Patricia Sulcas Kreiner Explained

Patricia Sulcas Kreiner
Office:	Mayor of Cape Town
Term Start:	1993
Term End:	1995
Predecessor:	Clive Keegan
Successor:	Theresa Solomons
Birth Name:	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]}

Notes and References

1. https://www.jewishcemetery.net/deceased/baf86bff-4f67-4a22-914a-c8de85c3211a Louis Kreiner
2. https://www.jta.org/archive/jerusalem-day-in-cape-town Jerusalem Day in Cape Town
3. https://reformjudaism.org/reform-jewish-life/jewish-life-israel-and-around-world/cape-town-culture-and-community Cape Town: Culture and Community
4. https://core.ac.uk/reader/43176060 The History of the Cape Town Orchestra: 1914-1997
5. https://www.globalatlanta.com/cape-townatlanta-propose-sister-city-relationship/ Cape Town/Atlanta Propose Sister City Relationship
6. Book: Lategan , Herman . 2023 . Son of a Whore: A memoir . Cape Town . Penguin Books . 7 . 9781776391240.
7. https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2022-11-28-remembering-those-we-loved-and-lost-to-the-aids-pandemic/ Where Have All the Flowers Gone? – remembering those we loved and lost to the Aids pandemic