What is Paul Kruger?
[[File:Kruger old age.jpg|thumb|right|Paul Kruger]] '''Stephanus Johannes Paulus Kruger''' (or just '''Paul Kruger''') (10 October 1825–14 July 1904) was the [[president]] of the [[South African Republic]] (sometimes incorrectly referred to as the Transvaal) from 1883 to 1900.<ref>Farwell, Byron Queen Victoria's Little Wars WW Norton and Company New York 1972 page 352</ref><ref>Holmes, Prescott Paul Kruger: The Life Story of the President of the Transvaal Henry Altemus Philadelphia 1900 page 99</ref><ref>Kruger, Paul The Memoirs of Paul Kruger: Four Times President of the South African Republic Told by Himself The Century Co. New York 1902 pages 167-168</ref> He became famous for leading the [[Boer]]s against the [[Britain|British]] at the time of the [[Second Boer War]]. == Early life == Kruger grew up on his grandfather's [[farm]]. He worked as a commando (a [[soldier]] [[defense (military)|defending]] farms), and became a respected [[leader]]. == First Boer War == In 1877 the [[British Army]] took control of Transvaal, and Kruger became the leader of the [[rebellion|resistance]] (the people who wanted to fight British control). On 30 December 1880, the [[government]] of the South African Republic (Transvaal) [[election|elected]] (chose) him to be president. In 1881 Kruger [[negotiation|negotiated]] (talked with the [[enemy]]) to agree the [[peace]]. Kruger travelled to [[Europe]], where many people respected him. == Second Boer War == The Second Boer War began in 1899, and Kruger had to escape to Europe in October 1900. He moved to [[Clarens, Switzerland|Clarens]] in [[Switzerland]], where he died in 1904. People took his body back to South Africa and [[burial|buried]] him in Church Street [[Cemetery]] in [[Pretoria]]. == References == {{reflist}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Kruger, Paul}} [[Category:1825 births]] [[Category:1904 deaths]] [[Category:Afrikaner people]] [[Category:People of the Boer Wars]] [[Category:Presidents of South Africa]] [[Category:South African military people]]