The Yugoslav regency was a three-member governorship headed by Prince Regent
Paul of Yugoslavia
Prince Paul of Yugoslavia, also known as Paul Karađorđević ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, Pavle Karađorđević, Павле Карађорђевић, English transliteration: ''Paul Karageorgevich''; 27 April 1893 – 14 September 1976), was prince regent o ...
in place of Peter II until coming of age. It was in effect between November 1934 and 27 March 1941.
Background
On 9 October 1934
IMRO
The Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization (IMRO; bg, Вътрешна Македонска Революционна Организация (ВМРО), translit=Vatrešna Makedonska Revoljucionna Organizacija (VMRO); mk, Внатр ...
member
Vlado Chernozemski assassinated King
Alexander I of Yugoslavia in
Marseille in
France, and Alexander's cousin Prince Paul took the
regency. In his will, Alexander had stipulated that if he died, a council of regents chaired by Paul should govern until Alexander's son Peter II came of age.
Members
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Prince Paul of Yugoslavia
Prince Paul of Yugoslavia, also known as Paul Karađorđević ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, Pavle Karađorđević, Павле Карађорђевић, English transliteration: ''Paul Karageorgevich''; 27 April 1893 – 14 September 1976), was prince regent o ...
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Radenko Stanković
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Ivo Perović
Ivo Perović (1882−1958) was Regent of Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia (; sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Jugoslavija, Југославија ; sl, Jugoslavija ; mk, Југославија ;; rup, Iugoslavia; hu, Jugoszlávia; rue, label=Pan ...
History
Prince Paul, far more than Alexander, was Yugoslav rather than Serb in outlook (
Yugoslavism versus
Serbian nationalism). However, unlike Alexander, he inclined much more toward democracy. In its broadest outline, his domestic policy worked to eliminate the heritage of Alexander's centralism, censorship, and military control and to pacify the country by solving the Serb-Croat problem.
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