Eliezer Goldberg (; 24 May 1931 – 12 March 2022) was an Israeli judge and civil servant who served on the

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, and as the

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Biography

Eliezer Goldberg was born in

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. There he attended the Hebrew Gymnasium Rehavia, graduating in 1949. From 1952 to 1955, he studied

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in the

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, where he specialized in the office of the president of the Jerusalem

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. Goldberg died on 12 March 2022, at the age of 90.

Judicial career

From 1957 to 1964, Goldberg worked as a lawyer in a number of

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s. From 1964 to 1965, Goldberg served as a Traffic Judge. From 1965 to 1974, he served as

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. In August 1974, he became a

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in the Jerusalem District Court, and in May 1982, he became its vice president. From March 1983 to March 1984, Goldberg served as

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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,

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) which investigated the Cave of the Patriarchs massacre. He also served in several other legal committees.

State Comptroller

Goldberg was voted by the

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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

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land rights.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Goldberg, Eliezer 1931 births 2022 deaths 20th-century Israeli civil servants 21st-century Israeli civil servants Hebrew University of Jerusalem Faculty of Law alumni Judges of the Supreme Court of Israel People from Jerusalem State comptrollers of Israel Academic staff of Sapir Academic College Burials at Har HaMenuchot