Patricia Sulcas Kreiner
Patricia Sulcas Kreiner | |
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Mayor of Cape Town | |
In office 1993–1995 | |
Preceded by | Clive Keegan |
Succeeded by | Theresa Solomons |
Personal details | |
Born | Patricia Faith Kahn |
Nationality | South African |
Spouse | Louis Kreiner |
Occupation | Politician |
Patricia Sulcas Kreiner is the former Mayor of Cape Town, she served from 1993 to 1995, during the country's transition from white-minority rule to a multi-racial democracy. She became the second woman to hold the position after Joyce Newton-Thompson. She also became the first Jewish woman to hold the position. Her late husband Louis Kreiner previously held the position from 1979 to 1981, followed by her brother-in-law, Sol Kreiner, serving as mayor from 1983 to 1985.[1][2][3]
In 1994 she was appointed to the board of the Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra.[4] She also initiated Cape Town's sister city agreement with Atlanta in the United States.[5] As the AIDS epidemic devastated many in the gay community, she showed solidarity by attending the funerals of victims.[6][7]
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- Keegan
- Sulcas Kreiner
- Solomons
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References
- ^ Louis Kreiner Cape Town Jewish Cemeteries Maintenance Board. Retrieved on 26 December 2023
- ^ Jerusalem Day in Cape Town Jewish Telegraphic Agency. 20 May 1980
- ^ Cape Town: Culture and Community Reform Judaism. Retrieved on 26 December 2023
- ^ The History of the Cape Town Orchestra: 1914-1997 University of South Africa. January 2000
- ^ Cape Town/Atlanta Propose Sister City Relationship Global Atlanta. 10 October 1994
- ^ Lategan, Herman (2023). Son of a Whore: A memoir. Cape Town: Penguin Books. p. 7. ISBN 9781776391240.
- ^ Where Have All the Flowers Gone? – remembering those we loved and lost to the Aids pandemic Daily Maverick. 28 November 2022