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The Regent of Iraq (Arabic: وصي العراق, romanized: waṣṣā al-ʿIrāqi) was a position established in 1939 and held by 'Abd al-Ilah until 1953. 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 Faisal II

Image Name Regency start Regency end
Regent during the minority of King Faisal II.
Crown Prince Abdullah 4 April 1939 1 April 1941
Deposed.
Sharaf bin Rajeh 1 April 1941 1 June 1941
Fled Iraq.
Crown Prince Abdullah 1 June 1941 2 May 1953
King Faisal's majority.

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."
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