# Leo Berman

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{{short description|American politician}}

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{{Infobox officeholder
| name          = Leo Berman
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| state_house   = Texas
| district      = [6th](/source/Texas_House_of_Representatives%2C_District_6)
| party         = [Republican](/source/Republican_Party_(United_States))
| term_start    = January 12, 1999
| term_end      = January 8, 2013
| preceded      = [Ted Andrew Kamel](/source/Ted_Kamel)
| succeeded     = [Matt Schaefer](/source/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](/source/Tyler%2C_Texas)
| resting_place = 
| birth_place   = New York City USA
| occupation    = Retired military officer<br />
businessman
(2) [Tyler](/source/Tyler%2C_Texas)<br />[Smith County](/source/Smith_County%2C_Texas), Texas
| spouse        = Lou Ann Kuck Berman
| children      = Five children
| alma_mater    = [Southern Methodist University](/source/Southern_Methodist_University)
}}
'''Leo Berman''' (October 21, 1935 &ndash; May 23, 2015) was an American businessman, military officer, and politician from [Tyler](/source/Tyler%2C_Texas), Texas, who was a [Republican](/source/Republican_Party_(United_States)) member of the [Texas House of Representatives](/source/Texas_House_of_Representatives) for District 6 in [Smith County](/source/Smith_County%2C_Texas) 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](/source/Speaker_of_the_Texas_House_of_Representatives) [Joe Straus](/source/Joe_Straus) of [San Antonio](/source/San_Antonio) for the presiding officer's position but subsequently withdrew from the race. Though Representative [Warren Chisum](/source/Warren_Chisum) of [Pampa](/source/Pampa%2C_Texas) 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](/source/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](/source/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''
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{{succession box
 | before=[Ted Andrew Kamel](/source/Ted_Kamel)
 | title=[Texas State Representative <br> for District 6 (Smith County)](/source/Texas_House_of_Representatives)<br>Leo C. Berman
 | years=1999–2013
 | after=[Matt Schaefer](/source/Matt_Schaefer)
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Category:Recipients of the Air Medal
Category:20th-century American businesspeople
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Category:Military personnel from Texas
Category:21st-century members of the Texas Legislature

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