Paul Kruger

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Boer leader head of state human military leader politician

Paul Kruger was a prominent Boer political and military leader who served as President of the South African Republic and became a central figure in resistance against British rule during the late 19th century.

Aliases (8)

Stephanus Johannes Paulus Kruger ×2
Johannes Paulus Kruger ×1
Oom Paul Kruger ×1
President Paul Kruger ×1
President of Transvaal ×1
President of the South African Republic ×1
South African Boer leader Paul Kruger ×1
former Transvaal president Paul Kruger ×1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Boer leader → head of state → human → military leader → politician →
burialPlace	Church Street Cemetery, Pretoria →
citizenship	Cape Colony → South African Republic →
countryOfBirth	Cape Colony →
countryOfDeath	Switzerland →
dateOfBirth	1825-10-10 →
dateOfDeath	1904-07-14 →
endTime	1900 →
ethnicGroup	Afrikaner → Boer →
fullName	Stephanus Johannes Paulus Kruger →
givenName	Johannes → Paulus → Stephanus →
hasMonument	Kruger House, Pretoria → Paul Kruger Statue, Church Square, Pretoria →
headOfGovernmentOf	South African Republic →
languageSpoken	Afrikaans → Dutch → German →
movement	Boer republicanism →
nickname	Oom Paul →
notableFor	leadership of the South African Republic → resistance to British imperialism → role in Boer nationalism →
numberOfChildren	16 →
occupation	farmer → politician → soldier →
participantIn	First Boer War → Great Trek → Second Boer War →
placeOfBirth	near Vaalbank, Cape Colony →
placeOfDeath	Clarens, Switzerland →
positionHeld	President of the South African Republic →
precededBy	Pieter Willem Burger →
religion	Calvinism → Dutch Reformed Church →
residence	Boekenhoutfontein → Pretoria →
signature	Paul Kruger signature image exists →
spouse	Geytie Maria du Plessis → Gezina Susanna Frederika Wilhelmina du Plessis →
startTime	1883 →
succeededBy	Schalk Willem Burger →

Referenced by (34)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Johannes Paulus Kruger → Oom Paul ("Oom Paul Kruger") → Stephanus Johannes Paulus Kruger →	alsoKnownAs
Kruger House, Pretoria → Krugersdorp → Paul Kruger Statue, Church Square, Pretoria →	namedAfter
Flag of the South African Republic → Geytie Maria du Plessis →	associatedWith
Boer Wars → Boer forces →	notableCommander
Transvaal → Transvaal ("Stephanus Johannes Paulus Kruger") →	notableLeader
Oom Paul → Uncle Paul →	refersTo
Uncle Paul ("South African Boer leader Paul Kruger") → Uncle Paul ("former Transvaal president Paul Kruger") →	usedFor
Second Boer War →	combatantCommander
First Boer War →	commandedBy
Paul Kruger Statue, Church Square, Pretoria →	depicts
Pieter Willem Burger →	followedBy
Kruger House, Pretoria →	formerResidenceOf
Paul Kruger ("Stephanus Johannes Paulus Kruger") →	fullName
Paul Kruger Statue, Church Square, Pretoria →	honours
Johannes Paulus Kruger ("Johannes Paulus Kruger") →	nameInNativeLanguage
Uncle Paul →	notableBearer
Church Street Cemetery, Pretoria →	notableBurial
Afrikaners →	notableHistoricalLeader
Kruger House, Pretoria →	occupant
Piet Joubert →	opponent
Jameson Raid ("President Paul Kruger") →	opposedBy
Jameson Raid →	participant
Paul Kruger ("President of the South African Republic") →	positionHeld
Geytie Maria du Plessis →	spouse
Geytie Maria du Plessis ("President of Transvaal") →	spouseOfPositionHolder