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1 Reign of Otto  




2 Reign of George I  




3 Reign of Alexander  




4 First reign of George II  




5 Second reign of George II  




6 Reign of Paul  




7 Reign of Constantine II  




8 See also  




9 Notes and references  













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This is a list of '''Greek [[Regency (government)|regents]]''' ({{lang-el|αντιβασιλείς, sing. αντιβασιλεύς}}), a [[regent]], from the [[Latin]] ''regens'' "one who reigns", is a person selected to act as [[head of state]] (ruling or not) because [[minority reign|the ruler is a minor]], not present, or debilitated.<ref>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."</ref>


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This is a list of [[Regency (government)|regents]] ({{lang-el|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 [[minority reign|the ruler is a minor]], not present, or debilitated.<ref>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."</ref>
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==Reign of [[Alexander the Great]]==

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==Reign of [[Otto, King of Greece|Otto]]==

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| width="100%" height="4" colspan="4" | <span style="font-size:125%;">'''[[Strategos]] [[autokrator]] of Greece against [[Achaemenid Empire]].

| width="100%" height="4" colspan="4" | '''[[Regency council of Otto of Greece|Regency Council]]''' during the minority of King [[Otto, King of Greece|Otto]].

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|align="center"|[[File:Istanbul - Museo archeol. - Alessandro Magno (firmata Menas) - sec. III a.C. - da Magnesia - Foto G. Dall'Orto 28-5-2006 b-n.jpg|80px]]

|align="center"|[[File:Joseph Ludwig von Armansperg.jpg|80px]]

|align="center"|First Regency Council:<br>[[Josef Ludwig von Armansperg]], [[Carl Wilhelm von Heideck]], [[Georg Ludwig von Maurer]]
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|align="center"|[[Alexander the Great]]

|align="center"|336 BC

|align="center"|6 February 1833

|align="center"|10 or 11 June 323 BC <br /><small>Alexander's death.</small>

|align="center"|21 July 1834<br /><small>Heideck and Maurer replaced.</small>
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|align="center"|[[File:Joseph Ludwig von Armansperg.jpg|80px]]

|align="center"|Second Regency Council:<br>[[Josef Ludwig von Armansperg]], {{ill|Egid von Kobell|de}}, {{LinkedLabel|Q116206784}}
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|align="center"|21 July 1834

|align="center"|1 June 1835<br /><small>King Otto's majority.</small>

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Following their marriage in 1836, during Otto's illnesses and absences from the capital, [[Queen Amalia]] undertook the duties of a regent.


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==Reign of [[George I of Greece|George I]]==

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==Reign of [[Otto, King of Greece|Otto]]==

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| width="100%" height="4" colspan="4" | <span style="font-size:125%;">'''Regent'''</span> during the minorityofKing [[Otto, KingofGreece|Otto]].

| width="100%" height="4" colspan="4" | '''Regent''' due to George I outofthe country on a tourofEurope.

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|align="center"|[[File:Joseph Ludwig von Armansperg.jpg|80px]]

|align="center"|[[File:1825 Johann.jpg|80px]]

|align="center"|[[Josef Ludwig von Armansperg]]

|align="center"|[[Prince Johann of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg]]

|align="center"|6 February 1833

|align="center"|March 1867

|align="center"|1 June 1835<br /><small>King Otto's majority.</small>

|align="center"|November 1867<br /><small>Return of George I.</small>

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| width="100%" height="4" colspan="4" | <span style="font-size:125%;">'''Regent'''</span> after the death of Alexander. Resigned following the [[1920 Greek legislative election|electoral defeat]] of the [[Venizelists]].

| width="100%" height="4" colspan="4" | '''Regent''' after the death of Alexander. Resigned following the [[1920 Greek legislative election|electoral defeat]] of the [[Venizelists]].

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|align="center"|[[File:AlmiranteCoundouritis--inheartofgermani00vaka.jpg|80px]]

|align="center"|[[File:AlmiranteCoundouritis--inheartofgermani00vaka.jpg|80px]]
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|align="center"|17 November 1920<br /><small>Resigned.</small>

|align="center"|17 November 1920<br /><small>Resigned.</small>

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| width="100%" height="4" colspan="4" | <span style="font-size:125%;">'''Regent'''</span> until the [[1920 Greek referendum|return]] of [[Constantine I of Greece|Constantine I]].

| width="100%" height="4" colspan="4" | '''Regent''' until the [[1920 Greek referendum|return]] of [[Constantine I of Greece|Constantine I]].

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|align="center"|[[File:Laszlo - Queen Olga of Greece.jpg|80px]]

|align="center"|[[File:Laszlo - Queen Olga of Greece.jpg|80px]]
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| width="100%" height="4" colspan="4" | <span style="font-size:125%;">'''Regent'''</span> due to the departure of George II from the country pending a [[1924 Greek republic referendum|referendum on the abolition of the monarchy]].

| width="100%" height="4" colspan="4" | '''Regent''' due to the departure of George II from the country pending a [[1924 Greek republic referendum|referendum on the abolition of the monarchy]].

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|align="center"|[[File:AlmiranteCoundouritis--inheartofgermani00vaka.jpg|80px]]

|align="center"|[[File:AlmiranteCoundouritis--inheartofgermani00vaka.jpg|80px]]
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| width="100%" height="4" colspan="4" | <span style="font-size:125%;">'''Regent'''</span> from the coup d'état of 10 October 1935 that abolished the [[Second Hellenic Republic]] until George II's arrival in Greece.

| width="100%" height="4" colspan="4" | '''Regent''' from the coup d'état of 10 October 1935 that abolished the [[Second Hellenic Republic]] until George II's arrival in Greece.

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|align="center"|[[File:Georgios Kondylis.jpg|80px]]

|align="center"|[[File:Georgios Kondylis.jpg|80px]]
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|align="center"|22 November 1935<br /><small>Concurrently in office as [[Prime Minister of Greece|Prime Minister]], until 30 November.</small>

|align="center"|22 November 1935<br /><small>Concurrently in office as [[Prime Minister of Greece|Prime Minister]], until 30 November.</small>

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| width="100%" height="4" colspan="4" | <span style="font-size:125%;">'''Regent'''</span> from the [[Dekemvriana]] until the [[1946 Greek referendum|1946 plebiscite on the monarchy]].

| width="100%" height="4" colspan="4" | '''Regent''' from the [[Dekemvriana]] until the [[1946 Greek referendum|1946 plebiscite on the monarchy]].

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|align="center"|[[File:Archbishop Damaskinos of Greece.jpg|80px]]

|align="center"|[[File:Archbishop Damaskinos of Greece.jpg|80px]]

|align="center"|[[Archbishop Damaskinos of Athens]]

|align="center"|[[Damaskinos of Athens|Archbishop Damaskinos of Athens]]

|align="center"|31 December 1944

|align="center"|31 December 1944

|align="center"|27 September 1946

|align="center"|27 September 1946
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| width="100%" height="4" colspan="4" | <span style="font-size:125%;">'''Regent'''</span> due to Paul recovering from an operation.

| width="100%" height="4" colspan="4" | '''Regent''' due to Paul recovering from an operation.

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|align="center"|[[File:King Constantine.jpg|80px]]

|align="center"|[[File:King Constantine.jpg|80px]]
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| width="100%" height="4" colspan="4" | <span style="font-size:125%;">'''Regent'''</span> due to Constantine II's self-exile after the failed 13 December 1967 counter-coup against the [[Greek military junta of 1967–74|military junta]].

| width="100%" height="4" colspan="4" | '''Regent''' due to Constantine II's self-exile after the failed 13 December 1967 counter-coup against the [[Greek junta|military junta]].

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|align="center"|

|align="center"|[[File:Georgios Zoitakis (1971).jpg|80px]]

|align="center"|[[Georgios Zoitakis]]

|align="center"|[[Georgios Zoitakis]]

|align="center"|13 December 1967

|align="center"|13 December 1967

|align="center"|21 March 1972<br /><small>Dismissed and replaced by junta strongman [[Georgios Papadopoulos]].</small>

|align="center"|21 March 1972<br /><small>Dismissed and replaced by junta strongman [[Georgios Papadopoulos]].</small>

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|align="center"|[[File:Georgios Papadopoulos.jpg|80px]]

| width="100%" height="4" colspan="4" | <span style="font-size:125%;">'''Regent'''</span> due to Constantine II's self-exile after the failed 13 December 1967 counter-coup against the [[Greek military junta of 1967–74|military junta]].
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|align="center"|[[Georgios Papadopoulos]]

|align="center"|[[Georgios Papadopoulos]]

|align="center"|21 March 1972

|align="center"|21 March 1972
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[[Category:Heads of state of Greece]]

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[[Category:Greece politics-related lists|Regents]]

[[Category:Greece politics-related lists|Regents]]

[[Category:Greek monarchs|Regents]]

[[Category:Political history of Greece|Regents]]

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Latest revision as of 03:26, 12 December 2023

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[edit]

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 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 Edit this on Wikidata 		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[edit]

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-Glücksburg March 1867 November 1867
Return of George I.

Reign of Alexander[edit]

Image Name Regency start Regency end
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 returnofConstantine I.
Queen Olga, The Queen Mother 17 November 1920 19 December 1920
Referendum.

First reign of George II[edit]

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 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[edit]

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 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[edit]

Image Name Regency start Regency end
Regent due to Paul recovering from an operation.
Crown Prince Constantine 20 February 1964 6 March 1964
King Paul died.

Reign of Constantine II[edit]

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 Zoitakis 13 December 1967 21 March 1972
Dismissed and replaced by junta strongman Georgios Papadopoulos.
Georgios Papadopoulos 21 March 1972 1 June 1973,
Self-appointedasPresident of Greece, following the abortive Navy mutiny of 25 May.

See also[edit]

Notes and references[edit]

  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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