State Secretary of the South African Republic
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The State Secretary of the South African Republic (Transvaal) was the principal administrative officer of that Boer republic, officially known as the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek.
List of officeholders
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| 1 | File:WE Bok NP.jpg | Willem Eduard Bok (1846–1904)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
1880–1888 | |
| 2 | File:Die Gartenlaube (1899) b 0836 i 4 1.jpg | Willem Johannes Leyds (1859–1940)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
1888–1897 | |
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1897 | During extended visit of Leyds to Europe (April–July 1897).Template:Sfn | |
| 2 | File:Die Gartenlaube (1899) b 0836 i 4 1.jpg | Willem Johannes Leyds (1859–1940)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
1897–1898 | In view of the deteriorating relationship with the British, it was decided that it would politically be better to have an Afrikaner as State Secretary rather than a Dutchman, hence Reitz was appointed to the post. Leyds went to Europe as envoy of the South African Republic, a position he held until the end of the war. |
| 3 | File:FWReitz VA0947.jpg | Francis William Reitz (1844–1934)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
1898–1902 | Former State President of the Orange Free State. Retired from that position in 1896 due to ill-health. |
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