But letting Lula remain the power behind the throne would set a bad precedent Brazil instituted term limits for a reason.
Jiang himself will remain chairman of the Central Military Commission and in effect be the power behind the throne in China.
Cokie Roberts, also speaking on Morning Edition, noted that Benedict, as Cardinal Ratzinger, had served as the de facto power behind the throne during the final years of his predecessor Pope John Paul II.
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Does the US really fail to understand what will happen to its strategic interests in the Middle East if the Muslim Brotherhood either forms the next regime or is the power behind the throne of the next regime in Cairo?
But there is plenty of evidence that Lula, who many expect would remain the power behind the throne if Ms Rousseff were to win, himself now believes that a bigger role for the state in the economy would be good for Brazil.
Prince Nayef, the crown prince and power behind the throne, believes this is no time to show weakness.
Grigory Potemkin was Catherine the Great's lover and, for more than 20 years, the power behind the Russian throne.
Saudi Arabia, the real power behind the secretary-general's throne, probably means it when it promises smooth sailing for the oil market.
If he goes, he may intend to hand over to the party's secretary-general, Yukio Hatoyama, and then wield power from behind the throne.
Might General Kayani thus become a power behind the throne in Afghanistan too?
His second wife, Wassila Ben Ammar, became a power behind the throne.
He believes Des Browne has a "natural inclination to be a power behind the throne" and will have to adjust to life in the firing line as immigration minister.
The Egyptian government, intent on suppressing its own Islamists, had felt threatened by Sudan's Islamist power-behind-the-throne, Hassan Turabi, the sharp, fast-talking speaker of parliament.
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