Historically, this was asserted within the Soviet party hierarchy immediately after the General Secretary's death or ouster; thus, after Lenin's death in 1924, after Stalin's death in 1953, and after the removal of Khrushchev in 1964. The pre-eminence of the new General Secretary, however, was soon reasserted.
— Stephen Whitefield
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