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Louis’s reactionary successor, his brother Charles X, was interested only in renewing the traditions of the Ancien Régime, even having himself anointed and crowned at the ancient cathedral of Reims.
Franco named as his successor the grandson of Alfonso XIII, who was enthroned as King Juan Carlos I when the dictator died in 1975.
… Time 's Boris Yeltsin article reveals that Kremlin strategists had been plotting his resignation for nearly a year to ensure the election of a loyal successor.
These revelations were "embarrassing" to Clinton's opponents, wrote the Washington Post . The Sun-Times quoted Rahm Emanuel, Stephanopoulos' successor, on the revelation: "From Day One I always thought this was politically motivated and had politics written all over it; after five years, it is nice to have the truth catch up with the president's political opponents."
But he warned against this person being regarded as "a successor to the throne," since the next head of state will be chosen not by Yeltsin, but by the Russian people.