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A regent is an acting governor. In a monarchy, a regent usually rules due to the actual monarch's absence, incapacity, or minority. In the case of Finland and Hungary, military officers served as regents in the absence of a monarch, while in Iceland, the regent represented the King of Denmark as sovereign of Iceland until the country became a republic in 1944.

In San Marino, an independent republic surrounded within Italy, the 'Captains Regent', or Capitani Reggenti, are two officials elected as joint heads of state.

In the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth kings were elected, which often led to relatively long interregna periods. It was the Polish primate (religion) who served as a regent, known at that time as an interrex (ruler between kings).

Occasionally, the term regent refers to positions lower than the ruler of a country; for instance, some university managers in North America are called regents. In Indonesia, the term regent is used in English to mean a bupati or local government official.

1 Examples of regents in various countries :

It should be noted that those who held a regency briefly, for example during surgery, are not necessarily listed, particularly if they performed no official acts; this list is also not complete.

1.1 China

• See Empress dowagerEmpress Dowager ( Chinese and Japanese: ; Chinese pinyin Huang Tai Hou, Japanese pronunciation: Kotaigo) was title given to the mother of a Chinese emperor. The title was also given occasionally to another woman of the same generation, while a woman from and Grand Empress Dowager
• 2nd Prince ChunThe 2nd prince Chun ( February 12, 1883 February 3, 1951) was born Zaifeng ( Chinese: ; Wade-Giles: Tsai-feng), of the Manchu Aisin-Gioro clan (the Qing imperial family ruling over China). He was the leader of China between 1908 and 1911, serving as the r between 19081908 is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). Events January-February January 1 A ball signifying New Year's Day drops in New York City's Times Square for the first time January 8 A train collision occurs in the Park Avenue T and 19111911 is a common year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). Events January-June January 1 Northern Territory is separated from South Australia January 3 In London, a shootout between Russian anarchists and the Scots Guard January 10 Major Jimmi for Emperor Xuantong (aka Puyi)

1.2 Egypt

• Hatshepsut of Egypt for Thutmose III of Egypt

1.3 Finland

• Pehr Evind Svinhufvud
• General C.G.E. Mannerheim

1.4 France

• Anne of Kiev, during the minority of her son Philip I
• Catherine de Medici:
  • While her husband Henry II of France left the kingdom for the campaign of Metz.
  • Later during the minority of her son Francis II of France
  • Again during the minority of her second son, Charles IX of France.
• Anne of Austria, during the minority of Louis XIV
• Philippe II of Orléans (1715-1723), during the minority of Louis XV; often called "the Regent", since he was the last regent of France. The related erea is commonly referred to as the Régence.
• Louis-Stanislas-Xavier, while living in exile, self-declared Regent for his nephew Louis XVII of France after the 1793 guillotining of King Louis XVI.
• Empress Eugenie, three times for her husband, Napoleon III