Paul Kruger
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Stephanus Johannes Paulus Kruger was a South African politician. He was one of the dominant political and military figures in 19th-century South Africa, and State President of the South African Republic from 1883 to 1900.
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Great Trek routes of the 1830s and 1840s
Voortrekkers; a 1909 depiction
Andries Pretorius, a great influence on the young Kruger
Kruger as a field cornet, photographed c. 1852
M W Pretorius, who became the Transvaal's first President in 1857
Stephanus Schoeman, a fierce opponent of Kruger during the 1860s
Kruger, photographed as Commandant-General of the South African Republic, c. 1865. The loss of his left thumb is visible.In their orbit 2
Politicians born in the 1820s 6
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Stephanus Johannes Paulus Kruger was a South African politician. He was one of the dominant political and military figures in 19th-century South Africa, and State President of the South African Republic from 1883 to 1900. Nicknamed "Oom Paul", he came to international prominence as the face of the Boer cause - that of the Transvaal and its neighbour the Orange Free State - against Britain during the Second Boer War of 1899-1902. He has been called a personification of Afrikanerdom and admirers venerate him as a tragic folk hero.
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