List of Bulgarian regents

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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
Portrait Name
(Born–Died) 		Term start Term end Duration
BASA-3K-15-273-9-Prince Kyril of Bulgaria.jpeg 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
Богдан Филов.jpg Bogdan Filov
1883–1945
(Lived: 61 years)
BASA-3K-15-391-1-Nikola Mikhov, 1943 (crop).jpeg Lt. General Nikola Mihov
1891–1945
(Lived: 53 years)
Regent Term Claim
Portrait Name
(Born–Died) 		Term start Term end Duration
Todor Pavlov.jpg 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
BASA 118K-2-87 Venelin Ganev (retouched).jpg Venelin Ganev
1880–1966
(Lived: 86 years)
Tsvyatko Boboshevski.png Tsvyatko Boboshevski
1884–1952
(Lived: 68 years)

See also[]

Notes and references[]

  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."
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