Regent of the Kingdom of Hungary

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The Regent of the Kingdom of Hungary was the head of state position that exercised royal authority in Hungary during periods when the monarchy was without a reigning king, most notably held by Miklós Horthy in the 20th century.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf head of state office
political office
appliesToJurisdiction Kingdom of Hungary
appointedBy National Assembly of Hungary
surface form: Hungarian National Assembly
associatedWithEvent Treaty of Trianon
associatedWithPerson Regent Miklós Horthy
surface form: Miklós Horthy
constitutes temporary replacement for the monarch
constitutionalStatus temporary substitute for the king
country Kingdom of Hungary
deFactoGovernmentForm regency without a crowned king
domain executive authority in the Kingdom of Hungary
endTime 1944
exercised royal authority in Hungary
existedInStateForm Kingdom of Hungary
surface form: Kingdom of Hungary (1920–1946)
flag state flag of the Kingdom of Hungary
hadPowerOver Hungarian Defence Forces
surface form: Hungarian armed forces

appointment of the prime minister of Hungary
hasHolder Regent Miklós Horthy
surface form: Miklós Horthy
historicalPeriod 20th century
languageOfOfficialTitle Hungarian
legalBasis laws of the Kingdom of Hungary adopted after World War I
notableHolder Regent Miklós Horthy
surface form: Miklós Horthy
officeAbolishedWith end of the Kingdom of Hungary as a monarchy
officeCreatedAfter dethronement of the Habsburg dynasty in Hungary
officeCreatedInContextOf post-World War I political settlement in Hungary
officeHolderTitle Regent
officeType regency
officialTitleInHungarian Magyar Királyság kormányzója
predecessorOffice King of Hungary
replaces reigning king of Hungary in periods of vacancy
residence Buda Castle
role head of state of Hungary
seat Budapest
startTime 1920
styleOfAddress His Serene Highness
Regent of the Kingdom
succeededByOffice President of Hungary
symbol coat of arms of the Kingdom of Hungary
wasInForceDuring World War II
interwar period in Hungary
wasMonarchicInForm true
wasNonHereditary true

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President of Hungary firstHolderAsRegent Regent of the Kingdom of Hungary
Regent Miklós Horthy positionHeld Regent of the Kingdom of Hungary
subject surface form: Miklós Horthy
István Horthy officeContested Regent of the Kingdom of Hungary
this entity surface form: Regent of Hungary
Isabella Jagiellon positionHeld Regent of the Kingdom of Hungary
this entity surface form: Regent of Eastern Hungarian Kingdom
royal Hungarian army commanderInChiefTitle Regent of the Kingdom of Hungary
subject surface form: Royal Hungarian Army
this entity surface form: Regent of Hungary