List of Presidents of the South African Republic

State President of the South African Republic
Staatspresident der Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek
1857–1902

Arms of the South African Republic
Incumbent
Office Abolished
Position succeeded by the
Governor of the Transvaal Colony
Style His Excellency
Appointer Volksraad of the Transvaal
Term length 5 years
Inaugural holder Marthinus Wessel Pretorius
Formation 6 January 1857
Final holder Schalk Willem Burger
Abolished 31 May 1902

List of State Presidents of the South African Republic (Transvaal Republic)

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)
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 22 October 1866
Daniël Jacobus Erasmus 21 November 1871 – 1 July 1872 Acting State President of the South African Republic
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 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.
Paul Kruger 9 May 1883-31 May 1902
Left the Republic on 10 September 1900
2nd State President of the South African Republic
Schalk Willem Burger 10 September 1900 – 31 May 1902 Acting State President of the South African Republic (acting for absent Kruger)

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