Marthinus Wessel Pretorius
President of the South African Republic
Died when: 81 years 244 days (980 months)Star Sign: Virgo
Marthinus Wessel Pretorius (17 September 1819 – 19 May 1901) was a South African political leader.An Afrikaner (or "Boer"), he helped establish the South African Republic (Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek or ZAR; also referred to as Transvaal), was the first president of the ZAR, and also compiled its constitution.
He was born in Cape Colony, then accompanied his father, the Voortrekker leader Andries Pretorius in the migration to the interior.After the death of his father in 1853, he was appointed to succeed him as Commandant-General of the Boer settlers around the city of Potchefstroom and moved from his farm, Kalkheuwel, near Broederstroom, to Potchefstroom.
He was Commandant-General of Potchefstroom from 1853 through 1856.
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