State President of the Orange Free State

The state president of the Orange Free State had the executive authority in the Orange Free State. By the constitution of 1854, the president was elected by the Burghers, from a list of candidates nominated by the Volksraad for a term of five years. There was no limit on the number of re-elections.

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The Old Presidency in Bloemfontein

List of officeholders

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
1	File:JPHoffman litho web.jpg	Josias Philip Hoffman (1807–1879)Template:Efn	24 February 1854	10 February 1855	Template:Ayd
–	File:JJ Koos Venter.png	Jacobus Johannes Venter (1814–1889)Template:Efn	10 February 1855	27 August 1855	Template:Ayd
2	File:JNBoshoff litho web.jpg	Jacobus Nicolaas Boshoff (1808–1881)	27 August 1855	6 September 1859	Template:Ayd
–		Esaias Reynier Snijman (1822–1884) Acting	6 September 1859	8 February 1860	Template:Ayd
3	File:Marthinus Wessel Pretorius.jpg	Marthinus Wessel Pretorius (1819–1901)	8 February 1860	17 June 1863	Template:Ayd
–		Joseph Allison Acting for absent Pretorius	18 March 1863	17 June 1863	Template:Ayd
Vacant (17 June – 20 June 1863)Template:Efn
–	File:JJ Koos Venter.png	Jacobus Johannes Venter (1814–1889) Acting	20 June 1863	2 February 1864	Template:Ayd
4	File:Johannes Brand00.jpg	Sir Johannes Henricus Brand, GCMG (1823–1888)	2 February 1864	14 July 1888 †	Template:Ayd
–	File:PJBlignaut CHM VA1075.jpg	Pieter Jeremias Blignaut (1841–1909)Template:Efn	14 July 1888	10 January 1889	Template:Ayd
5	File:WFReitz CHM VA0957.jpg	Francis William Reitz (1844–1934)	10 January 1889	11 December 1895	Template:Ayd
–	File:PJBlignaut CHM VA1075.jpg	Pieter Jeremias Blignaut (1841–1909) Acting	11 December 1895	4 March 1896	Template:Ayd
6	File:Marthinus Steyn, Orange Free State president.jpg	Martinus Theunis Steyn (1857–1916)	4 March 1896	31 May 1902	Template:Ayd
Second Boer War (11 October 1899 – 31 May 1902)
–	File:Christiaan de Wet2.jpg	Christiaan Rudolf de Wet (1854–1922) Acting for Steyn	29 May 1902	31 May 1902	Template:Ayd
Post abolished with the Treaty of Vereeniging British annexation (Orange River Colony)

Timeline

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See also

• State President of the South African Republic

External links

• Archontology.org: Orange Free State: Heads of State: 1854–1902