| Post: | State President |
| Body: | the South African Republic |
| Insignia: | Coat of arms of the South African Republic.svg |
| Insigniasize: | 140px |
| Insigniacaption: | Arms of the South African Republic |
| Style: | His Excellency |
| Formation: | 22 October 1866 |
| Deputy: | Vice State President of the South African Republic |
| First: | Marthinus Wessel Pretorius |
| Last: | Paul Kruger |
| Abolished: | 31 May 1902 |
The State President of the South African Republic had the executive authority in the South African Republic. According to the constitution of 1871, executive power was vested in the President, who was responsible to the Volksraad. The President was elected for a term of five years and was eligible for re-election. The President had to be Burgher and also qualified to vote for the First Volksraad elections, over 30 years old, a member of a Protestant church, and never convicted of a dishonourable offence.[1]
The title before 1866 was Dutch; Flemish: President van de Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek and after 1866 Dutch; Flemish: Staatspresident der Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek).
The country was referred to as the Transvaal Republic by the British.
| Portrait | Name | Term of office | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||
| Presidents of the Executive Council (1857–1866) | ||||||
| 1 | Marthinus Wessel Pretorius | 6 January 1857 | 15 September 1860 | |||
| – | Johannes Hermanus Grobler | 15 September 1860 | 6 December 1860 | |||
| Civil War (1861–1864) | ||||||
| – | Stephanus Schoeman | 6 December 1860 | 17 April 1862 | |||
| 2 | Willem Cornelis Janse van Rensburg | 18 April 1862 | 23 October 1863 | |||
| 23 October 1863 | 10 May 1864 | |||||
| (1) | Marthinus Wessel Pretorius | 10 May 1864 | 22 October 1866 | |||
| State Presidents (1866–1902) | ||||||
| 1 | Marthinus Wessel Pretorius | 22 October 1866 | 20 November 1871 | |||
| – | Daniel Jacobus Erasmus | 21 November 1871 | 1 July 1872 | |||
| 2 | Thomas François Burgers | 1 July 1872 | 12 April 1877 | |||
| First Boer War (12 April 1877 – 8 August 1881) First British annexation (Transvaal Colony) | ||||||
| – | Triumvirate | 13 December 1880 | 9 May 1883 | |||
| 3 | Paul Kruger | 9 May 1883 | 31 May 1902 | |||
| Second Boer War (11 October 1899 – 31 May 1902) | ||||||
| – | Schalk Willem Burger | 10 September 1900 | 31 May 1902 | |||
| Post abolished with the Treaty of Vereeniging Second British annexation (Transvaal Colony) | ||||||
See main article: 1898 Transvaal presidential election.