Eliyahu Nawi (Hebrew: אליהו נאוי; June 22, 1920 – November 16, 2012) was a judge, lawyer, poet, politician, Bible investigator, and mayor of Beersheba.

In 1947, Nawi moved to Beersheba as a liaison man between the British Mandate authorities and the Arab population.

Nawi was chosen both for his formal education and his Iraqi descent, important in light of ethnic tensions in the city at the time.

During his election campaign, Nawi rejected the notion that he was chosen for his ethnic background, but twelve years later wrote that this had been in fact the reason.

In the election, held on August 28, 1963, Nawi won against David Hakham, then deputy mayor and himself a former Mapai member, and Ze'ev Zrizi of Mapam.