The Regent of Iraq () was a position established in 1939 and held by 'Abd al-Ilah until 1953. 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.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."
Reign of Faisal II Image Name Regency start Regency end Regent during the minority of King Faisal II.Crown Prince Abdullah4 April 19391 April 1941Deposed.Sharaf bin Rajeh1 April 19411 June 1941Fled Iraq.Crown Prince Abdullah1 June 19412 May 1953King Faisal's majority.
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