List of regents of Greece
This is a list of regents (Greek: αντιβασιλείς, sing. αντιβασιλεύς) in the modern Kingdom of Greece (1832–1924 and 1935–1973). 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]
Reign of Otto
Image | Name | Regency start | Regency end |
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Regency Council during the minority of King Otto. | |||
First Regency Council: Josef Ludwig von Armansperg, Carl Wilhelm von Heideck, Georg Ludwig von Maurer | 6 February 1833 | 21 July 1834 Heideck and Maurer replaced. | |
Second Regency Council: Josef Ludwig von Armansperg, Egid von Kobell [de], Johann Baptist von Greiner | 21 July 1834 | 1 June 1835 King Otto's majority. |
Following their marriage in 1836, during Otto's illnesses and absences from the capital, Queen Amalia undertook the duties of a regent.
Reign of George I
Image | Name | Regency start | Regency end |
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Regent due to George I out of the country on a tour of Europe. | |||
Prince Johann of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg | March 1867 | November 1867 Return of George I. |
Reign of Alexander
Image | Name | Regency start | Regency end |
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Regent after the death of Alexander. Resigned following the electoral defeat of the Venizelists. | |||
Pavlos Kountouriotis | 28 October 1920 | 17 November 1920 Resigned. | |
Regent until the return of Constantine I. | |||
Queen Olga, The Queen Mother | 17 November 1920 | 19 December 1920 Referendum. |
First reign of George II
Image | Name | Regency start | Regency end |
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Regent due to the departure of George II from the country pending a referendum on the abolition of the monarchy. | |||
Pavlos Kountouriotis | 20 December 1923 | 25 March 1924 Abolition of the monarchy by the National Assembly Continued in office as head of state and elected as President of Greece on 24 May. |
Second reign of George II
Image | Name | Regency start | Regency end |
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Regent from the coup d'état of 10 October 1935 that abolished the Second Hellenic Republic until George II's arrival in Greece. | |||
Georgios Kondylis | 10 October 1935 | 22 November 1935 Concurrently in office as Prime Minister, until 30 November. | |
Regent from the Dekemvriana until the 1946 plebiscite on the monarchy. | |||
Archbishop Damaskinos of Athens | 31 December 1944 | 27 September 1946 |
Reign of Paul
Image | Name | Regency start | Regency end |
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Regent due to Paul recovering from an operation. | |||
Crown Prince Constantine | 20 February 1964 | 6 March 1964 King Paul died. |
Reign of Constantine II
Image | Name | Regency start | Regency end |
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Regent due to Constantine II's self-exile after the failed 13 December 1967 counter-coup against the military junta. | |||
Georgios Zoitakis | 13 December 1967 | 21 March 1972 Dismissed and replaced by junta strongman Georgios Papadopoulos. | |
Georgios Papadopoulos | 21 March 1972 | 1 June 1973, Self-appointed as President of Greece, following the abortive Navy mutiny of 25 May. |
See also
- Regency
- List of regents
- List of heads of state of Greece
- President of Greece
- Prime Minister of Greece
- Monarchy of Greece
Notes and references
- ^ 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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