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Francis William Reitz, South African lawyer and politician, 5th State President of the Orange Free State (born 1844)
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South African politician and statesman
Francis William Reitz Jr. was a South African lawyer, politician, statesman, publicist, and poet who was a member of parliament of the Cape Colony, Chief Justice and fifth State President of the Orange Free State, State Secretary of the South African Republic at the time of the…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
State President of the Orange Free State
Head of state of the Orange Free State
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…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)