{{short description|American politician}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2012}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Leo Berman | image = | image_size = | caption = | state_house = Texas | district = 6th | party = Republican | term_start = January 12, 1999 | term_end = January 8, 2013 | preceded = Ted Andrew Kamel | succeeded = Matt Schaefer | birth_date = {{birth date|1935|10|21|mf=y}} | death_date = {{death date and age|2015|05|23|1935|10|21|mf=y}} | death_place = Tyler, Texas | resting_place = | birth_place = New York City USA | occupation = Retired military officer<br /> businessman (2) Tyler<br />Smith County, Texas | spouse = Lou Ann Kuck Berman | children = Five children | alma_mater = Southern Methodist University }} '''Leo Berman''' (October 21, 1935 – May 23, 2015) was an American businessman, military officer, and politician from Tyler, Texas, who was a Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives for District 6 in Smith County from 1999 to 2013. He was first elected in the general election held in November 1998. In January 2011, Berman announced a challenge to Speaker Joe Straus of San Antonio for the presiding officer's position but subsequently withdrew from the race. Though Representative Warren Chisum of Pampa filed his candidacy for Speaker, Straus was handily re-elected to a second term in the leadership in January 2011.
Berman obtained a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Southern Methodist University.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Gravois |first=John |date=May 24, 2015 |title=Former State Rep. Leo Berman Dies at 79 |work=The Texas Tribune |url=https://www.texastribune.org/2015/05/24/former-state-rep-leo-berman-dies-79/ |url-status=}}</ref> He died in Tyler on May 23, 2015.
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==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20110220010013/http://www.house.state.tx.us/members/dist6/berman.php Representative Leo Berman] ''official Texas House of Representatives site'' * {{CongLinks | congbio= | votesmart=25464 | fec= | congress= }}<!-- Links formerly displayed via the CongLinks template: * [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/uniquecandidate.phtml?uc=4027 Financial information (state office)] at the National Institute for Money in State Politics * -->
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