Vice State President of the South African Republic

Vice State President of the South African Republic
Vise-staatspresident der Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek
Arms of the South African Republic
Longest serving Nicolaas Smit 20 June 1887 – 4 April 1896
Style	His Excellency
Formation	March 1877
First holder	Paul Kruger
Final holder	Schalk Willem Burger
Abolished	31 May 1902

The Vice State President of the South African Republic (Dutch : Vise-staatspresident der Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek) was the second highest political position in the South African Republic.

The vice president was chosen by the Volksraad among the members of the Executive Council (Uitvoerende Raad). The vice president was to act if the State President of the South African Republic was indisposed in case of mental or bodily disability, or was outside of the country. The vice president was constitutional successor of the president. ^[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) [a]
(1)		Paul Kruger (1825–1904) [b]	13 December 1880	9 May 1883	2 years, 147 days
2		Piet Joubert (1834–1900) [5]	May 1883	October 1884 [6]	1 year, 5 months
3		Cornelis Johannes Bodenstein (1826–1885) [7]	November 1884	26 June 1885 †	7 months
4		Christiaan Johannes Joubert (1834–1911)	1885 [8]	1887 [9]	2 years
5		Nicolaas Smit (1837–1896)	20 June 1887 [10]	4 April 1896 †	8 years, 289 days
Second Boer War (11 October 1899 – 31 May 1902)
(2)		Piet Joubert (1834–1900) [11]	May 1896	28 March 1900 †	3 years, 10 months
6		Schalk Willem Burger (1852–1918) [12]	May 1900 [13]	31 May 1902	2 years
Post abolished with the Treaty of Vereeniging Second British annexation (Transvaal Colony)

Timeline

Notes

1. 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.
2. Kruger was a member of the triumvirate, and also held this additional title. ^[4]

References

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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.
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6. Appleton's Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year 1885. D. Appleton & Company. 1885.
7. De Kock, W. J. (1968). "Dictionary of South African biography". [Pretoria] : Nasional Boekhandel Bpk. for National Council for Social Research, Dept. of Higher Education.
8. Almanach de Gotha 1887 (in French). J. Perthes. 1887.
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12. Fitzpatrick, Percy (1979). South African memories: scraps of history. AD. Donker. ISBN   9780949937551.
13. Krüger, Paul (1902). The Memoirs of Paul Kruger Four Times President of the South African Republic (PDF). New York.