Michael Crozier

{{Short description|New Zealand physicist and politician}}

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|name = Michael Crozier

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|order = 5th President of ACT New Zealand

|vicepresident = Dave Moore (2009–2010)
Bruce Haycock (2010–2011)

|leader = Rodney Hide

|term_start = 2009

|term_end = 2010

|predecessor = Garry Mallett

|successor = Chris Simmons

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|death_date = {{Death date and age|2012|07|21|1937|06|08|df=y}}

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|birthname = Michael Henry Crozier

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|party = ACT

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| fields = Physics

| alma_mater = University of Canterbury

| thesis_title = The spectra of rare ions in crystals

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| thesis_year = 1962

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Michael Henry Crozier (8 June 1937 – 21 July 2012) was a New Zealand politician and physicist. He was the fifth president of ACT New Zealand, a libertarian right-wing political party.

Crozier was elected as the ACT New Zealand president in March 2009, defeating Chris Simmons. Crozier resigned five months before his two-year term was to finish to take a long-planned trip to Europe with his wife. Chris Simmons was confirmed as the new president by the ACT New Zealand board on 21 October 2010.

Crozier had a PhD in physics, and was chief scientist at the Ministry of Defence.{{Cite web |date=July 22, 2012 |title=ACT Mourns Loss Of Former Party President Michael Crozier |url=https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1207/S00284/act-mourns-loss-of-former-party-president-michael-crozier.htm |access-date=2022-05-22 |website=www.scoop.co.nz}} He died on 21 July 2012.