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 was no limit on the number of re-elections.
List of officeholders 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 VereenigingBritish annexation (Orange River Colony)
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See also State President of the South African Republic
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Archontology.org: Orange Free State: Heads of State: 1854–1902