List of Presidents of the South African Republic

State President of the South African Republic Staatspresident van de Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek
Arms of the South African Republic
Paul Kruger, last State President of the South African Republic
Style	His Excellency
Appointer	Volksraad of the South African Republic
Formation	January 6, 1857
First holder	Marthinus Wessel Pretorius
Final holder	Paul Kruger
Abolished	May 31, 1902

This is a list of State Presidents of the South African Republic (Transvaal Republic).

State Presidents of the South African Republic (1857–1902)

#	President	Portrait	Tenure	Notes
–	Marthinus Wessel Pretorius		6 January 1857 – 15 September 1860	President of the Executive Council of the South African Republic
–	Johannes Hermanus Grobler		15 September 1860 – 6 December 1860	Acting President of the Executive Council of the South African Republic
–	Stephanus Schoeman		6 December 1860 – 17 April 1862	Acting President of the Executive Council of the South African Republic
–	Willem Cornelis Janse van Rensburg		18 April 1862 – 10 May 1864	Acting President of the Executive Council of the South African Republic (18 April 1862 – 23 October 1863) President of the Executive Council of the South African Republic (23 October 1863 – 10 May 1864)
1	Marthinus Wessel Pretorius		10 May 1864 – 22 November 1871	President of the Executive Council of the South African Republic (10 May 1864 – 22 October 1866) 1st State President of the South African Republic (22 October 1866 – 20 November 1871) The office of the State President is created by constitutional amendment approved at session of the Volksraad on 22 October 1866.
–	Daniël Jacobus Erasmus		21 November 1871 – 1 July 1872	Acting State President of the South African Republic
2	Thomas François Burgers		1 July 1872 – 12 April 1877	2nd State President of the South African Republic
British Annexation (12 April 1877 – 8 August 1881)
–	Triumvirate Paul Kruger Marthinus Wessel Pretorius Piet Joubert		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 is granted self-government, subject to the suzerainty of the British crown, on 8 August 1881.
3	Paul Kruger		9 May 1883 – 31 May 1902	3rd State President of the South African Republic Left the Republic on 10 September 1900
–	Schalk Willem Burger		10 September 1900 – 31 May 1902	Acting State President of the South African Republic (acting for absent Kruger)

Last election

Candidate	Votes	%
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

References

1. Encyclopedia Britannica 1911, p522

External links

• Archontology.org: South African Republic (Transvaal): Heads of State: 1857–1902