List of Yugoslav regents

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]

Regent for King Peter I

Image Name Regency start Regency end
Regent during the reign of retired King Peter I.
Crown Prince Alexander
(1888–1934)
1 December 1918 16 August 1921
Death of King Peter I.

Regent for King Peter II

Image Name Regency start Regency end
Regent during the minority of King Peter II.
Prime Minister Nikola Uzunović
(1873–1954)
9 October 1934 11 October 1934
Regency Council took over.
Regency Council during the minority of King Peter II.
Prince Paul
(1893–1976)
11 October 1934 27 March 1941
Deposed.
Radenko Stanković
(1880–1956)
Ivo Perović
(1881–1958)
Regency Council appointed by King Peter II in exile.
Srdjan Budisavljević
(1884–1968)
7 March 1945 29 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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