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Republic of Satavia (1939-1976)

Parties

  National Party   Nasionale Hervorming

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death) Constituency	Term of office			Elected (Parliament)	Political party	Government
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
19		Field Marshal Oscar Harrision (1893-1941) —	13 February 1939	28 April 1941	2 years, 74 days	—	National	Harrison
			Harrison lead the February Coup against Edward Limes' government in 1939, and thereafter began the process of dismantling democracy in Satavia. Harrison was assassinated by members of the pro-democracy SRA in April 1941.
20		Lieutenant General Vincent le Roux (1893-1952) —	28 April 1941	23 December 1941	239 days	—	National	Le Roux
			A childhood friend of Oscar Harrison, Le Roux was serving as his deputy when he was assassinated. Le Roux during his short stint as Prime Minister crushed descent from within the party and external sources, isolating Satavia from many of its traditional allies, including Estmere, who having previously vetoed motions at the CNSC to impose sanctions upon Satavia relented in November 1941. Le Roux was overthrown by his staunch rival Christiaan Pienaar in December 1941.
21		General Christiaan Pienaar (1899-1972) —	23 December 1941	17 June 1949	7 years, 176 days	—	National	Pienaar
			Pienaar overthrough Vincent le Roux in December 1941 during an emergency cabinet meeting. Pienaar moved swifly to crush dissenting voices and launched brutal crackdowns on the opposition and opposing viewpoints. The only significant attempt to end National Party rule, the Admiral's Rebellion, was crushed with force by Pienaar who after this diverted huge funds in the army, which in 1946 lead to the creation of a federal Coast Guard, within the Army. Pienaar resigned in 1949, selecting Daniël Wilson, the former Governor of the Hope Province, as his replacement.
22		Daniël Wilson (1904-2001) MP for Division of Grange Lake, Hope Province	17 June 1949	3 March 1961	11 years, 259 days	—	National	Wilson
			Daniël Wilson replaced Christiaan Pienaar when he stepped down in 1949. Wilson had served as Governor of the Hope Province in the years prior to his ascendency to the position of Prime Minister. During his tenure, Wilson further restricted civil liberties and authorised the violent suppression of the 1955 Satavian protests, which was condemned internationally. Wilson's term saw Satavia largely isolate itself from international affairs, becoming a pariah state whilst only maintaining positive relations with Rizealand and Nuvania, united in their determination to fight councils in the Asterias. He stepped down in 1961, and was the longest serving, and only civilian leader, of the Republic of Satavia.
23		Air Chief Marshal Danny Vermaak (1917-1961) —	3 March 1961	12 November 1961	254 days	—	National	Vermaak
			Air Chief Marhsal Danny Vermaak had been groomed as Daniël Wilson's successor and was an incredibly talented orator. His premiership, however, was cut short after he suffered a fatal heart attack aged 44, although speculation surrounding his cause of death remains.
24		General Jacobus du Plessis (1907-1969) —	12 November 1961	9 November 1967	5 years, 362 days	—	National	Du Plessis
			Jacobus du Plessis lead Satavia during a period of turbulence characterised by brutal uses of military force and the implementation of limited segregation based on race that targeted, above all, indigenous Satavians as well as, to a lesser extent, black Satavians. Du Plessis, a member of the extreme-right of the National Party, caused deep divisions within the party that many historians attribute for its ultimate downfall, particularly with the creation of the Nasionale Hervorming, a faction of the National Party comprised of "moderate" National Party members that wished to continue National Party rule through reforms as opposed to violent methods and restrictions on civil liberties.
25		Air Vice Marshal Paul Wilemse (1923-2008) —	9 November 1967	14 May 1970	2 years, 186 days	—	National	Wilemse
			Air Vice Marshal Paul Wilemse was chosen as the successor to the ailing Jacobus du Plessis and was also a member of the party's extreme right. His premiership was marked by mass infighiting between moderates, extremists as well as the Air Force and Army - the two main branches of the military that propped up the National Party. Ultimately, in order to end the divisions between the two factions of the National Party, Wilemse stepped down in favour of the elderly Satavian Army commander, Dens Maartens, who was regarded by both sides as a middle-ground compromise candidate.
26		Lieutenant General Denis Maartens (1894-1972) —	14 May 1970	1 October 1972	2 years, 140 days	—	National	Maartens
			Maartens, born in 1894 and a companion of Oscar Harrison, had served in every National Party cabinet, with the exception of the cabinet of Danny Vermack. Maartens term as Prime Minister saw Satavia stabilise and also brokered an uneasy ceasefire between the two main factions of the National Party. However, with his health failing, Maartens was removed from office by Hendrik Botha's Nasionale Hervorming faction. Maartens would die four days later.
27		General Hendrik Botha (1933-) —	1 October 1972	27 September 1976	3 years, 362 days	—	Nasionale Hervorming	Botha
			Botha seized power against the backdrop of Denis Maartens' failing health and took the opportunity to purge the National Party of many of its extremists. He introduced reforms that repealed many of Jacobus du Plessis racially based discrimantion laws whilst also increasing personal freedoms. Soon, Botha was faced with huge protests calling for the removal of the National Party from power entirely in 1973; these protests continued through for three years and became increasingly violent. Furthermore, many within the Army, both on the extreme far right and those wishing for total reform, turned on Botha. Ultimately, with laws against protests relaxed, huge demonstrations were staged in the capital, Port Hope, and across the country. Realising the threat of a revolution, Botha ordered the Hope Province Provincial Guard to crush the demonstrators in Port Hope; the Provincial Guard disobeyed his orders, and led by Johannes Klopper (and backed by the Satavian admiralty) they entered the city, staging a coup d'état that would remove Botha from power.