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Louis Kreiner (October 23, 1928 - May 24, 1994) was a South African politician and Mayor of Cape Town from 1979 to 1981. His brother, Sol Kreiner subsequently held the position between 1983 and 1985. His wife, Patricia Sulcas Kreiner was also mayor of the city from 1993 to 1995.

Early life

He was born and raised Grabouw in the Cape Province to a Jewish family. His late grandfather, Eliezer had been a rabbi in Poland. His father Chaim was deeply involved in the local Jewish community in Grabouw and held Shabbat services at the family home for the seven other Jewish families living in the town. As a boarder, he attended Herzlia, a Jewish school in Cape Town.

Career

Kreiner was involved in efforts to increase tourism to Cape Town. He visited Taiwan, where he marketed Cape Town as a tourist destination.

For Jerusalem Day in 1980, Kreiner attended celebrations at the Baxter Theatre, where he had a telephone hookup with Jerusalem mayor, Teddy Kollek.

References

1. Louis Kreiner Cape Town Jewish Cemeteries Maintenance Board. Retrieved on 26 December 2023
2. ^ Jerusalem Day in Cape Town Jewish Telegraphic Agency. 20 May 1980
3. Cape Town: Culture and Community Reform Judaism. Retrieved on 26 December 2023
4. Silberhaft, Moshe (2012). The Travelling Rabbi: My African Tribe. Johannesburg: Jacana. p. 12. ISBN 9781431405985.
5. Cape Town's New Mayor South African Jewish News. 7 September 1983
6. Sol Kreiner is new Deputy Mayor of Cape Town South African Jewish News. 1981
7. The tale of South Africa’s first Jewish school South African Jewish Report. 5 October 2020
8. “Had its history been different, South Africa would probably have been one of the most visited places in the world.” University of Stellenbosch. December 2022

• 20th-century South African politicians
• Politicians from Cape Town
• Jewish South African politicians
• White South African people
• Mayors of Cape Town
• South African people of Polish-Jewish descent
• Alumni of Herzlia High School
• 1928 births
• 1994 deaths