If only one of them is alive, he succeeds to the vacant post of Regent without a vote being taken.
In 1669 he succeeded to the post of Imperial Kapellmeister upon Bertali's death.
Amongthem was Thomas Jefferson who succeeded to the post in 1817.
He succeeded to the post of attorney-general to the prince on 25 June 1852, and was ex officio member of his council.
He succeeded John L. Hennessy to the post on September 1, 2000.
Yoshimune succeeded to the post of the shogun in Shōtoku-1 (1716).
His grandson Tsunetoki succeeded him to the post of shikken.
He succeeded the Syedna Mohammed Izzudin to the religious post.
In December 2006 Cécile Duflot succeeded him to the post.
He succeeded to the post of the National Security Advisor in 2004.
