In a monarchy, a regent usually reigns for one of these reasons, but can also be elected to reign during the interregnum when the royal line has become extinct. This was the case in the Kingdom of Finland and the Kingdom of Hungary, where the royal line was considered extinct after World War I. In Iceland, the regent represented the King of Denmark as ruler of Iceland until the country became a republic in 1944. In the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (1569-1795), kings were elected, which often led to a rather long interregnum. Meanwhile, it was the Roman Catholic primate (the Archbishop of Gniezno) who served as regent, who was called interrex (Latin: ruler “between kings” as in ancient Rome). In the small Republic of San Marino, the two Captains Reggent or Capitani Reggenti are elected twice a year (they have a six-month term) as joint Heads of State and Government. In Malaysia, a regent or “pemangku raja” in Malay is the provisional ruler of a Malay state when the king is elected Yang di-Pertuan Agong or is unable to assume the role of head of state. For example, the regent of Pahang, Tengku Hassanal Ibrahim Alam Shah, held the position after his father Abdullah of Pahang was elected Yang di-Pertuan Agong in 2019. If your word has anagrams, they will also be listed with a definition of the word, if we have one. If the officially appointed regent is unavailable or temporarily unable to perform his or her duties, a regent may be appointed on an interim basis to fill the gap. The term regent can refer to positions inferior to those of the ruler of a country. The term can be used in the leadership of organizations, usually as an equivalent of “director,” and held by all members of a board of directors rather than simply the equivalent of the CEO. We have listed all the clues in our database that match your search.
There will also be a list of synonyms for your answer. Synonyms have been sorted according to the number of characters so that they are easy to find. In the Society of Jesus, a regent is an individual Jesuit formation who has completed his novitiate and studies in philosophy, but who has not yet moved on to the study of theology. A regent among the Jesuits is often assigned to teach in a school or other academic institution. In the Dutch East Indies, a regent was an indigenous prince who was allowed to de facto rule a colonized “state” as regent. Therefore, in the successor state of Indonesia, the term regent is used in English to refer to a bupati, the head of a kabupaten (second-level local government). Also in Belgium and France (regent in French or Dutch) “Regent” is the official title of teacher in a lower secondary level (secondary school), which does not require a university degree, but is trained in a specialized teacher training college. A regent (from Latin regens:[1] reigning, reigning[2][3]) is a person who is appointed to govern a state pro tempore (Latin: “for the moment”) because the monarch is minor, absent, unable or unable to exercise the powers and duties of the monarchy, or the throne is vacant and the new monarch has not yet been appointed. [2] [4] A variant is the Liechtenstein monarchy, where a competent monarch may decide to transfer the regency to his adult heir by delegating most of his responsibilities to prepare the heir for future succession.
[5] The rule of a regent or regent is called regency. A Regency Council may be formed on an ad hoc basis or in accordance with a constitutional provision. Regent is sometimes an official title given to a monarch`s most trusted advisor or personal assistant. When the regent holds office by virtue of his position in the line of succession, the compound term Prince Regent is often used; If the regent of a minor is his mother, she would be called queen regent. In the Philippines – especially at the University of Santo Tomas – Father Regent, who must be a Dominican priest and often also a teacher, serves as the spiritual leader of the institution. They also form the Council of Regents, which serves as the university`s supreme governing body. Some university principals in North America are called regents, and a college or university board of governors may be called a “board of regents.” In New York State, all activities related to public and private education (P-12 and post-secondary) and professional licensing are administered by the Council of Regents of the State University of New York, whose appointed members are called regents. In the Dutch Republic, members of the ruling class who were not formally hereditary but formed a de facto patrician class were unofficially called regents (the Dutch plural for regent) because they usually held “regent” positions in municipal councils as well as in charitable and civic institutions. The Regentengruppenporträt, regentenstuk or regentessenstuk for women`s tablets in Dutch, literally “regent piece”, is a group portrait of the board of directors, called regents or regentines, a non-profit organization or guild. This type of group portrait was popular in Dutch painting from the Golden Age to the 17th and 18th centuries. Famous regency periods include that of the Prince Regent, later George IV of the United Kingdom, which led to many terms such as the Regency Era and Regency Architecture.
Strictly speaking, this period lasted from 1811 to 1820, when his father George III was insane, although when used as a period designation, it usually covers a longer period. Philippe II, Duke of Orléans, was regent of France from the death of Louis XIV in 1715 until his majority in 1723. This is also used as a period designation for many aspects of French history, such as regency in French, which in turn tends to cover a slightly broader period than the actual regency. For a period of a month and a half, the Second French Empire was a regency. The emperor withdrew with his army and handed over his political powers to his wife, who essentially fulfilled all his roles and even sent him orders. He was never able to return to France, and the empire eventually became regency two days after his defeat and imprisonment at the Battle of Sedan. The equivalent Greek term is epitropos (επίτροπος), which means overseer. The term “regent” is also used for members of the governing bodies of institutions such as the national banks of France and Belgium.
From 2022, Liechtenstein (under Alois, Hereditary Prince of Liechtenstein) will be the only country to have an active regency. In 2016, at the age of 96, Prem Tinsulanonda became the oldest regent of all nations when he became regent of Rama X of Thailand. Previously, this record was held by Prince Regent Luitpold of Bavaria, who was 91 years old at the end of his reign. If a particular response arouses a lot of interest on the site today, it can be highlighted in orange. In Eswatini, where succession to the throne was not immediate, the Ndlovukati, a position similar to the Queen Mother, ruled as regent until the appointment of the new king. [6].