State President of the South African Republic
Appearance
State President of the South African Republic | |
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Staatspresident van de Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek | |
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Style | His Excellency |
Formation | 22 October 1866 |
First holder | Marthinus Wessel Pretorius |
Final holder | Paul Kruger |
Abolished | 31 May 1902 |
Deputy | Vice State President of the South African Republic |
This is a list of State Presidents of the South African Republic (Before 1866 Dutch: President van de Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek and after 1866 Dutch: Staatspresident der Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek).
The country was referred as the Transvaal Republic by the British.
List
Name (Birth–Death) |
Portrait | Tenure | Notes | |
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Presidents of the Executive Council (1857–1866) | ||||
1 | Marthinus Wessel Pretorius (1819–1901) |
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6 January 1857 – 15 September 1860 | First tenure |
– | Johannes Hermanus Grobler (1813–1892) |
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15 September 1860 – 6 December 1860 | Acting President Ousted by Schoeman |
Civil War (1861–1864) | ||||
– | Stephanus Schoeman (1810–1890) |
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6 December 1860 – 17 April 1862 | Acting President After 1862, the leader of rebel forces |
2 | Willem Cornelis Janse van Rensburg (1818–1865) |
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18 April 1862 – 10 May 1864 | Acting President (until 23 October 1863) President (since 23 October 1863) |
(1) | Marthinus Wessel Pretorius (1819–1901) |
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10 May 1864 – 22 October 1866 | Second tenure |
State Presidents (1866–1902) | ||||
1 | Marthinus Wessel Pretorius (1819–1901) |
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22 October 1866 – 22 November 1871 | The office of the State President is created by constitutional amendment approved at session of the Volksraad on 22 October 1866. |
– | Daniel Jacobus Erasmus (1830–1913) |
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21 November 1871 – 1 July 1872 | Acting State President |
2 | Thomas François Burgers (1834–1881) |
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1 July 1872 – 12 April 1877 | |
First Boer War (12 April 1877 – 8 August 1881) First British annexation (Transvaal Colony) | ||||
– | Triumvirate:
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13 December 1880 – 9 May 1883 | The government of the South African Republic resumed to exercise its functions in accordance with the resolution of the Volksraad of 13 December 1880; Transvaal Territory was granted self-government in accordance with the Pretoria Convention, subject to the suzerainty of the British crown, on 8 August 1881. |
3 | Paul Kruger (1825–1904) |
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9 May 1883 – 31 May 1902 | Left the Republic for Europe on 10 September 1900. |
Second Boer War (11 October 1899 – 31 May 1902) | ||||
– | Schalk Willem Burger (1852–1918) |
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10 September 1900 – 31 May 1902 | Acting State President Acting for absent Kruger |
Post abolished with the Treaty of Vereeniging Second British annexation (Transvaal Colony) |
Last election
Candidate | Votes | % |
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Paul Kruger | 12,858 | 86.5 |
Piet Joubert | 2,001 | 13.5 |
Total | 14,859 | 100 |
Source: Encyclopædia Britannica[1] |
See also
- State President of the Orange Free State
- State Secretary of the South African Republic
- State Attorney of the South African Republic
References
- ^ Encyclopædia Britannica 1911, p522
External links
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