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Richard Friedlander (mayor)

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Richard Friedlander
Mayor of Cape Town
In office
1971–1973
Preceded byJan Dommisse
Succeeded byDavid Bloomberg
Personal details
Born
Richard Martin Friedlander

(1923-01-20)20 January 1923
Cape Town, South Africa
Died8 February 2007(2007-02-08) (aged 84)[1]
Cape Town, South Africa
SpousePhyllis Friedlander[2]
Children3
OccupationLawyer, 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]

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