Eliezer Goldberg
Goldberg in 1992
Traffic Judge
In office 1964–1965
Magistrate
In office 1965–1974
District Judge
In office 1974–1983
Supreme Court Judge
In office 1983–1988
Chair of the Central Election Commission (the 12th Knesset)
In office 1988–1998
State Comptroller of Israel
In office 5 July 1998 – 4 July 2005
Preceded by	Miriam Ben-Porat
Succeeded by	Micha Lindenstrauss
Personal details
Born	24 May 1931 Jerusalem, Mandatory Palestine
Died	12 March 2022 (aged 90) Jerusalem, Israel
Alma mater	Hebrew University of Jerusalem

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.^[2] 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.^[2] From March 1983 to March 1984, Goldberg served as Acting Supreme Court Judge. On 18 April 1984, he was appointed a Supreme Court Judge.^[2]

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.^[2]

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.^[2] From 2007 to 2011 he presided over the Goldberg Commission considering Bedouin land rights.