Please answer the following question: Willem Johannes Leyds (Magelang Dutch East Indies 1 May 1859 The Hague Netherlands 14 May 1940) was a Dutch lawyer and statesman who made a career as State Attorney (1884-1889) and State Secretary (1889-1898) of the South African Republic. From 1898 to 1902 during the crucial period of the South African War he was the Republic's Special Envoy and Minister Plenipotentiary in Brussels accredited to several European states. Given a list of categories: company, educational institution, artist, athlete, office holder, mean of transportation, building, natural place, village, animal, plant, album, film or written work, what category does the paragraph belong to?
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Office Holder