Avrohom Sternberg

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Avrohom Sternberg
אברהם שטרנברג
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Official portrait, 1985
22nd Premier of the Hope Province
Elections: 1983, 1987, 1991, 1995, 1999
In office
15 July 1983 – 18 December 2001
PresidentTheron Swart
Willem Steyn
François Malherbe
Damian de Jager
Donald Pienaar
GovernorPieter Phelps
Donald Pienaar
Blake Holland
DeputyJohn Hartley (1983-1985)
Freddie Hansen (1994-2001)
Preceded bySocrates Kevorkian
Succeeded byFreddie Hansen
Personal details
Born(1929-02-18)February 18, 1929
Yeruham, Atudée
DiedDecember 24, 2015(2015-12-24) (aged 86)
Cape James, Hope Province
NationalityGaullican (until 1950)
Tsabaran (until 1950)
Satavian (from 1950)
Political partyLiberal
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)
Children11, including Frank, Aaron and Eli
Criminal information
Conviction(s)14 counts of corruption, perjury, forgery, conspiracy and misconduct in public office
Criminal penalty17 years imprisonment (served 4 years)

Avrohom Sternberg (Atudite: Hebrew: 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,