| Post: | State President |
| Body: | the Orange Free State |
| Insignia: | Coat of arms of the Orange Free State.svg |
| Insigniasize: | 140px |
| Insigniacaption: | Arms of the Orange Free State |
| Style: | His Excellency |
| Residence: | Old Presidency, Bloemfontein |
| Termlength: | 5 years |
| Formation: | 13 September 1854 |
| First: | Josias Philip Hoffman |
| Last: | Martinus Theunis Steyn |
| Abolished: | 31 May 1902 |
The State President of the Orange Free State had the executive authority in the Orange Free State. By the constitution of 1854, the president was elected by the Burghers, from a list of candidates nominated by the Volksraad for a term of five years. There were no term-limits.[1]
| Portrait | Name | Term of office | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||
| 1 | Josias Philip Hoffman | 24 February 1854 | 10 February 1855 | |||
| – | Jacobus Johannes Venter | 10 February 1855 | 27 August 1855 | |||
| 2 | Jacobus Nicolaas Boshoff | 27 August 1855 | 6 September 1859 | |||
| – | Esaias Reynier Snijman | 6 September 1859 | 8 February 1860 | |||
| 3 | Marthinus Wessel Pretorius | 8 February 1860 | 17 June 1863 | |||
| – | Joseph Allison | 18 March 1863 | 17 June 1863 | |||
| Vacant (17 June – 20 June 1863) | ||||||
| – | Jacobus Johannes Venter | 20 June 1863 | 2 February 1864 | |||
| 4 | Johannes Henricus Brand, | 2 February 1864 | 14 July 1888 | |||
| – | Pieter Jeremias Blignaut | 14 July 1888 | 10 January 1889 | |||
| 5 | Francis William Reitz | 10 January 1889 | 11 December 1895 | |||
| – | Pieter Jeremias Blignaut | 11 December 1895 | 4 March 1896 | |||
| 6 | Martinus Theunis Steyn | 4 March 1896 | 31 May 1902 | |||
| Second Boer War (11 October 1899 – 31 May 1902) | ||||||
| – | Christiaan Rudolf de Wet | 29 May 1902 | 31 May 1902 | |||
| Post abolished with the Treaty of Vereeniging British annexation (Orange River Colony) | ||||||
See main article: 1896 Orange Free State presidential election.