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Paul Kruger

Personal data
Date of birth, 10 October 1825
Place of birthBulhoek, Cape Colony
Date of death14 July 1904(age 78)
Place of deathClarens, Vaud, Switzerland
Resting placeHero's Acre, Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa
ReligionReformed Churches in South Africa
5th President of the South African Republic
In office9 May 1883 - 10 September 1900
Succeeded bySchalk Willem Burger (acting)
Preceded byTriumvirate
(Thomas François Burgers, 1877)
Member of the Triumvirate
In office8 August 1881 - 9 May 1883
Serving with M.W. Pretorius and Piet Joubert
Succeeded byHimself
As President of the South African Republic
Preceded byThe Viscount Wolseley
As Governor of the Transvaal

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Stephanus Johannes Paulus Kruger (10 October 1825 � 14 July 1904), better known as Paul Kruger and affectionately known as Uncle Paul (Afrikaans: "Oom Paul") was State President of the South African Republic (Transvaal). He gained international renown as the face of Boer resistance against the British during the South African or Second Boer War (1899 � 1902).


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