List of Bulgarian regents
This is a list of Bulgarian regents. A regent, from the Latin regens ("one who reigns"), is a person selected to act as head of state (ruling or not) because the ruler is a minor, not present, or debilitated.[1]
Middle Ages[]
Kavhan Isbul was regent after the death of Khan Omurtag, when his successor Khan Malamir was still a minor. He was also regent of Presiyan I, the minor nephew of Malamir.
On behalf of the infant king Кoloman I Asen (1241–1246), the country was ruled by a regency. When he died, a regency council led by Irina Komnina ruled on behalf of King Michael II Asen from 1246–1253.
A regency council on behalf of Ivan IV Smilets headed by his mother Smiltsena and despot Eltimir ruled from 1298–1299.
Regents after Prince Alexander I[]
Stefan Stambolov, Sava Mutkurov and Petko Karavelov (replaced by ) were regents after the abdication of Prince Alexander Battenberg in August 1886 until the election and inauguration of the new Prince Ferdinand I Saxe-Coburg-Gotha in August 1887.
Regents for Tsar Simeon II[]
Regent | Term | Claim | ||||
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Portrait | Name (Born–Died) |
Term start | Term end | Duration | ||
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Kiril, Prince of Preslav 1895–1945 (Lived: 49 years) |
28 August 1943 | 9 September 1944 (Deposed following a coup d'état) |
1 year, 12 days | First Regency Council For Simeon II | |
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Bogdan Filov 1883–1945 (Lived: 61 years) | |||||
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Lt. General Nikola Mihov 1891–1945 (Lived: 53 years) |
Regent | Term | Claim | ||||
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Portrait | Name (Born–Died) |
Term start | Term end | Duration | ||
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Todor Pavlov 1890–1977 (Lived: 87 years) |
9 September 1944 | 15 September 1946 (Monarchy abolished) |
2 years, 6 days | Second Regency Council For Simeon II | |
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Venelin Ganev 1880–1966 (Lived: 86 years) | |||||
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Tsvyatko Boboshevski 1884–1952 (Lived: 68 years) |
See also[]
- Regency
- List of regents
- List of heads of state of Bulgaria
- President of Bulgaria
- Prime Minister of Bulgaria
- Monarchy of Bulgaria
Notes and references[]
- ^ 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."
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