This is a list of regents () 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.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."
Reign of Otto Image Name Regency start Regency end Regency Council during the minority of King Otto.First Regency Council:Josef Ludwig von Armansperg, Carl Wilhelm von Heideck, Georg Ludwig von Maurer6 February 183321 July 1834Heideck and Maurer replaced.Second Regency Council:Josef Ludwig von Armansperg, , 21 July 18341 June 1835King 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 Regent due to George I out of the country on a tour of Europe.Prince Johann of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-GlücksburgMarch 1867November 1867Return of George I.
Reign of Alexander I Image Name Regency start Regency end Regent after the death of Alexander. Resigned following the electoral defeat of the Venizelists.Pavlos Kountouriotis28 October 192017 November 1920Resigned. Regent until the return of Constantine I.Queen Olga, The Queen Mother17 November 192019 December 1920Referendum.
First reign of George II Image Name Regency start Regency end Regent due to the departure of George II from the country pending a referendum on the abolition of the monarchy.Pavlos Kountouriotis20 December 192325 March 1924
Second reign of George II Image Name Regency start Regency end Regent from the coup d'état of 10 October 1935 that abolished the Second Hellenic Republic until George II's arrival in Greece.Georgios Kondylis10 October 193522 November 1935Concurrently in office as Prime Minister, until 30 November. Regent from the Dekemvriana until the 1946 plebiscite on the monarchy.Archbishop Damaskinos of Athens31 December 194427 September 1946
Reign of Paul I Image Name Regency start Regency end Regent due to Paul I recovering from an operation.Crown Prince Constantine20 February 1964 6 March 1964
Reign of Constantine II Image Name Regency start Regency end Regent due to Constantine II's self-exile after the failed 13 December 1967 counter-coup against the military junta.Georgios Zoitakis13 December 196721 March 1972Dismissed and replaced by junta strongman Georgios Papadopoulos.Georgios Papadopoulos21 March 19721 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 List of prime ministers of Greece Monarchy of Greece List of kings of Greece
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