List of regents

Gustaf Mannerheim as regent of Finland (sitting) and his adjutants (from the left) Lt.Col. Lilius, Cap. Kekoni, Lt. Gallen-Kallela, Ensign Rosenbröijer.

A regent is a person selected to act as head of state (ruling or not) because the ruler is a minor, not present, or debilitated.[1] Currently there are only two ruling Regencies in the world, sovereign Liechtenstein and the Malaysian constitutive state of Terengganu (see below). The following is a list of regents.

Regents in various current monarchies

It should be noted that those who held a regency briefly, for example during surgery, are not necessarily listed, particularly if they performed no official acts; this list is also not complete, presumably not even for all monarchies included. The list includes some figures who acted as regent, even if they did not themselves hold the title of regent.

Belgium

Cambodia

Japan

Jordan

Lesotho

Liechtenstein

Luxembourg

Malaysia and its constitutive monarchies

Terengganu

Monaco

Morocco

Nepal

Netherlands

Norway

Oman

Qatar

Saudi Arabia

Spain

Swaziland

Sweden

Thailand

United Kingdom and its predecessor realms

Main article: Regency Acts

The Kingdom of Great Britain

The Kingdom of England

The Kingdom of Scotland

Regents in various former Monarchies

The same notes apply; inclusion in this list reflects the political reality, regardless of claims to the throne.

Afghan monarchies

Before the 1881 unification, there were essentially four rulers' capitals: Kabul, Herat, Qandahar and Peshawar (the last now in Pakistan); all their rulers belonged to the Abdali tribal group, whose name was changed to Dorrani with Ahmad Shah Abdali. They belong either to the Saddozay segment of the Popalzay clan (typically styled padshah, king) or to the Mohammadzay segment of the Barakzay clan (typically with the style Amir, in full Amir al-Mo´menin "Leader of the Faithful"). The Mohammadzay also furnished the Saddozay kings frequently with top counselors, who served occasionally as (Minister-)regents, identified with the epithet Mohammadzay.

Brazil

Maria Leopoldina acting as regent of the Kingdom of Brazil, 1822
The Oath of the Princess Imperial Isabel as regent of the Empire of Brazil, c. 1870.

Bulgaria

China

Egypt

Ethiopia

Finland

After the abdication of Nicholas II of Russia, the throne of the Grand Duke of Finland was vacant and according to the constitution of 1772, a regent was installed by the Finnish Parliament during the first two years of Finnish independence, before the country was declared a republic.

France

Greece

German monarchies

Anhalt

Baden

Bavaria

Brunswick

Hanover

Hesse-Kassel

Lippe

Mecklenburg-Schwerin

Mecklenburg-Strelitz

Prussia

Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

Saxe-Meiningen

Saxe-Weimar

Waldeck

Hawaii

Main article: Kuhina Nui

Hungary

Iceland

India

Madurai

Mughal Empire

Travancore

Both before and during the British raj (colonial rule), most of India was ruled by several hundred native princely houses, many of which have known regencies, under the raj subject to British approval

Vakataka Kingdom

Iraq

In the short-lived Hashemite kingdom, there were three regencies in the reign of the third and last king Faysal II (b. 1935 – d. 1958; also Head of the 'Arab Union', a federation with the Hashemite sister-kingdom Jordan, from 14 February 1958) :

Italy

Italian former principalities

Parma

Savoy

Korea

Mongolia

Portugal

Romania

Russia

Serbia

Serbian regents abroad

Tibetan Empire

Turkey

Yugoslavia

Notes

  1. The Oxford English Dictionary defines the term as "A person appointed to administer a State because the Monarch is a minor, is absent or is incapacitated."
  2. "Kuhina Nui 1819–1864". Centennial Exhibit. State of Hawaii Department of Accounting and General Services. Retrieved 3 October 2009.
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