Vice State President of the South African Republic
The Vice State President of the South African Republic (Dutch: Vise-staatspresident der Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek) was the second highest political position in South African Republic.
| Vice State President of the South African Republic | |
|---|---|
| Vise-staatspresident der Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek | |
 | |
| Style | His Excellency |
| Formation | March 1877 |
| First holder | Paul Kruger |
| Final holder | Schalk Willem Burger |
| Abolished | 31 May 1902 |
The vice president was constitutional successor of the State President of the South African Republic.[1]
The position was first established in March 1877 before the British annexation in April 1877.[2]
List of officeholders
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||
| 1 |  |
Paul Kruger (1825–1904)[1][3] |
March 1877 | 12 April 1877 | 1 month |
| First Boer War (12 April 1877 – 8 August 1881) First British annexation (Transvaal Colony)[lower-alpha 1] | |||||
| (1) | |
Paul Kruger (1825–1904)[lower-alpha 2] |
13 December 1880 | 9 May 1883 | 2 years, 147 days |
| 2 |  |
Piet Joubert (1834–1900)[5] |
May 1883 | May 1888 | 5 years |
| 3 |  |
Nicolaas Smit (1837–1896) |
May 1888 | 4 April 1896 † | 7 years, 11 months |
| Second Boer War (11 October 1899 – 31 May 1902) | |||||
| (2) | |
Piet Joubert (1834–1900) |
May 1896 | 28 March 1900 † | 3 years, 10 months |
| 4 |  |
Schalk Willem Burger (1852–1918)[6] |
March 1900 | 31 May 1902 | 2 years, 2 months |
| Post abolished with the Treaty of Vereeniging Second British annexation (Transvaal Colony) | |||||
Notes
- 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.
- Kruger was a member of the triumvirate, and also held this additional title.[4]
References
- Du Plessis, Jacobus Stephanus (1954). "11: Plaasvervanging van die Staatspresident" [11: Replacement of the State President] (PDF). Die ontstaan en ontwikkeling van die amp van die staatspresident in die Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek, 1858–1902 [The origin and development of the office of state president in the South African Republic, 1858-1902] (PhD) (in Dutch). hdl:10394/14081.
- Amery, Leopold Stennett; Childers, Erskine; Tallboy, G. P.; Williams, Basil (1900). "III The Annexation and its Reversal". The Times history of the war in South Africa, 1899–1902. London: S. Low, Marston and company, ltd.
- Laband, John (2014). The Transvaal Rebellion: The First Boer War, 1880-1881. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-86846-0.
- "South African Republic (Transvaal): Heads of State: 1880–1902". Archontology.org.
- Souza, Francis Hugh De (2004). A Question Of Treason. Kiaat Creations. ISBN 978-0-620-32030-6.
- Fitzpatrick, Percy (1979). South African memories: scraps of history. AD. Donker. ISBN 9780949937551.
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