interim East Punjab Assembly The Interim East Punjab Assembly was a unicameral governing and law making body of the newly formed Indian state of East Punjab. History On 3 June 1947, the assembly, which was elected in 1946 divided into two parts. One was West Punjab Assembly ...

, 1947–1951 * Interim Morgan Government, Wales 2000 * Interim Uttarakhand Assembly, Indian state of Uttarakhand 2000–2002 *

Ituri Interim Administration The Ituri Interim Administration is an interim body that administers the Ituri region of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). It was established in 2003 by the Ituri Pacification Commission and supported by the UN mission in the DRC. History ...

, government of the Ituri region of the Congo, from 2003 * Syrian Interim Government, government of some parts of Syria from 2013 *

Bangsamoro Interim Cabinet The Bangsamoro Transition Authority is the interim regional government of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region of the Philippines and has executive and legislative powers over the region. History With the ratification of the Bangsamoro Organic Law ...

, government of Bangsamoro in the Philippines from 2018

Temporary peaces

* Regensburg Interim, 1542 decree relating to religious disputes in Germany *

Augsburg Interim The Augsburg Interim (full formal title: ''Declaration of His Roman Imperial Majesty on the Observance of Religion Within the Holy Empire Until the Decision of the General Council'') was an imperial decree ordered on 15 May 1548 at the 1548 Die ...

, 1548 decree relating to religious disputes in Germany * Leipzig Interim, another 1548 decree relating to religious disputes in Germany * Interim Peace between Finland and the USSR 1940–1941

Diplomacy

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Chargé d'affaires ad interim Chargé () is a commune in the Indre-et-Loire department in central France. Chargé is a small town near Amboise. The Rock 'in Chargé festival has revitalized the village sinc2006 Population The inhabitants are called ''Chargéens''. See ...

'', temporary head of a diplomatic mission *

Interim Meeting of Foreign Ministers The Moscow Conference of Foreign Ministers, also known as the Interim Meeting of Foreign Ministers, was the meeting of the foreign ministers of the United States, represented by James F. Byrnes, the United Kingdom, represented by Ernest Bevin ...

, 1945, also called the Moscow Conference of Foreign Ministers * Interim Agreement, commonly known as the Oslo Accords, relating to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict * Interim Agreement on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, commonly known as the Oslo II Accord * Sinai Interim Agreement, also known as the Sinai II Agreement, between Egypt and Israel 1975 *

Interim Self Governing Authority The Interim Self Governing Authority (ISGA) was a proposal issued in October 2003 by the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) of Sri Lanka for power sharing in the north and east of Sri Lanka. The proposals were made in-lieu of the LTTE r ...

, 2003 Tamil proposal * Geneva interim agreement on Iranian nuclear program, 2013, commonly known as the Joint Plan of Action

Other

Interim Committee The Interim Committee was a secret high-level group created in May 1945 by United States Secretary of War, Henry L. Stimson at the urging of leaders of the Manhattan Project and with the approval of President Harry S. Truman to advise on m ...

, precursor to the American Atomic Energy Commission 1945–1946 * Interim Independent Electoral Commission (Kenya), 2009–2011 *

Interim leader (Canada) An interim leader, in Canadian politics, is a party leader appointed by the party's legislative caucus or the party's executive to temporarily act as leader when a gap occurs between the resignation or death of a party leader and the election of ...

, a temporary party leader appointed upon the resignation or death of a party leader * Interim Committee on Un-American Activities, commonly known as the Canwell Committee, legislative committee of Washington State in the United States, 1947–1949 *

Nassau Interim Finance Authority The Nassau Interim Finance Authority is a New York State public-benefit corporation created to assist Nassau County, a suburban county adjacent to the city of New York on Long Island, emerge from a financial and debt crisis that began in the lat ...

, from 2000, New York State commission * Interim Climate Change Committee, New Zealand 2018–2019

Legal concepts and procedures

Interim order The term interim order refers to an order issued by a court during the pendency of the litigation. It is generally issued by the Court to ensure Status quo. The rationale for such orders to be issued by the Courts is best explained by the Latin l ...

, court order in effect pending outcome of a case * Interim trustee, concept in United States bankruptcy law *

Interim appeal An interlocutory appeal (or interim appeal), in the law of civil procedure in the United States, occurs when a ruling by a trial court is appealed while other aspects of the case are still proceeding. Interlocutory appeals are allowed only under sp ...

, a partial appeal in United States law * Interim interdict in Scots law, a temporary injunction *

Judicial interim release Bail in Canada refers to the release (or detention) of a person charged with a criminal offence prior to being tried in court or sentenced. The ''Canadian Bill of Rights'' and the ''Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms'' guarantee the rig ...

, part of Canadian bail law

Peacekeeping forces

United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon ( ar, قوة الأمم المتحدة المؤقتة في لبنان, he, כוח האו"ם הזמני בלבנון), or UNIFIL ( ar, يونيفيل, he, יוניפי״ל), is a UN peacekeeping m ...

, from 1978 *

United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei The United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) is a United Nations peacekeeping force in Abyei, which is contested between the Republic of Sudan and the Republic of South Sudan. UNISFA was approved on 27 June 2011 by the United Nat ...

in Sudan, from 2011

Sports

Caretaker manager In association footballing terms, a caretaker manager or interim manager is somebody who takes temporary charge of the management of a football team, usually when the regular manager is dismissed or leaves for a different club. However, a caret ...

, temporary manager of a soccer team; also called interim manager *

Interim championship An interim championship is an alternate title that is awarded by the sanctioning bodies of professional boxing, and in other combat sports such as kickboxing, professional wrestling, and mixed martial arts. Occasionally, the champion of a particul ...

, temporary world championship in boxing and other contact sports * IFA Interim Intermediate League, Ireland 2008–2009

The arts

* ''Interim'' (film), 1953 short film by Stan Brakhage * ''Interim'' (album), 2004 album by British rock band The Fall *'' Interim Resurgence'', 1985 album by Zoogz Rift *

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INTERIM-Theater is a theatr ...

in Munich

Other

Interim analysis In clinical trials and other scientific studies, an interim analysis is an analysis of data that is conducted before data collection has been completed. Clinical trials are unusual in that enrollment of subjects is a continual process staggered in ...

, in science, analysis of incomplete data *

Interim state In some forms of Christianity the intermediate state or interim state is a person's existence between death and the universal resurrection. In addition, there are beliefs in a particular judgment right after death and a general judgment or las ...

, in some religious thought, an intermediate state between one's death and the End Times *

Interim alternative educational setting Interim Alternative Educational Setting (IAES) is a term for an educational setting and program other than the student's current placement that enables the student to continue to receive educational services according to his or her Individualized E ...

, in American education, temporary placement for a special-needs student * Interim Housing, in China, provision for temporarily displaced persons *

MCC Interim Linux MCC Interim Linux was a Linux distribution first released in February 1992 by Owen Le Blanc of the Manchester Computing Centre (MCC), part of the University of Manchester. It was the first Linux distribution created for computer users who were no ...

, provisional software release 1992 *

Institute of Interim Management The Institute of Interim Management (IIM) is a UK based professional body for those working in Interim Management in the United Kingdom and internationally. History The Institute of Interim Management was formed and launched in April 2 ...

, United Kingdom * Interim Fast Attack Vehicle, American scout vehicle *

Interim Control Module The Interim Control Module (ICM) is a NASA-constructed module designed to serve as a temporary "tug" for the International Space Station in case the Zvezda service module was destroyed or not launched for an extended period of time. It was deri ...

, NASA machine * Interim Capability for Airborne Networking, United States Air Force process *

Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera (IRMNG) is a taxonomic database which attempts to cover published genus names for all domains of life from 1758 in zoology (1753 in botany) up to the present, arranged in a single, internally ...

, taxonomic database *

Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia The Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) is a biogeographic regionalisation of Australia developed by the Australian government's Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population, and Communities. It was deve ...

Temporary organizational arrangements (general concept)

Specific temporary political arrangements

Provisional and interim governments and constitutions

Caretaker interim governments

Specific states generally

Specific caretaker interim governments

Temporary peaces

Diplomacy

Other

Legal concepts and procedures

Peacekeeping forces

Sports

The arts

Other

See also