Abe Bloomberg
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Preceded byErnest Nyman
Succeeded byHerbert Gearing
BornAbraham Bloomberg
14 March 1904
14 March 1904
Abe Bloomberg | |
|---|---|
| Mayor of Cape Town | |
| In office 1945–1947 | |
| Preceded by | Ernest Nyman |
| Succeeded by | Herbert Gearing |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Abraham Bloomberg 14 March 1904 |
| Died | 27 July 1990 (aged 86)[1] |
| Spouse | Miriam Kirsch |
| Children | David Bloomberg |
| Occupation | Politician, attorney |
Abe Bloomberg (14 March 1904 - 27 July 1990) was a South African attorney and politician.[2] He served as Mayor of Cape Town from 1945 to 1947, and was a United Party member for the Cape Town Castle constituency.[2] His tenure as mayor coincided with George VI's royal tour of South Africa with his wife and daughters in 1947.[2] He was a confidant of Jan Smuts and the father of the late David Bloomberg, who also served as mayor of Cape Town from 1973 to 1975.[3][2] As a lawyer, he was part of the legal team involved in the Coloured vote constitutional crisis. In the Supreme Court of South Africa, he challenged a government decision to remove Cape Coloureds from the voter roll.[3]
