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
StyleHis Excellency
FormationMarch 1877
First holderPaul Kruger
Final holderSchalk Willem Burger
Abolished31 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
Name
(Birth–Death)		 Portrait Tenure Notes
1 Paul Kruger
(1825–1904)		 March 1877 – 12 April 1877 [1][3]
First Boer War (12 April 1877 – 8 August 1881)
First British annexation (Transvaal Colony)
(1) Paul Kruger
(1825–1904)		 13 December 1880 – 9 May 1883 Kruger was a member of the triumvirate, and also held this additional title.[4]
2 Piet Joubert
(1834–1900)		 May 1883 – May 1888 [5]
3 Nicolaas Smit
(1837–1896)		 May 1888 – 4 April 1896 Died in office.
Second Boer War (11 October 1899 – 31 May 1902)
(2) Piet Joubert
(1834–1900)		 May 1896 – 28 March 1900 Died in office.
4 Schalk Willem Burger
(1852–1918)		 March 1900 – 31 May 1902 [6]
Post abolished with the Treaty of Vereeniging
Second British annexation (Transvaal Colony)

References
  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. Laband, John (2014). The Transvaal Rebellion: The First Boer War, 1880-1881. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-86846-0.
  4. "South African Republic (Transvaal): Heads of State: 1880–1902". Archontology.org.
  5. Souza, Francis Hugh De (2004). A Question Of Treason. Kiaat Creations. ISBN 978-0-620-32030-6.
  6. Fitzpatrick, Percy (1979). South African memories: scraps of history. AD. Donker.
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