What is Interim?
{{wiktionary|interim}} 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]], emergency government during the creation, collapse, or crisis of a state; also called interim government *[[Caretaker government]], temporary rule between governments in a parliamentary democracy; also called interim government *[[Acting president]], interim head of a state *[[Acting (law)]], designation of a person temporarily exercising the authority of any position *[[Interim management]], in business ==Specific temporary political arrangements== ===Provisional and interim governments and constitutions=== *[[Articles of Confederation]], 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]], 1912–1931 *[[Dáil Constitution]], Ireland 1918–1921 *[[Interim National Assembly (Czechoslovakia)]], 1945–1946 *[[Interim Government of India]], 1946–1947 *[[Provisional Constitution of 1950]], Indonesia 1950–1959 *[[Constitution of Tanzania#Interim Constitution (1964-1977)|Interim Constitution of Tanzania]], 1964–1977 *[[Interim presidency of Suharto]], Indonesia 1967–1968 *[[Interim Constitution of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (1974)]], from 1974 *[[Interim Batasang Pambansa]], government of the Philippines 1978–1984 *[[Interim Government of Iran]] 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]], 1983 *[[Transitional Government of Ethiopia]], 1991–1995 *[[Interim Government of Somalia]], 1991–1996 *[[Interim National Government]], Nigeria 1993 *[[Interim Constitution (South Africa)]], 1994–1997 *[[National Transitional Council (Congo)]], 1997–2001 *[[Joint Inter