Avrohom Sternberg

The Right Honourable Avrohom Sternberg
אברהם שטרנברג
Official portrait, 1985
22nd Premier of the Hope Province Elections: 1983, 1987, 1991, 1995, 1999
In office 15 July 1983 – 18 December 2001
President	Theron Swart Willem Steyn François Malherbe Damian de Jager Donald Pienaar
Governor	Pieter Phelps Donald Pienaar Blake Holland
Deputy	John Hartley (1983-1985) Freddie Hansen (1994-2001)
Preceded by	Socrates Kevorkian
Succeeded by	Freddie Hansen
Personal details
Born	(1929-02-18)February 18, 1929 Yeruham, Atudée
Died	December 24, 2015(2015-12-24) (aged 86) Cape James, Hope Province
Nationality	Gaullican (until 1950) Tsabaran (until 1950) Satavian (from 1950)
Political party	Liberal
Spouses	Elizabeth Rose (m. 1953; div. 1959) Mariete van der Merwe (m. 1960; div. 1973) Vivette Pretorius (m. 1979; div. 1985) Eleanor Walsman (m. 1985; div. 1991) Olivia Kaplan (m. 1994; died 2009)
Children	11, including Frank, Aaron and Eli
Criminal information
Conviction(s)	14 counts of corruption, perjury, forgery, conspiracy and misconduct in public office
Criminal penalty	17 years imprisonment (served 4 years)

Avrohom Sternberg (Atudite: אברהם שטרנברג‎; 18 February 1929 – 24 December 2015) was a Satavian politician and convicted criminal who served as the 22nd Premier of the Hope Province from July 1983 until December 2001. Serving for over 18 years, he was the third-longest serving democratically elected premier of the Hope Province, behind only Johan de Graaf and Sir Hector Norwood. His tenure oversaw huge change in the Hope Province, including, notably, the involuntary surrender of Port Hope to the federal government in 1999. He resigned in 2001 in the aftermath of the Jungle affair, and in 2005 he was arrested and charged on 14 counts of corruption, perjurty, forgery, conspiracy and misconduct in public office as part of Operation Mangrove. He was convicted in 2007 and sentenced to 17 years imprisonment, but was released after four years on compassionate grounds. He died in 2015 of natural causes.