This is a list of Bulgarian regents. 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]
Kavhan Isbul was regent after the death of Khan Omurtag, when his successor Khan Malamir was still a minor. He was also regent of Presiyan I, the minor nephew of Malamir.
On behalf of the infant king Кoloman I Asen (1241–1246), the country was ruled by a regency. When he died, a regency council led by Irina Komnina ruled on behalf of King Michael II Asen from 1246–1253.
A regency council on behalf of Ivan IV Smilets headed by his mother Smiltsena and despot Eltimir ruled from 1298–1299.
Stefan Stambolov, Sava Mutkurov and Petko Karavelov (replaced by Georgi Zhivkov) were regents after the abdication of Prince Alexander Battenberg in August 1886 until the election and inauguration of the new Prince Ferdinand I Saxe-Coburg-Gotha in August 1887.
| width=35% colspan=3 | Regent | width=40% colspan=3 | Term | width=25% rowspan=2 | Claim | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portrait | width=30% | Name (Born–Died) | Term start | Term end | Duration | |
| Kiril, Prince of Preslav 1895 - 1945 (Lived: 49 years) | 28 August 1943 | 9 September 1944 (Deposed following a coup d'état) | First Regency Council For Simeon II | |||
| Bogdan Filov 1883 - 1945 (Lived: 61 years) | ||||||
| Lt. General Nikola Mihov 1891 - 1945 (Lived: 53 years) | ||||||
| Todor Pavlov 1890 - 1977 (Lived: 87 years) | 9 September 1944 | 15 September 1946 (Monarchy abolished) | Second Regency Council For Simeon II | |||
| Venelin Ganev 1880 - 1966 (Lived: 86 years) | ||||||
| Tsvyatko Boboshevski 1884 - 1952 (Lived: 68 years) | ||||||