On 29 June 1979, an amendment established the prime minister as the presidential successor.

Article 7 established the speaker of the National Assembly as the presidential successor, but it stipulated that any member of government could receive presidential powers in the event of an emergency.

Michael Webster fulfilled the role of "Interim President" for Kinetics during the period following the departure of David Melnik until a presidential successor was found.

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, the Brazilian president and a long-time friend of Castro, said "Cubans alone should decide on a possible presidential successor.

Once in office he revived the practice of designating presidential successors.

Lately she has used the same tactic to persuade her presidential successor, Fidel Ramos, to drop the idea of changing the Constitution to permit himself a second term.

He was seen as a potential presidential successor to Obregón, which brought him into conflict with Interior Secretary Plutarco Elías Calles.

In 1904, President Theodore Roosevelt appointed Taft Secretary of War in an effort to groom Taft, then his close political ally, into his handpicked presidential successor.

Thomas S. Monson became the presidential successor on February 3, 2008.

Gouvêa started his chairmanship in 2002, along with his friend, director of football, and presidential successor since April 2007, Juvenal Juvêncio (who has already been the club's chairman, from 1988 to 1990).