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Marthinus Wessel Pretorius

1819 - 1901

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Marthinus Wessel Pretorius (17 September 1819 – 19 May 1901) was a South African political leader. An Afrikaner (or "Boer"), he helped establish the South African Republic (Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek or ZAR; also referred to as Transvaal), was the first president of the ZAR, and also compiled its constitution. He was born in Cape Colony, then accompanied his father, the Voortrekker leader Andries Pretorius in the migration to the interior. After the death of his father in 1853, he was appointed to succeed him as Commandant-General of the Boer settlers around the city of Potchefstroom and moved from his farm, Kalkheuwel, near Broederstroom, to Potchefstroom. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Marthinus Wessel Pretorius is the 12,093rd most popular politician (down from 11,938th in 2019), the 78th most popular biography from South Africa (down from 66th in 2019) and the 34th most popular South African Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Marthinus Wessel Pretorius ranks 12,093 out of 19,576. Before him are Prasat Thong, Charles James Fox, Alexander Mountbatten, 1st Marquess of Carisbrooke, William VI, Duke of Aquitaine, Publius Valerius Comazon, and Ur-Ninurta. After him are Emanuele Filiberto of Savoy, Prince of Venice, Pixodarus, Georg Heinrich von Görtz, Aníbal Pinto, Sergei Stanishev, and Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1819, Marthinus Wessel Pretorius ranks 63. Before him are Ernst Wilhelm von Brücke, Frederick William, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Panteleimon Kulish, Charles Kingsley, Venceslaus Ulricus Hammershaimb, and Butrus al-Bustani. After him are Edwin Drake, Théodore Gouvy, James Russell Lowell, Władysław Taczanowski, Nicolae Bălcescu, and Lucile Grahn. Among people deceased in 1901, Marthinus Wessel Pretorius ranks 61. Before him are Aleksander Gierymski, Wojciech Gerson, Prince Hermann of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Ghevont Alishan, Cornelius Gurlitt, and Prince Henri of Orléans. After him are Herman Grimm, Václav Brožík, Émile Fisseux, Víctor Balaguer i Cirera, Mahadev Govind Ranade, and Giulio Bizzozero.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, Marthinus Wessel Pretorius ranks 78 out of 454. Before him are Louisa Bolus (1877), Breyten Breytenbach (1939), Cyril Cusack (1910), Ronald Harwood (1934), Oliver Tambo (1917), and Piet Joubert (1834). After him are Gordon Murray (1946), David Cooper (1931), Marlene Dumas (1953), Abdullah Ibrahim (1934), J. L. B. Smith (1897), and Walter Sisulu (1912).

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Among POLITICIANS In South Africa

Among politicians born in South Africa, Marthinus Wessel Pretorius ranks 34. Before him are Dinuzulu kaCetshwayo (1868), Goodwill Zwelithini (1948), Zindzi Mandela (1960), Christiaan de Wet (1854), Oliver Tambo (1917), and Piet Joubert (1834). After him are Walter Sisulu (1912), J. B. M. Hertzog (1866), Chris Heunis (1927), Julius Malema (1981), Helen Suzman (1917), and Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma (1949).

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