Editing Prince regent (section)

==Prince regent in Bulgaria==
[[Image:BASA-3K-15-273-9-Prince Kyril of Bulgaria.jpeg|thumb|upright|[[Kiril, Prince of Preslav|The Prince Regent Kyril, Prince of Preslav]]]]
[[Kiril, Prince of Preslav]] was appointed head of a regency council by the Bulgarian parliament following the death of his brother, Tsar [[Boris III of Bulgaria|Boris III]] on 28 August 1943, to act as Head of State until the late Tsar's son and successor, Tsar [[Simeon II of Bulgaria|Simeon II]], reached the age of 18 years. On 5 September 1944 the Soviet Union declared war on the [[Kingdom of Bulgaria]] and on 8 September Soviet armies crossed the Romanian border and occupied the country. On 1 February 1945 the prince regent Kyril, and the two other former regents – Professor [[Bogdan Filov]] and General [[Nikola Mikhov]] – as well as a range of former cabinet ministers, royal advisors and 67 MPs, were executed.