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This is a list of former monarchs of sovereign states who are living to date. Five living former holders of the title Yang di-Pertuan Agong in Malaysia are not listed, because they are selected from the nine subnational Malay states.

• Jigme Singye Wangchuk (King of Bhutan, 1972 - 2006) (abdicated)
• Simeon II (Tsar of Bulgaria, 1943 - 1946) (monarchy abolished)
  • Returned to Bulgaria in 1996 after a half-century in exile, and was elected Prime Minister under the name Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha in 2001, serving until 2005.
• Norodom Sihanouk (King of Cambodia, 1941 - 1955 and 1993 - 2004) (abdicated)
• Fuad II (King of Egypt, 1952 - 1953) (monarchy abolished)
• Constantine II (King of the Hellenes, 1964 - 1973) (monarchy abolished)
• Jean (Grand Duke of Luxembourg, 1964 - 2000) (abdicated)
• Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev (King of Nepal, 1950 - 1951 and 2001 - 2008) (monarchy abolished)
• Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani (Emir of Qatar, 1972 - 1995) (deposed)
• Michael I (King of Romania, 1927 - 1930 and 1940 - 1947) (monarchy abolished)
• Kigeli V (King of Rwanda, 1959 - 1961) (deposed) Had reigned under the Belgian trust territory of Ruanda-Urundi.
• Sayyid Jamshid bin Abdullah (Sultan of Zanzibar, 1963 - 1964) (monarchy abolished)

Queen Elizabeth II

Elizabeth II was Queen of the following former realms when they later became republics in their own right. Since the start of her reign (in 1952), the years shown are chronologically up to when the transitions occurred.

• Pakistan (1952-1956)
• Ghana (1956-1960)
• South Africa (1952-1961)
• Tanganyika (1961-1962)
• Nigeria (1960-1963)
• Uganda (1962-1963)
• Kenya (1963-1964)
• Malawi (1964-1966)
• The Gambia (1965-1970)
• Guyana (1966-1970)
• Sierra Leone (1961-1971)
• Ceylon (1952-1972)
• Malta (1964-1974)
• Trinidad and Tobago (1962-1976)
• Fiji (Remains [unofficially] Queen and Paramount Chief of Fiji according to the Great Council of Chiefs) (1970-1987)
• Mauritius (1968-1992)

See also

• Former Commonwealth realms
• List of monarchs who lost their thrones in the 20th century