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Schalk Willem Burger

Schalk Willem Burger
Personal data
Date of birthSeptember 06, 1852
Place of birthLydenburg, Transvaal
Date of deathDecember 05, 1918(age 66)
Place of deathGoedgedacht, Krugerspos, South Africa
SpouseAlida C De Villiers
ReligionDutch Reformed Church
Military service
AllegianceSouth African Republic
Voortrekkers
RankCommandant
CommandsLydenburg Commandos
Battles/warsSekhukhune Campaign (1876), Modder River (1899), Spionkop (1900)
6th President of the South African Republic
In office11 September 1900 - 31 May 1902
Succeeded byEdward VII
As King of the Transvaal
The Viscount Milner
As Administrator of the Transvaal and Orange River Colony
Louis Botha
As Prime Minister of Transvaal Colony (Upon Self Government in 1907)
Preceded byPaul Kruger

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Schalk Willem Burger (6 September 1852 � 5 December 1918) was a South African military leader, lawyer, and statesman, and was acting President of the South African Republic from 1900 to 1902, whilst Paul Kruger was in exile.


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