Caretaker
In politics, a caretaker government rules temporarily. A caretaker government is often set-up following a war until stable democratic rule can be restored in which case it is often a provisional government.
Caretaker governments may also be put in place when a government is a parliamentary system is defeated in a motion of no confidence or the house the government comes from is dissolved to rule the country for an interim period until an election is held and a new government is formed. In systems where coalition governments are frequent a caretaker government may be installed temporarily while negotiations to form a new coaltion take place. This usually occurs either immediately after an election in which there is no clear victor or if one coalition government collapses and a new one must be negotiated.
For the pilot episode of Star Trek: Voyager, see Caretaker (Star Trek).
