List of regents

A regent is a person selected to act as head of state (ruling or not) because the ruler is a minor, not present, or debilitated.

The same notes apply; inclusion in this list reflects the political reality, regardless of claims to the throne.

They belong either to the Saddozay segment of the Popalzay clan (typically styled padshah, king) or to the Mohammadzay segment of the Barakzay clan (typically with the style Amir, in full Amir al-Mo´menin "Leader of the Faithful").

Both before and during the British raj (colonial rule), most of India was ruled by several hundred native princely houses, many of which have known regencies, under the raj subject to British approval In the short-lived Hashemite kingdom, there were three regencies in the reign of the third and last king Faysal II (b.

1935 – d. 1958; also Head of the 'Arab Union', a federation with the Hashemite sister-kingdom Jordan, from 14 February 1958) : After the abdication of Nicholas II of Russia, the throne of the Grand Duke of Finland was vacant and according to the constitution of 1772, a regent was installed by the Finnish Parliament during the first two years of Finnish independence, before the country was declared a republic.

Gustaf Mannerheim as regent of Finland (sitting) and his adjutants (from the left) Lt. Col. Lilius , Cap. Kekoni, Lt. Gallen-Kallela , Ensign Rosenbröijer .
Sten Sture the Elder, long-serving regent of Sweden
The regent Yariri (r.) and his successor Kamani (l.), on a relief from Carchemish. An example of regency from ancient history.
Princess Maria Leopoldina acting as regent of the Kingdom of Brazil on behalf of her husband Prince Pedro in 1822, as depicted in Sessão do Conselho de Estado
The oath of the provisional triumviral regents of the Empire of Brazil in 1831, during the regency period .
Isabel, Princess Imperial taking oath as regent of the Empire of Brazil on behalf of her father Pedro II , c. 1870