There was never really a question of demoting Yang, long considered Liu's heir apparent.
After that, Deng's heir apparent built a network of his Shanghai allies within the hierarchy.
Son Jason is vice chairman and heir apparent to leadership of the family's main business.
But is swipping the heir apparent in the ongoing succession of simple and satisfying social gestures?
They may have also set him up as the heir apparent at mighty KKR.
And they would be the heir apparent for the next Republican presidential nomination if they wanted it.
Sangakkara had been vice-captain since 2006 and was long seen as the heir apparent of Mahela Jayawardene.
The fact that Anwar was Mahathir's own one-time heir apparent only made Dr. M's wrath more incandescent.
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Clark hits mandatory retirement age in only five years, and Loescher now looks to be the heir apparent.
Mr Sokol, once viewed as Warren Buffett's heir apparent at Berkshire Hathaway, resigned from the firm in March.
North Korea's leader Kim Jong-il has appeared at national celebrations with his son and heir apparent Kim Jong-un.
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Qualcomm is heir apparent at the silicon end of the high mobility business.
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The same patently does not apply to the heir apparent, Crown Prince Vajiralongkorn.
He cites the case of Mr Berlusconi's most recent heir apparent, Angelino Alfano.
Jibril was a top aide to Seif-Islam, one of Gadhafi's sons and heir apparent, before he defected to the rebels.
Much speculation now focuses on who King Salman would nominate to the Allegiance Council for approval as his heir apparent.
That seemed to be settled until his son and heir apparent, James Murdoch, 38, got caught up in the frenzy.
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And with the death of the youngest Kennedy brother, the question arises: Has Obama become the Kennedy family's heir apparent?
DiDonato has become perhaps the most potent female singer of her generation, the heir apparent to the great Lorraine Hunt Lieberson.
"There is no successor to Larry, no heir apparent, " says board Chairman Jeffrey Henley, who ran finance from 1991 to 2004.
Edward VII was born the heir apparent on 9 November 1841 as his mother, Queen Victoria, was already on the throne.
The foreign minister, Anna Lindh, the Social Democrats' heir apparent, hugs and kisses the boss of Ericsson, the country's industrial flagship.
Gamal, 48, was a leading politician in the former ruling National Democratic Party and was widely seen as his father's heir apparent.
His daughter, Bella Disu, is generally believed to be his heir apparent.
He doesn't have that power, and lots of people know that he's on the way out and doesn't have an heir apparent.
After an All-Star season in 2011, Robertson has been widely seen as Rivera's heir apparent, but Girardi wouldn't name him just yet.
Missy Franklin, the 17-year-old heir apparent to Phelps, handed the U.S. a lead it would never lose in the first leg, the backstroke.
Australia's Kostya Tszyu remains the man to beat, but WBO champion Miguel Cotto, another Puerto Rican, is being touted as his heir apparent.
His son James had been rumored to be his heir apparent, but since the hacking mess, he may no longer be the sure bet.
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