State President of the South African Republic
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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]
State President of the South African Republic | |
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Staatspresident van de Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek | |
Style | His Excellency |
Residence | Kruger House, Pretoria (Kruger) |
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 |
The title before 1866 was Dutch: President van de Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek and after 1866 Dutch: Staatspresident der Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek).
The country was referred to as the Transvaal Republic by the British.