Leo Berman (October 21, 1935 – May 23, 2015) was an American businessman, military officer, and politician fromTyler, Texas, who was aRepublican member of theTexas House of Representatives for District 6 inSmith County from 1999 to 2013. He was first elected in the general election held in November 1998. In January 2011, Berman announced a challenge toSpeakerJoe Straus ofSan Antonio for the presiding officer's position but subsequently withdrew from the race. Though RepresentativeWarren Chisum ofPampa 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 fromSouthern Methodist University.^[1] He died in Tyler on May 23, 2015.

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