State Attorney of the Transvaal

The State Attorney of the Transvaal was the principal legal officer of the Transvaal, or, as it was also known, the South African Republic.

List of officeholders Portrait Name Tenure Notes 1 Eduard Johan Pieter Jorissen 1876–1877 2 Willem Johannes Leyds 1884–1888 3 ? Burgers 1888?–1894 4 Ewald Auguste Esselen 1894–1895 5 Hermanus Jacobus Coster 1895–1898 Later killed in the Battle of Elandslaagte of the Second Boer War. 6 Jan Christiaan Smuts 1898–1902

See also State President of the South African Republic State Secretary of the South African Republic

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