Michael Crozier

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.

Michael Crozier
5th President of ACT New Zealand
In office 2009–2010
Vice President	Dave Moore (2009–2010) Bruce Haycock (2010–2011)
Leader	Rodney Hide
Preceded by	Garry Mallett
Succeeded by	Chris Simmons
Personal details
Born	Michael Henry Crozier (1937-06-08)8 June 1937
Died	21 July 2012(2012-07-21) (aged 75)
Political party	ACT
Alma mater	University of Canterbury
Scientific career
Fields	Physics
Thesis	The spectra of rare ions in crystals (1962)

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.^{[citation needed]}

Crozier had a PhD in physics, and was chief scientist at the Ministry of Defence.^[1] He died on 21 July 2012.^[1]