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The son of the famous Voortrekker leader Andries Pretorius, Marthinus Wessel Pretorius (17 September 1819 - 19 May 1901) was the first president of the South African Republic, and also compiled the constitution of the Republic.
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Apr 2, 2024 · Marthinus Wessel Pretorius (born Sept. 17, 1819, near Graaff-Reinet, Cape Colony [now in South Africa]—died May 19, 1901, Potchefstroom, South African Republic [now in South Africa]) was a Boer statesman, soldier, and founder of the town of Pretoria (1855).
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Feb 17, 2011 · Marthinus Wessel Pretorius was born in September 17, 1819, near Graaff-Reinet in the then Cape Colony. He was a boer statesman, soldier, eldest son of the Great Trek leader Andries Pretorius, and the first president of the South African Republic and founder of Pretoria.
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Overview. Marthinus Wessel Pretorius. (1819—1901) Quick Reference. (1819–1901) Boer statesman. He was President of the South African Republic (1857–71), having followed his father, Andries Pretorius, in the Great Trek. After fighting the Zulu, he became one of the four Transvaal commandant-generals, and was elected President.
Marthinus Wessel Pretorius was a South African political leader. An Afrikaner, he helped establish the South African Republic, was the first president of the ZAR, and also compiled its constitution.
In the course of the second half of the nineteenth century Marthinus Wessel Pretorius played a very important role in the history of the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek and the Republic of the Orange Free State.
Mar 16, 2011 · Boer statesman, soldier and first president of the South African (Transvaal) Republic, Marthinus Wessel Pretorius, died at his home in Potchefstroom at the age of eighty-one. He was elected as president by the Volksraad in 1857 and also served as president of the Orange Free State from 1859 to 1863, the only man to have held both offices.
