List of Yugoslav regents

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This is a list of Yugoslav 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]

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Regent for King Peter I

ImageNameRegency startRegency end
Regent during the reign of retired King Peter I.
Kralj aleksandar1.jpg Crown Prince Alexander
(1888–1934)
1 December 191816 August 1921
Death of King Peter I.

Regent for King Peter II

ImageNameRegency startRegency end
Regent during the minority of King Peter II.
Nikola uzunovic.jpg Prime Minister Nikola Uzunović
(1873–1954)
9 October 193411 October 1934
Regency Council took over.
Regency Council during the minority of King Peter II.
Prince Paul of Yugoslavia.jpg Prince Paul
(1893–1976)
11 October 193427 March 1941
Deposed.
Radenko Stanković
(1880–1956)
Ivo Perović
(1881–1958)
Regency Council appointed by King Peter II in exile.
Srđan Budisavljević
(1884–1968)
7 March 194529 November 1945
King deposed.
Ante Mandić
(1881–1959)
Dušan Sernec
(1882–1952)

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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