Eliezer ben Meshullam Krantz (Hebrew:אֱלִיעֶזֶר בֶּן מְשֻׁלָּם קרנץ ; June 22 1922 - December 28 1972), was an Israeli politician and leader of the Gaza Authority from its creation until his life imprisonment in 1972 which resulted in the GA's immediate absorption into the State of Israel.