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).
| State President of the South African Republic | |
|---|---|
| Staatspresident van de Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek | |
 | |
| Style | His Excellency |
| Residence | Kruger House, Pretoria (Kruger) |
| 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 |
The country was referred to as the Transvaal Republic by the British.
List of officeholders
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||
| Presidents of the Executive Council (1857–1866) | |||||
| 1 |  |
Marthinus Wessel Pretorius (1819–1901) |
6 January 1857 | 15 September 1860 | 3 years, 253 days |
| – | Johannes Hermanus Grobler (1813–1892) Acting |
15 September 1860 | 6 December 1860 (ousted) |
82 days | |
| Civil War (1861–1864) | |||||
| – |  |
Stephanus Schoeman (1810–1890) Acting[lower-alpha 1] |
6 December 1860 | 17 April 1862 | 1 year, 132 days |
| 2 | Willem Cornelis Janse van Rensburg (1818–1865) |
18 April 1862 | 23 October 1863 | 1 year, 188 days | |
| 23 October 1863 | 10 May 1864 | 200 days | |||
| (1) | |
Marthinus Wessel Pretorius (1819–1901) |
10 May 1864 | 22 October 1866 | 2 years, 165 days |
| State Presidents (1866–1902) | |||||
| 1 | |
Marthinus Wessel Pretorius (1819–1901) |
22 October 1866[lower-alpha 2] | 20 November 1871 | 5 years, 29 days |
| – | Daniel Jacobus Erasmus (1830–1913) Acting |
21 November 1871 | 1 July 1872 | 223 days | |
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Thomas François Burgers (1834–1881) |
1 July 1872 | 12 April 1877 | 4 years, 285 days |
| First Boer War (12 April 1877 – 8 August 1881) First British annexation (Transvaal Colony)[lower-alpha 3] | |||||
| – |   |
Triumvirate:
|
13 December 1880 | 9 May 1883 | 2 years, 147 days |
| 3 | |
Paul Kruger (1825–1904) |
9 May 1883 | 31 May 1902[lower-alpha 4] | 19 years, 22 days |
| Second Boer War (11 October 1899 – 31 May 1902) | |||||
| – |  |
Schalk Willem Burger (1852–1918) Acting for absent Kruger |
10 September 1900 | 31 May 1902 | 1 year, 263 days |
| Post abolished with the Treaty of Vereeniging Second British annexation (Transvaal Colony) | |||||
Last election
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|
| Paul Kruger | 12,858 | 69.08 |
| Schalk Willem Burger | 3,753 | 20.16 |
| Piet Joubert | 2,001 | 10.75 |
| Total | 18,612 | 100.00 |
| Source: Annual Register[1] | ||
See also
Notes
- After 1862, the leader of rebel forces.
- The office of the State President was created by constitutional amendment approved at session of the Volksraad on 22 October 1866.
- 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.
- Left the Republic for Europe on 10 September 1900.
References
- Annual Register for the Year 1898. Longmans, Green, and co. 1899. p. 353. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
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