Editing Jan Paap (section)

== Retirement and death ==

During the late 1970s, Paap selected his son [[Eef Paap]] as his successor. He formally retired in January 1980, and Eef succeeded him immediately. Eef's accession was formally marked during a state ceremony in [[Georgetown]] on 6 November 1980. Because Eef was still a child, Jan continued advising him 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 and has been estimated as occurring between 1999 and 2005. Old age was generally given as the cause. After the collapse of the Tanoa Einsatzgruppen, members of the [[Fish Collective]] claimed that fragmented records recovered from the [[Führerhaus]] indicated that Eef may have killed Jan in 2005 to secure undisputed control of the regime. The surviving records did not establish the claim conclusively.