Richard Friedlander | |
Office: | Mayor of Cape Town |
Term Start: | 1971 |
Term End: | 1973 |
Predecessor: | Jan Dommisse |
Successor: | David Bloomberg |
Birth Name: | Richard Martin Friedlander |
Birth Date: | 1923 1, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Cape Town, South Africa |
Death Date: | [1] |
Death Place: | Cape Town, South Africa |
Nationality: | South African |
Spouse: | Phyllis Friedlander[2] |
Children: | 3 |
Occupation: | Lawyer, politician |
Richard Friedlander (January 20, 1923 - February 8, 2007) was a South African attorney and politician. He served as Mayor of Cape Town from 1971 to 1973. As chairman of the City Council's executive committee in 1989, he led a motion requesting the national government to exempt Cape Town from the Group Areas Act.[3]