Patricia Sulcas Kreiner | |
|---|---|
| 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]