Leon Markovitz
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| name = Leon Markovitz
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| office = Mayor of Cape Town
| term_start = 1985
| term_end = 1987
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| predecessor = Sol Kreiner
| successor = Peter Muller
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| birth_date = 1937
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| death_date = 16 July 2005[https://www.jewishcemetery.net/deceased/fe617845-1af5-4a1a-a49b-38c7d8e9ad0c David Leon Markovitz] Cape Town Jewish Cemeteries Maintenance Board. Retrieved on 27 December 2023
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| nationality = South African
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| spouse = Anthula Markovitz
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| children = 6
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| occupation = Politician, hotelier
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Leon Markovitz (1937 – 16 July 2005) was a South African politician and hotelier, he served as Mayor of Cape Town between 1985 and 1987. In the 1990s he was the National Party leader in the council.[https://www.justice.gov.za/trc/media/1997/9711/s971104e.htm CAPE TOWN COUNCIL FAILS TWICE TO BESTOW HONOUR ON TUTU] Department of Justice. 4 November 1997 He subsequently served as Finance Minister of the Western Cape and as a fundraiser for the Democratic Alliance (DA).[https://mg.co.za/article/2002-09-12-no-receipt-for-da-cash-markovitz/No receipt for DA cash – Markovitz] Mail & Guardian. 12 September 2002
As mayor in 1986, he was the senior official present at Desmond Tutu's installation as the first black Archbishop to lead the Anglican Church of Southern Africa.[https://www.nytimes.com/1986/09/08/world/tutu-is-installed-in-archbishop-s-post.html TUTU IS INSTALLED IN ARCHBISHOP'S POST] The New York Times. 8 September 1986 He also operated a hospitality business and owned the Ambassador Hotel in Bantry Bay in Cape Town.[https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/580/103280.html Cape Town's very own Ambassador] Biz Community. 12 November 2013
He was also a benefactor of Jewish organisations and causes such as the Cape Town Holocaust Centre.[https://humanities.uct.ac.za/kaplan-centre/discover-our-web-exhibitions-green-and-sea-point-hebrew-congregation-its-origins-2010/1993-year-anniversaries 1993 – A year of anniversaries] University of Cape Town. Retrieved on 27 December 2023[https://ctholocaust.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/SAHGFAnnualReview2012.pdf Annual Review 2012] South African Holocaust & Genocide Foundation. 2012
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