Francis William Reitz
South African politician and statesman (1844-1934) · South Africa · On the map · Politicians · Died at 89
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 Second Boer War, and the first president of the Senate of the Union of South Africa.
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President F.W. Reitz of the Orange Free State, 1890
Statue of Francis William Reitz in Bloemfontein
Third Council Hall (Derde Raadszaal) of the Volksraad of the Orange Free State, Bloemfontein, 1893, just before it was replaced by the Vierde Raadszaal
F.W. Reitz as State Secretary of the South African Republic and signatory to the Peace of Vereeniging, 1902
