State President of the South African Republic

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Template:Short description Template:Use South African English Template:Use dmy dates Script error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

The state president of the South African Republic had the executive authority in the South African Republic. According to the constitution of 1871, executive power was vested in the president, who was responsible to the Volksraad. The president was elected for a term of five years and was eligible for re-election. The president had to be Burgher and also qualified to vote for the First Volksraad elections, over 30 years old, a member of a Protestant church, and never convicted of a dishonourable offence.[1]

The title before 1866 was Template:Langx and after 1866 Template:Langx).

The country was referred to as the Transvaal Republic by the British.

List of officeholders

No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Term of office
Took office Left office Time in office
Presidents of the Executive Council (1857–1866)
1 File:Marthinus Wessel Pretorius.jpg Marthinus Wessel Pretorius
(1819–1901)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
6 January 1857 15 September 1860 Template:Ayd
Johannes Hermanus Grobler
(1813–1892)
Acting
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
15 September 1860 6 December 1860
(ousted)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Template:Ayd
Civil War (1861–1864)
File:Stephanus Schoeman.jpg Stephanus Schoeman
(1810–1890)
Acting
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Template:Efn
6 December 1860 17 April 1862 Template:Ayd
2 Willem Cornelis Janse van Rensburg
(1818–1865)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
18 April 1862 23 October 1863 Template:Ayd
23 October 1863 10 May 1864 Template:Ayd
(1) File:Marthinus Wessel Pretorius.jpg Marthinus Wessel Pretorius
(1819–1901)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
10 May 1864 22 October 1866 Template:Ayd
State Presidents (1866–1902)
1 File:Marthinus Wessel Pretorius.jpg Marthinus Wessel Pretorius
(1819–1901)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
22 October 1866Template:Efn 20 November 1871 Template:Ayd
File:Daniel Jacobus Erasmus (1830-1913).jpg Daniel Jacobus Erasmus
(1830–1913)
Acting
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
21 November 1871 1 July 1872 Template:Ayd
2 File:ThFBurgers CHM VA0897 (cropped).jpg Thomas François Burgers
(1834–1881)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
1 July 1872 12 April 1877 Template:Ayd
First Boer War (12 April 1877 – 8 August 1881)
First British annexation (Transvaal Colony)
Template:Efn
File:PKruger 1898 VA0952.jpg
File:Marthinus Wessel Pretorius.jpg
File:Pjjoubert.jpg
Triumvirate:
  • Paul Kruger
    (1825–1904)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
  • Marthinus Wessel Pretorius
    (1819–1901)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
  • Piet Joubert
    (1834–1900)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
13 December 1880 9 May 1883 Template:Ayd
3 File:PKruger 1898 VA0952.jpg Paul Kruger
(1825–1904)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
9 May 1883 31 May 1902Template:Efn Template:Ayd
Second Boer War (11 October 1899 – 31 May 1902)
File:Schalk Willem Burger2.jpg Schalk Willem Burger
(1852–1918)
Acting for absent Kruger
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
10 September 1900 31 May 1902 Template:Ayd
Post abolished with the Treaty of Vereeniging
Second British annexation (Transvaal Colony)

Timeline

<timeline> ImageSize = width:900 height:auto barincrement:21 PlotArea = top:10 bottom:40 right:200 left:20 AlignBars = late

DateFormat = dd/mm/yyyy Period = from:01/01/1857 till:01/01/1903 TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal ScaleMajor = unit:year increment:5 start:1857 ScaleMinor = unit:year increment:1 start:1857

Colors =

 id:N value:gray(0.7)
 id:B value:gray(0.3)

BarData =

bar:1
bar:2
bar:3
bar:4
bar:5
bar:6
bar:7
bar:8
bar:9
bar:10
bar:11

PlotData =

 width:5 align:left fontsize:S shift:(5,-4) anchor:till
bar:1
 from: 06/01/1857 till: 15/09/1860 color:N
 from: 10/05/1864 till: 20/11/1871 color:N text:"Marthinus Wessel Pretorius"
bar:2
 from: 15/09/1860 till: 06/12/1860 color:N text:"Johannes Hermanus Grobler (acting)"
bar:3
 from: 06/12/1860 till: 17/04/1862 color:N text:"Stephanus Schoeman (acting)"
bar:4
 from: 18/04/1862 till: 10/05/1864 color:N text:"Willem Cornelis Janse van Rensburg"
bar:5
 from: 21/11/1871 till: 01/07/1872 color:N text:"Daniel Jacobus Erasmus (acting)"
bar:6
 from: 01/07/1872 till: 12/04/1877 color:N text:"Thomas François Burgers"
bar:7
 from: 12/04/1877 till: 08/08/1881 color:B text:"First Boer War"
bar:8
 from: 13/12/1880 till: 09/05/1883 color:N text:"Triumvirate"
bar:9
 from: 09/05/1883 till: 31/05/1902 color:N text:"Paul Kruger"
bar:10
 from: 11/10/1899 till: 31/05/1902 color:B text:"Second Boer War"
bar:11
 from: 10/09/1900 till: 31/05/1902 color:N text:"Schalk Willem Burger (acting for Kruger)"

</timeline>

Last election

Script error: No such module "Labelled list hatnote". Template:Election results

See also

Notes

Template:Notelist

References

<templatestyles src="Reflist/styles.css" />

  1. Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

External links

Template:Sister project

Template:Government of Transvaal Script error: No such module "Navbox".