State Secretary of the South African Republic
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The State Secretary of the South African Republic (Transvaal) was the principal administrative officer of that republic, officially known as the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek
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South African Republic
The South African Republic , often informally known as the Transvaal Republic, was an independent Boer-ruled country in Southern Africa during the second half of the 19th century. Not to be confused with the present-day Republic of South Africa, it occupied the area later known as the South African...
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| Tenure | State Secretary | Notes |
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| 1880–1888 | Willem Eduard Bok | |
| 1888–1897 | Willem Johannes Leyds | |
| 1897 | C van Boeschoten | During extended visit of Leyds to Europe (April-July 1897). |
| 1897-1898 | Willem Johannes Leyds | In view of the deteriorating relationshop with the British, it was decided that it would politically be better to have an Afrikaner as State Secretary rather than a Dutchman, hence Reitz was appointed to the post. Leyds went to Europe as envoy of the South African Republic, a position he held until the end of the war. |
| 1898–1902 | Francis William Reitz Francis William Reitz Francis William Reitz, Jr. was a South African lawyer, politician, statesman, publicist and poet, member of parliament of the Cape Colony, Chief Justice and fifth State President of the Orange Free State, State Secretary of the South African Republic at the time of the Second Boer War, and the... |
Former State President of the Orange Free State. Retired from that position in 1896 due to ill-health. |