State President of the South African Republic

State President of the South African Republic
*Staatspresident van de Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek*
State President of the South African Republic ; Staatspresident van de Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek
	Arms of the South African Republic
	Paul Kruger, last State President of the South African Republic
Style	His Excellency
Formation	22 October 1866
First holder	Marthinus Wessel Pretorius
Final holder	Paul Kruger
Abolished	31 May 1902
Deputy	Vice State President of the South African Republic

This is a list of State Presidents of the South African Republic (Before 1866 Dutch: President van de Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek and after 1866 Dutch: Staatspresident der Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek).

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

List of Presidents[]

Name (Birth–Death)		Tenure	Notes	State Secretary
Presidents of the Executive Council (1857–1866)
1	Marthinus Wessel Pretorius (1819–1901)	6 January 1857 – 15 September 1860	First tenure
–	Johannes Hermanus Grobler (1813–1892)	15 September 1860 – 6 December 1860	Acting President Ousted by Schoeman
Civil War (1861–1864)
–	Stephanus Schoeman (1810–1890)	6 December 1860 – 17 April 1862	Acting President After 1862, the leader of rebel forces
2	Willem Cornelis Janse van Rensburg (1818–1865)	18 April 1862 – 10 May 1864	Acting President (until 23 October 1863) President (since 23 October 1863)
(1)	Marthinus Wessel Pretorius (1819–1901)	10 May 1864 – 22 October 1866	Second tenure
State Presidents (1866–1902)
1	Marthinus Wessel Pretorius (1819–1901)	22 October 1866 – 22 November 1871	The office of the State President is created by constitutional amendment approved at session of the Volksraad on 22 October 1866.
–	Daniel Jacobus Erasmus (1830–1913)	21 November 1871 – 1 July 1872	Acting State President
2	Thomas François Burgers (1834–1881)	1 July 1872 – 12 April 1877
First Boer War (12 April 1877 – 8 August 1881) First British annexation (Transvaal Colony)
–	Triumvirate: Marthinus Wessel Pretorius (1819–1901) Paul Kruger (1825–1904) Piet Joubert (1834–1900)	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 was granted self-government in accordance with the Pretoria Convention, subject to the suzerainty of the British crown, on 8 August 1881.	Willem Eduard Bok (1880–1888)
3	Paul Kruger (1825–1904)	9 May 1883 – 31 May 1902	Left the Republic for Europe on 10 September 1900.	Willem Eduard Bok (1880–1888) Willem Johannes Leyds (1888–1897) (1897) Willem Johannes Leyds (1897–1898) Francis William Reitz (1898–1902)
Second Boer War (11 October 1899 – 31 May 1902)
–	Schalk Willem Burger (1852–1918)	10 September 1900 – 31 May 1902	Acting State President Acting for absent Kruger
Post abolished with the Treaty of Vereeniging Second British annexation (Transvaal Colony)