For the most part, he had been a loyal ally of the successive military regimes.
He has been imprisoned on at least six occasions by successive military regimes for his political activities between 1972 and 1999.
Zakzaky was jailed several times on charges of sedition by successive Nigerian regimes in the 1980s and 1990s.
He was also a political revolutionary who spent his life strongly criticising successive military regimes in his native Nigeria.
How did successive economic regimes affect for instance, the lives of people in the villages of India?
He retired from active politics in 1980 despite being approached by successive regimes.
Thousands of Ugandans have been detained under successive regimes since the detention act was introduced in 1964.
The party was one of many that opposed the suppression of democracy and civil rights by successive military regimes.
And successive regimes strengthen those barriers so that they can carry on their business without a lot of interruption.
The deterioration of the rural economy under successive brutal regimes has diminished any potential for agriculture-led growth.