TIL Tsar Simeon II of Bulgaria was 9 when Bulgaria deposed of the monarchy in 1946. In 2001, after years in exile, he was elected Prime Minister, becoming the only European monarch to be democratically elected head of state.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simeon_Saxe-Coburg-Gotha



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