| State President of the South African Republic Staatspresident der Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek 1857–1902 |
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Arms of the South African Republic |
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Incumbent
Office Abolished Position succeeded by the Governor of the Transvaal Colony |
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| 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)
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| 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) |
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| 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 |
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| 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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