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Abraham Fischer (1850-1913) was a South African Statesman. He was the Sole Prime Minster of the Orange River Colony in South Africa, and when it ceased to exist, joined the cabinet of the newly formed Union of South Africa.

Family and Education
Abraham was born on the 09 April 1850 in Cape Town, into an prominent colonist family, the son of Johannes Jacobus George Fischer and Catharina Anna Margaretha Brink.

Klein Bottelary Fischer family farm

He was educated at the South African College Schools where he lost his right eye during an initiation at the age of 11. Later he completed his education to become a lawyer, joining the Cape Colony Bar. Abraham left the Cape to move to the new colony of the Orange Free State where he met and married Ada Robertson the daughter of Scottish immigrants. The new couple moved to Bloemfontein where they founded a new family farm Hillendale (now Woodland Hills). Abraham and Ada had two children, Percy Ulrich Fischer (Father of Bram Fischer, a noted anti-apartheid activist) and Harry George Robertson Fischer.

Work and Politics
In Bloemfontein Abraham practiced law and developed an interest in politics. He was elected to the Volksraad and in 1886 was appointed by president M.T. Steyn to the executive council of the Orange Free State. He headed a joint delegation from the Transvaal and Orange River Colony to help garner international support for the Boer cause. The delegation visited Russia where the plight of the Boer people left an indelible mark on the Russian people (both Imperialist and Bolshevik alike), paving the way for further Russian/South African interaction. Later his grandson, Bram Fischer, would visit Russia as a Representative of the South African Communist Party.