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(2) Hij is getrouwd met Maria Catharina Botha.
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(3) Hij is getrouwd met Aletta Magdalena Smit.
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The son of the famous Voortrekker leader Andries Pretorius, Marthinus Wessel Pretorius (17 September 1819 – 19 May 1901) was the first president of the South African Republic, and also compiled the constitution of the Republic.
After the death of his father in 1853, he was appointed as the Commandant-General of the ZAR (South African Republic) and moved from his farm Kalkheuwel, nearBroederstroom, to the city of Potchefstroom. He was the last Head of State of Potchefstroom between 1853 and 1856.
Contents [show] Founding of the city of Pretoria[edit source
editbeta]Statue of Marthinus Wessel Pretorius in Pretoria
In an endeavour to establish a new town, he bought two farms named Elandspoort en Daspoort between 1854 and 1855, on which he founded the city of Pretoria in 1855.
He originally named the town Pretoria Philadelphia, in honour of his father and his father's brothers, but the name of the town was later shortened to just Pretoria.
Five years later the capital of theZAR (Zuid Afrikaanse Republiek or South African Republic in English) was moved from Potchefstroom to Pretoria
Multiple Roles as Head of State[edit source
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He served as the first president of the South African Republic from 1857 to 1860. However in 1859, in an effort to create closer bonds of relationship with the Orange Free State, he simultaneously held the office of State President of the Orange Free State and that of president of the South African Republic.
This however created tension in Transvaal and he resigned the presidency of the South African Republic in 1860.
After serving in the presidency of the Orange Free State until 1863, he was reelected as president of the South African Republic in 1864 and served a second term until 1871.
Finally, he served a third term as joint head of state (triumvirate) of the South African Republic between 1880 and 1883. He diedin 1901 atPotchefstroom.
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