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: 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.