| Eliezer Goldberg | |
| Birth Date: | 24 May 1931 |
| Birth Place: | Jerusalem, Mandatory Palestine |
| Death Date: | 12 March 2022 (aged 90) |
| Death Place: | Jerusalem, Israel |
| Alma Mater: | Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
| Office1: | Traffic Judge |
| Term Start1: | 1964 |
| Term End1: | 1965 |
| Office2: | Magistrate |
| Term Start2: | 1965 |
| Term End2: | 1974 |
| Office3: | District Judge |
| Term Start3: | 1974 |
| Term End3: | 1983 |
| Office4: | Supreme Court Judge |
| Term Start4: | 1983 |
| Term End4: | 1988 |
| Office5: | Chair of the Central Election Commission (the 12th Knesset) |
| Term Start5: | 1988 |
| Term End5: | 1998 |
| Office6: | State Comptroller of Israel |
| Term Start6: | 5 July 1998 |
| Term End6: | 4 July 2005 |
| Predecessor6: | Miriam Ben-Porat |
| Successor6: | Micha Lindenstrauss |
Eliezer Goldberg (Hebrew: אליעזר גולדברג; 24 May 1931 – 12 March 2022) was an Israeli judge and civil servant who served on the Supreme Court of Israel, and as the State Comptroller of Israel.
Eliezer Goldberg was born in Jerusalem, Mandatory Palestine. There he attended the Hebrew Gymnasium Rehavia, graduating in 1949. From 1952 to 1955, he studied law in the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, where he specialized in the office of the president of the Jerusalem District Court.
Goldberg died on 12 March 2022, at the age of 90.[1]
From 1957 to 1964, Goldberg worked as a lawyer in a number of law firms.From 1964 to 1965, Goldberg served as a Traffic Judge. From 1965 to 1974, he served as Magistrate. In August 1974, he became a District Judge in the Jerusalem District Court, and in May 1982, he became its vice president.From March 1983 to March 1984, Goldberg served as Acting Supreme Court Judge. On 18 April 1984, he was appointed a Supreme Court Judge.
In 1988, Goldberg served as chair of the Central Election Commission (the 12th Knesset). He was a member, then chair, of the Committee for Criminal Jurisprudence Order. In 1994, he became a member in the Shamgar Commission (chaired by former Supreme Court president, Meir Shamgar) which investigated the Cave of the Patriarchs massacre. He also served in several other legal committees.
Goldberg was voted by the Knesset for a seven-year term as Israel's State Comptroller and Public Complaints Commissioner (from 5 July 1998 to 4 July 2005). On 18 May 2006, he received an esteem award from the influential Movement for Quality Government. From 2007 to 2011 he presided over the Goldberg Commission considering Bedouin land rights.