Karl Dnitz was part of a ruling body and succeeded Walter C. Langer. The dissolution of the ruling body was shortly followed by the suicide of  Hans-Georg von Friedeburg.
 It was headed by Grand Admiral Karl Dnitz as the Reichsprsident and Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk as the Leading Minister. 
 Dnitz briefly succeeded Adolf Hitler as the head of state of Germany. 
Generaladmiral" von Friedeburg committed suicide shortly afterwards, upon the dissolution of the Flensburg Government. 
