Puppet ruler

<p>A puppet ruler is someone who holds a title of <a href="/facts/Political_authority/crRNmDzB">political authority</a>, but is loyal to or controlled by outside persons or groups. When a foreign government wields such outside control, the puppet ruler's territory is referred to as a <a href="/facts/Puppet_state/cNDM9tpK">puppet state</a>.  Internal factors, such as non-elected officials, may also exert power over the puppet monarch. A figurehead monarch, as a source of <a href="/facts/Legitimacy_(political)/n3CoAhK6">legitimacy</a> and perhaps <a href="/facts/Divine_right_of_kings/x3jCGoeJ">divine reign</a>, has been the used <a href="/facts/Form_of_government/N4bYL0VC">form of government</a> in numerous circumstances and places throughout history.
</p><p>There are two basic forms of puppet monarchs: a figurehead monarch who is a puppet of another person or a group in the country who rules instead of the nominal ruler; and a <a href="/facts/Puppet_government/cNDM9tpK">puppet government</a> under a foreign power. Examples of the first type are the <a href="/facts/Emperor_of_Japan/efBDe6cj">Emperors</a> who were the puppets of the <a href="/facts/Sh%C5%8Dgun/o48NL6Rc">shōguns</a> of Japan and the kings who were the puppets of the <a href="/facts/Mayor_of_Palace/XJ7KIqUv">Mayor of Palace</a> in the <a href="/facts/Frankish_kingdom/0fNvWt3n">Frankish kingdom</a>. Client kingdoms under the <a href="/facts/Roman_Republic/Han0FRLT">Roman Republic</a> and <a href="/facts/Roman_Empire/l4E1aUuV">Roman Empire</a> and the <a href="/facts/British_Empire/hrsz0j7A">British Empire</a>'s <a href="/facts/Colonialism/kvqx2DaV">colonial</a> relationship with <a href="/facts/King_Farouk/YBYb0s1z">King Farouk</a> of Egypt in the 1950s are examples of the second type.
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Puppet ruler