Interim may refer to:

Temporary organizational arrangements (general concept)

Provisional government A provisional government, also called an interim government, an emergency government, a transitional government or provisional leadership, is a temporary government formed to manage a period of transition, often following state collapse, revoluti ...

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

Caretaker government A caretaker government, also known as a caretaker regime, 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 co ...

, 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 visiting abroad) or when the post is vacant (such as for death Death is the en ...

, 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 *

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 wi ...

, in business *

Regent In a monarchy, a regent () is a person appointed to govern a state because the actual monarch is a minor, absent, incapacitated or unable to discharge their powers and duties, or the throne is vacant and a new monarch has not yet been dete ...

, temporary ruler standing in for monarch currently unable to exercise rule *

Locum A locum, or locum tenens, is a person who temporarily fulfills the duties of another; the term is especially used for physicians or clergy. For example, a ''locum tenens physician'' is a physician who works in the place of the regular physician. ...

, a person who temporarily fulfills the duties of another

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 le ...

, court order in effect pending outcome of a case *

Interim trustee Interim trustee is a term of art in section 701 of the Bankruptcy Code, Title 11 of the United States Code. When a case under Chapter 7 of the Code is commenced, the United States Trustee immediately appoints an interim trustee for that case. The ...

, concept in United States bankruptcy law * Interim appeal, a partial appeal in United States law * Interim interdict in Scots law, a temporary injunction * Judicial interim release, part of Canadian bail law

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 The Leipzig Interim was one of several temporary settlements between the Emperor Charles V and German Lutherans following the Schmalkaldic War. It was presented to an assembly of Saxon political estates in December 1548. Though not adopted by the ...

, another 1548 decree relating to religious disputes in Germany *

Interim Peace The Interim Peace (, ) was a short period in the history of Finland during the Second World War. The term is used for the time between the Winter War and the Continuation War, lasting a little over 15 months, from 13 March 1940 to 24 June 1941. ...

between Finland and the USSR 1940–1941

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 IFA or Ifa may refer to: Organisations Economics * Independent financial adviser, a type of financial services professional in the UK * Index Fund Advisors * Institute and Faculty of Actuaries, representing actuaries in the UK * Institute of Ac ...

, Ireland 2008–2009

Arts

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

INTERIM-Theater Interim-Theater-Laim-2009-05

INTERIM-Theater is a theatr ...

in Munich

Other

MCC Interim Linux MCC Interim Linux is 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 not ...

, provisional software release 1992 *

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. History It ...

, NASA machine *

Interim (journal) Interim may 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 b ...