Vrystaat Verland

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Het staatssecretariaat met aan het hoofd de staatssecretaris vormde het administratieve centrum van de Zuid-Afrikaanse Republiek. Het was de verbindende schakel tussen wetgevende en uitvoerende macht. Ook fungeerde het als een soort gecombineerd Ministerie van Binnen- en Buitenlandse Zaken.

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After the State President he was the most important member of the Executive Council (Uitvoerende Raad). As the most senior civil servant he was responsible for the oversight over the implementation of the laws and regulations, as well as for all the correspondence of the President, official government reports, etc. He was also an intermediary between the Executive Council and parliament, the First and Second Volksraad, and a key figure in the foreign affairs of the State.

Zitat von »Pieter Jan Vorster«

Wikipedia über Francis William Reitz (Staatsekretaris 1898-1902):

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After the State President he was the most important member of the Executive Council (Uitvoerende Raad). As the most senior civil servant he was responsible for the oversight over the implementation of the laws and regulations, as well as for all the correspondence of the President, official government reports, etc. He was also an intermediary between the Executive Council and parliament, the First and Second Volksraad, and a key figure in the foreign affairs of the State.

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Während des Zweiten Burenkriegs war er Staatssekretär (Außenminister) der Südafrikanischen Republik.