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A regent is a person selected to act as head of state (ruling or not) because the ruler is a minor, not present, or debilitated.[1] The following is a list of regents throughout history.
- ^ 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."