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Martinus Rutgerius Sneijder (ca. 1378 - 1439) was a Founding father of Brunant and the first President of the Brunanter Republic from 1427-1439.

Biography
Sneijder (or Schneider) had come from the Low Countries to Brunant around 1405. His family was well-known and considered among the upper-class of Venetian Brunant. Sneijder was a prominent advocate for independence and provided sums of money for the movement. In 1407, Sneijder married Leonor de Ampurias (1374-1433), a wealthy Spanish-born widow.

He attended the Convention of Grijzestad in 1427, where after signing the Declaration of Independence and the Grijzestad Constitution, he was elected President of the newly-created Brunanter Republic on 9 July 1427.

Sneijder died in 1439 in Grijzestad. He was succeeded by Hans Niehorster.