List of Regents

List Of 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. Currently there are only two ruling Regencies in the world, sovereign Liechtenstein and the Malaysian constitutive state of Terengganu (see below). The following is a list of regents.

Read more about List Of Regents:  Regents in Various Current Monarchies, Regents in Various Former Monarchies

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