List of Greek regents

This is a list of Greek regents (Greek: 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 the ruler is a minor, not present, or debilitated.^[1]

Reign of Otto

Image	Name	Regency start	Regency end
Regent during the minority of King Otto.
	Josef Ludwig von Armansperg	6 February 1833	1 June 1835 King Otto's majority.

Reign of Alexander

Image	Name	Regency start	Regency end
Regent until the election of Constantine I.
	Pavlos Kountouriotis	28 October 1920	17 November 1920 Resigned.
Regent until the election 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
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
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
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
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.
Regent due to Constantine II's self-exile after the failed 13 December 1967 counter-coup against the military junta.
	Georgios Papadopoulos	21 March 1972	1 June 1973, Self-appointed as President of Greece, following the abortive Navy mutiny of 25 May.

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."

Kingdom of Greece

Kings	House of Wittelsbach: Otto I House of Glücksburg: George I Constantine I Alexander George II Paul Constantine II

History	3 September 1843 Revolution Greek Constitution of 1844 1862 head of state referendum Greek Constitution of 1864 1896 Summer Olympics Greco-Turkish War (1897) Macedonian Struggle Goudi coup Greek Constitution of 1911 Balkan Wars National Schism Greece in WWI Asia Minor Campaign 1920 referendum Great Fire of Smyrna 11 September 1922 Revolution Republic referendum 1924 Monarchy referendum 1935 4th of August Regime Greece in WWII Monarchy referendum 1946 Greek Civil War 1967 Greek coup d'état Greek military junta of 1967–1974 Republic referendum 1973 Republic referendum 1974

Notable PM	Josef Ludwig von Armansperg Ioannis Kolettis Alexandros Koumoundouros Epameinondas Deligeorgis Charilaos Trikoupis Theodoros Diligiannis Eleftherios Venizelos Dimitrios Gounaris Ioannis Metaxas Georgios Papandreou Nikolaos Plastiras Alexandros Papagos Konstantinos Karamanlis Georgios Papadopoulos (coup d'état)

Orders	Order of the Redeemer Order of St. George & Constantine Order of St. Olga & Sophia Order of George I Order of the Phoenix Order of Beneficence

Related	Basileus Kings Regents Coat of arms Crown Jewels Crown Prince Duke of Sparta Royal Family

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