List of Serbian regents explained

This is a list of Serbian regents, a regent (sr|намесник/namesnik), 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]

Middle Ages

• Princess Milica, Regent of Serbia during the minority of Stefan Lazarević (1389)
• Council of Regency during the Serbian Despotate: veliki vojvoda Mihailo Anđelović, prince Stefan Branković, and despotess Helena Palaiologina (fl. 1458)

Principality and Kingdom of Serbia

• Council of Regency during the minority of Prince Milan (1868 to 1872): Milivoje Petrović Blaznavac, Jovan Ristić and Jovan Gavrilović
• Council of Regency during the minority of King Aleksandar (1889 to 1893): Jovan Ristić, Jovan Belimarković and Kosta Protić (d. 1892)

Kingdom of Yugoslavia

• Prince Alexander I of Yugoslavia (1888–1934), Regent of Yugoslavia (1914 to 1921)
• Prince Paul of Yugoslavia (1893–1976), Regent of Yugoslavia during the minority of Peter II of Yugoslavia (1934 to 1941).

Serbian regents in other countries

• Helena and Beloš Vukanović, Regents of Hungary (1141 to 1146)

See also

• Regency
• List of regents
• List of Serbian monarchs
• President of Serbia
• Prime Minister of Serbia
• Monarchy of Serbia

Notes and References

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."