Colocábase  así

Adverb

  de

Adposition

  primeiro

1st

Adjective

  nos

 postos  de

Adposition

 sucesión  ó

  xa

Adverb

  daquela

 octoxenario Manuel  Fraga

Noun

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He was thus placed first in the positions of succession to the then octogenarian Manuel Fraga.

He was thus placed first in the positions of succession to the then octogenarian Manuel Fraga.