Prince Sozisa Dlamini

He became the Authorized Person of Swaziland from 1982 to 1985 after the death of King Sobhuza II,[1][2][3] and in 1983 was briefly the acting Regent of the country, after he deposed Queen Dzeliwe.

He fell from power in July 1984, after being accused of planning a coup, and was suspended as Authorized Person until Queen Ntfombi terminated his appointment on 1 November 1985.

[1][2][3] At the time, there was no certainty about who would inherit the throne, and Sobhuza's widow Queen Dzeliwe was chosen by a secret tribal process to assume the regency.

A senior member of the Liqoqo, a supreme council of tribal elders, in practice Sozisa was believed to be in charge of the Swazi government, although nominally Mabandla Dlamini was Prime Minister.

The key to the change was thought to be that Bkekimpe was more receptive to a South African proposal to transfer to Swaziland most of the homeland of KaNgwane, an area of some 7,800 square kilometres (3,000 sq mi) with a notional population of 800,000, including a length of coast on the Indian Ocean.

One of Ntfombi's first acts as regent was to give delegated powers to the Authorized Person, who was still Sozisa, to sign state documents making decisions on a number of matters of national importance.

Sozisa continued as the Authorized Person until the end of August 1984, when the Liqoqo suspended him, amid allegations that he had attempted a coup d'état in June.