These are the former and present

vice-chancellor A chancellor is a leader of a college or university, usually either the executive or ceremonial head of the university or of a university campus within a university system. In most Commonwealth and former Commonwealth nations, the chancellor ...

s and chancellors of the

University of Pretoria The University of Pretoria ( af, Universiteit van Pretoria, nso, Yunibesithi ya Pretoria) is a multi-campus public research university in Pretoria, the administrative and de facto capital of South Africa. The university was established in 1908 ...

, South Africa.

Vice-chancellors

The vice-chancellor and principal is the head of the university, supported by four deputy vice-chancellors. Former and current persons who have fulfilled the position are: *A C Paterson: 1918–1924 *N M Hoogenhout:1925–1927 *A E du Toit:1927–1934 *C F Schmidt:1935–1940 *M C Botha:1941–1947 *C H Rautenbach:1948–1970 *E M Hamman:1970–1981 *D M Joubert: 1982–1991 * Flip P Smit: 1992–1996 *J van Zyl: 1997–2001 * Calie Pistorius: 2001–2009 *

Cheryl de la Rey Professor Cheryl Merle de la Rey is a South African academic who, since 2019, has been vice-chancellor of University of Canterbury in New Zealand. She was formerly Vice-Chancellor of the University of Pretoria in South Africa and has a disting ...

: 2009–2018 * Tawana Kupe: 2019

Chancellors

The Chancellor is the titular head of the university. Former and current persons who have fulfilled the position are: *Justice

Tielman Roos Tielman Johannes de Villiers Roos (8 May 1879 – 28 March 1935) was a right wing South African politician and sometime Cabinet minister. Labour politics Roos made his name as the leader of a group of young members of the South African Party ...

, Supreme Court of Appeal and South African Minister of Justice: 1930 – 1932 * Rev

Adriaan Louw Adriaan is the Dutch and Afrikaans spelling of the given name Adrian. Before the 19th century the spelling Adriaen was also common, and people used the spelling interchangeably. Adriaan may refer to: People Artists *Adriaen Backer (1635–1684), ...

: 1933 – 1934 * Dr

Hendrik van der Bijl Hendrik Johannes van der Bijl FRS (23 November 1887 – 2 December 1948) was a South African electrical engineer and industrialist and is regarded as one of the greatest South Africans for his contribution to the country's development. He was t ...

, engineer and industrialist, founding chairman of

Eskom Eskom Hld SOC Ltd or Eskom is a South African electricity public utility. It was established in 1923 as the Electricity Supply Commission (ESCOM) and was also known by its Afrikaans name Elektrisiteitsvoorsieningskommissie (EVKOM). Eskom repre ...

and founder of ISCOR: 1934 – 1948 *Advocate

Charles Theodore Te Water Charles Theodore Te Water (4 February 1887 – 6 June 1964) was a South African barrister, diplomat and politician who was appointed as President of the Assembly of the League of Nations. Te Water also served as the South African high commissio ...

, South African diplomat and President of the

League of Nations The League of Nations (french: link=no, Société des Nations ) was the first worldwide intergovernmental organisation whose principal mission was to maintain world peace. It was founded on 10 January 1920 by the Paris Peace Conference that ...

: 1949 – 1964 *Dr Hilgard Muller, Mayor of Pretoria and Minister for Foreign Affairs: 1965 – 1984 * The Honourable Alwyn Schlebusch, Minister of Public Works and Immigration, Minister of Justice and Internal Affairs, Minister in the Office of the President and South Africa's only Vice State President: 1984 – 1986 *Dr

Anton Rupert Anthony Edward Rupert (4 October 1916 – 18 January 2006) was a South African businessman, philanthropist, and conservationist. He was born and raised in the small town of Graaff-Reinet in the Eastern Cape. He studied in Pretoria and ultimate ...

, South African entrepreneur, conservationist and billionaire : 1987 – 1992http://www.ppf.org.za/Home.htm Peace Parks Foundation Retrieved 26 May 2010 * Dr

Chris Stals Dr. Christian Lodewyk Stals, better known as Chris Stals (born 13 March 1934) was the seventh Governor of the South African Reserve Bank, serving from 8 August 1989 to 7 August 1999. He succeeded Dr. Gerhard de Kock who had died in office. He ...

, Governor of the South African Reserve Bank and multiple company directorships: 1992 – 2005http://web.up.ac.za/default.asp?ipkCategoryID=8&language=0 Chancellor Retrieved 26 May 2010 * Prof

Wiseman Nkuhlu Wiseman Lumkile Nkuhlu (born 5 February 1944) in Cala, Eastern Cape. Wiseman became South Africa's first qualified black chartered accountant. He served as an economic advisory for President Thabo Mbeki from 2000-2004 and chaired the Development ...

, South Africa's first black chartered accountant, economic advisor to the President, Chairman for the

NEPAD The New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) is an economic development program of the African Union. NEPAD was adopted at the 37th session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government in July 2001 in Lusaka, Zambia. NEPAD aims to p ...

steering committee, Chairman of the Development Bank of Southern Africa and multiple company directorships: 2006 * Justice Sisi Khampempe current

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