Vice State President of the South African Republic
Deputy head of state of the South African Republic
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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.
| 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 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
- 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]