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]
Kavhan Isbul is regent after the death of Khan Omurtag, when his successor Khan Malamir is still minor.
Kavhan Isbul is regent of Presiyan - the minor nephew of Malamir.
On behalf of the infant king (1241-1246) Colloman I Assen, the country was ruled by a regency.
1246 - 1253 - Regency Council headed by Irina Komnina
IVAN IV SMILETS - Regency council headed by his mother Smiltsena and despot Eltimir
Regents after Prince Alexander I
Stefan Stambolov, Sava Mutkurov and Petko Karavelov (replaced by Georgi Zhivkov) are regents after the abdication of Prince Alexander Battenberg until the election and inauguration of the new Prince Ferdinand Sakskoburggotski.
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) |
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 Mikhov 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 (The monarchy has been 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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Tsvetko 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."