Editing Jan Paap (section)

== Retirement and death ==
During the late 1970s, Paap selected his son Eef as his successor. He formally retired in January 1980 after thirty-six years as Führer. Eef was promoted during a state ceremony in Georgetown on 6 November 1980. Because Eef was still a child, Jan continued to advise him informally until 1987.<ref name="tanoa-history-1980s"/><ref name="eef-succession"/>

Paap remained in Tanoa after withdrawing from government. The date of his death was not documented, although it was estimated to have occurred between 1999 and 2005 and was generally attributed to old age.

After the collapse of the Tanoa Einsatzgruppen, members of the [[Fish Collective]] claimed that fragmented records recovered from the [[Führerhaus]] indicated that Eef Paap may have killed his father in 2005 to secure undisputed control over the regime. The surviving records did not conclusively establish the claim.