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The '''Regent of Iraq''' ({{Langx|ar|وصي العراق|waṣṣā al-ʿIrāqi}}) 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.<ref>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."</ref>
==Reign of Faisal II== {| width=98% class="wikitable" ! width=10% | Image ! width=30% | Name ! width=20% | Regency start ! width=20% | Regency end |- | width="100%" height="4" colspan="4" | <span style="font-size:125%;">'''Regent'''</span> during the minority of King Faisal II. |- |align="center"|80px |align="center"|Crown Prince Abdullah |align="center"|4 April 1939 |align="center"|1 April 1941<br><small>Deposed.</small> |- |align="center"| |align="center"|Sharaf bin Rajeh |align="center"|1 April 1941 |align="center"|1 June 1941<br><small>Fled Iraq.</small> |- |align="center"|80px |align="center"|Crown Prince Abdullah |align="center"|1 June 1941 |align="center"|2 May 1953<br><small>King Faisal's majority.</small> |- |}
== Notes and references == {{reflist}}
* Regents Regents Category:Lists of Iraqi people