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Josias Philip Hoffman

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Josias Philip Hoffman (commonly known as Sias Hoffman) (1807 – 1879) was a South African Boer statesman, and was the chairman of the Provisional Government and later the first State President of the Orange Free State, in office from 1854 to 1855. [1]

18 relations: Boer, Citizenship, Dutch Reformed Church, Jacobus Groenendaal, Jacobus Johannes Venter, Jacobus Nicolaas Boshoff, Leiden, Moshoeshoe I, Orange Free State, Orange River Convention, Orange River Sovereignty, Provisional government, Secretary of state, Smithfield, Free State, Sotho people, South Africa, State President of the Orange Free State, Volksraad.

Boer

Boer is the Dutch and Afrikaans noun for "farmer".

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Citizenship

Citizenship is the status of a person recognized under the custom or law as being a legal member of a sovereign state or belonging to a nation.

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Dutch Reformed Church

The Dutch Reformed Church (in or NHK) was the largest Christian denomination in the Netherlands from the onset of the Protestant Reformation until 1930.

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Jacobus Groenendaal

Jacobus Groenendaal (1 November 1805 – 27 November 1860) was a South African statesman of Dutch origin, member of the Volksraad of the Orange Free State and the republic's first Treasurer General and Government Secretary in office from 1854 to 1855 and 1856 respectively.

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Jacobus Johannes Venter

Jacobus Johannes Venter (1814–1889) was a South African (Boer) statesman.

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Jacobus Nicolaas Boshoff

Jacobus Nicolaas Boshoff (31 January 1808 – 21 April 1881) was a South African (Boer) statesman, member of the Voortrekker movement, and the second state president of the Orange Free State, in office from 1855 to 1859.

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Leiden

Leiden (in English and archaic Dutch also Leyden) is a city and municipality in the province of South Holland, Netherlands.

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Moshoeshoe I

Moshoeshoe (c. 1786 – 11 March 1870) was born at Menkhoaneng in the northern part of present-day Lesotho.

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Orange Free State

The Orange Free State (Oranje-Vrijstaat, Oranje-Vrystaat, abbreviated as OVS) was an independent Boer sovereign republic in southern Africa during the second half of the 19th century, which later became a British colony and a province of the Union of South Africa.

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Orange River Convention

The Orange River Convention (sometimes also called the Bloemfontein Convention) was a convention whereby the British formally recognised the independence of the Boers in the area between the Orange and Vaal rivers, which had previously been known as the Orange River Sovereignty.

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Orange River Sovereignty

The Orange River Sovereignty (1848–1854) was a short-lived political entity between the Orange and Vaal rivers in southern Africa.

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Provisional government

A provisional government, also called a morning or transitional government, is an emergency governmental authority set up to manage a political transition, generally in the cases of new nations or following the collapse of the previous governing administration.

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Secretary of state

The title secretary of state or state secretary is commonly used for senior or mid-level posts in governments around the world.

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Smithfield, Free State

Smithfield is a small town founded in 1848 in the Orange River Sovereignty (as the region was then named).

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Sotho people

The Basotho are a Bantu ethnic group whose ancestors have lived in southern Africa since around the fifth century.

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South Africa

South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa.

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State President of the Orange Free State

This is a list of State Presidents of the Orange Free State.

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Volksraad

The Volksraad (English: "People's Council") was the parliament of the former South African Republic (ZAR), which existed from 1857 to 1902 in part of what is now South Africa.

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Redirects here:

Josias Hoffman, Josias Philippus Hoffman, Josoas Philip Hoffmann.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josias_Philip_Hoffman

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