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 or collapse of a state; also called interim government
• Caretaker government, temporary rule between governments in a parliamentary democracy; also called interim government
• Interim order, court order in effect pending outcome of a case
• Interim trustee, concept in United States bankruptcy law
• Interim management, in business

Specific temporary political arrangements

Interim constitutions

• Articles of Confederation, United States 1781–1788
• Interim government of California, 1846–1850
• Provisional Constitution of the Confederate States, 1861–1862
• Dáil Constitution, Ireland 1918–1921
• Interim National Assembly (Czechoslovakia), 1945–1946
• Interim Government of India, 1946–1947
• 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)
• Transitional Government of Ethiopia, 1991–1995
• Interim Government of Somalia, 1991–1996
• Interim Constitution (South Africa), 1994–1997
• National Transitional Council (Congo), 1997–2001
• Joint 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, 2005–2005
• Iraqi Transitional Government, 2005–2006
• 2006 interim constitution of Thailand and 2006 Thai interim civilian government
• National Transitional Council, Libya 2011–2012
• Libyan interim Constitutional Declaration, 2011–2017
• Regmi interim cabinet, Nepal 2013–2014
• Interim Government of Ambazonia, from 2017

Interim governments

Specific states generally

• Caretaker government of Australia, laws and history pertaining to interim governments in that country
• Caretaker government of Bangladesh, laws and history pertaining to interim governments in that country
• Caretaker government of Malaysia, laws and history pertaining to interim governments in that country
• Caretaker Prime Minister of Pakistan, laws and history pertaining to interim governments in that country

Specific interim governments

• Churchill caretaker ministry, United Kingdom 1945
• Interim Uttarakhand Assembly, Indian state of Uttarakhand 2000–2002
• 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, from 2009
• 2015 interim election government of Turkey
• Caretaker Government of Myanmar (2021), from 2021

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• Ituri Interim Administration, government of the Ituri region of the Congo, from 2003
• Syrian Interim Government, government of some parts of Syria from 2013
• Bangsamoro Interim Cabinet, government of Bangsamoro in the Philippines from 2018

Temporary peaces

• Regensburg Interim, 1542 decree relating to religious disputes in Germany
• Augsburg Interim, 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

• 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, commonly known as the Sinai II Agreement, between Egypt and Israel 1975
• Chargé d'affaires ad interim, temporary head of a diplomatic mission

Other

• Interim leader (Canada), a temporary party leader appointed upon the resignation or death of a party leader
• Interim Committee, precursor to the American Atomic Energy Commission 1945–1946
• Interim Independent Electoral Commission (Kenya), 2009–2011

Peacekeeping forces

• United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon, from 1978
• United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei in Sudan, from 2011

Sports

• Caretaker manager, temporary manager of a soccer team; also called interim manager
• Interim championship, 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

Science

• Interim analysis, in science, analysis of incomplete data

Other

• Interim Housing, in China, provision for temporarily displaced persons
• MCC Interim Linux, provisional software release 1992
• Institute of Interim Management, United Kingdom
• Interim Control Module, NASA machine
• Interim Capability for Airborne Networking, United States Air Force process
• Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera, taxonomic database
• Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia

See also

• Ad interim, Latin phrase for "in the meantime"