Editing Puppet ruler (section)

{{Short description|Politically titled person controlled by outside forces}}
A '''puppet ruler''' is someone who holds a title of [[political authority]], 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 [[puppet state]].  Internal factors, such as non-elected officials, may also exert power over the puppet monarch. A figurehead monarch, as a source of [[legitimacy (political)|legitimacy]] and perhaps [[Divine right of kings|divine reign]], has been the used [[form of government]] in numerous circumstances and places throughout history.

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 [[puppet government]] under a foreign power. Examples of the first type are the [[Emperor of Japan|Emperors]] who were the puppets of the [[shōgun]]s of Japan and the kings who were the puppets of the [[Mayor of Palace]] in the [[Frankish kingdom]]. Client kingdoms under the [[Roman Republic]] and [[Roman Empire]] and the [[British Empire]]'s [[Colonialism|colonial]] relationship with the [[Kingdom of Egypt]] under [[Farouk of Egypt|King Farouk]] in the 1950s are examples of the second type.

Incumbent rulers may rely on puppet rulers to circumvent [[term limit]]s.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Versteeg |first=Mila |date=2020 |title=THE LAW AND POLITICS OF PRESIDENTIAL TERM LIMIT EVASION |url=https://columbialawreview.org/content/the-law-and-politics-of-presidential-term-limit-evasion/ |website=Columbia Law Review |language=en}}</ref>