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Paul Kruger

1825–1904 · 19th century · Also known as Stephanus Johannes Paulus Kruger

Paul Kruger (1825–1904) was president of the South African Republic (Transvaal) from 1883 to 1902. A veteran of the Great Trek and leader of the resistance to British annexation in the First Boer War, he dominated Afrikaner politics, refused political rights to the Uitlanders drawn by the Witwatersrand gold rush, and led the republic into the Second Boer War in 1899. He died in exile in Switzerland.

Paul Kruger
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