Leon Kovalsky

{{Short description|Russian politician (1940–2023)}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Leon Kovalsky

| image = Leon Kowalski.jpg

| alt =

| caption = Kovalsky in 2008

| birth_name = Leon Iosifovich Kovalsky

| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1940|04|28}}

| birth_place = {{ill|Monastirok, Zhytomyr Oblast|ru|Монастырек (Житомирская область)|lt=Monastirok}}, Dzerzhinsky District, Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, USSR

| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|2023|06|04|1940|04|28}}

| death_place = Samara, Russia

| nationality = Russian

| other_names =

| occupation = Engineer

| years_active =

| known_for =

| notable_works =

| education = {{ill|Volgograd State Agricultural University|ru|Волгоградский государственный аграрный университет}}

| party = CPSU (until 1991)
NDR

| office = Member of the Federation Council of Russia

| term_start = 23 January 1996

| term_end = 25 January 2006

| predecessor = {{ill|Vasily Tarasenko|ru|Тарасенко, Василий Георгиевич}}

| successor = {{ill|Valery Parfenov|ru|Парфёнов, Валерий Павлович}}

| office2 = Chairman of the Samara Regional Duma

| term_start2 = 1994

| term_end2 = 2001

| predecessor2 = position established

| successor2 = {{ill|Viktor Sazonov|ru|Сазонов, Виктор Фёдорович}}

}}

Leon Iosifovich Kovalsky ({{langx|ru|Леон Иосифович Ковальский}}; 28 April 1940 – 4 June 2023) was a Russian engineer politician. A member of Our Home – Russia, he served in the Federation Council from 1996 to 2006{{cite news |last= |first= |date=28 November 2005|title=Представитель Самарской губернской думы в Совете Федерации уходит со своего поста|trans-title= |url=https://regnum.ru/news/550961.html|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220614174648/https://regnum.ru/news/550961.html|archivedate=14 June 2022|language=Russian|work=REGNUM News Agency|location=Samara|access-date=13 June 2023}} and was Chairman of the Samara Regional Duma from 1994 to 2001.

Kovalsky died in Samara on 4 June 2023, at the age of 83.{{cite news |last=Vyushkina|first=Alisa|date=8 June 2023|title=«Он был примером государственного человека, настоящего труженика»: в Самаре простились с первым председателем Губдумы Леоном Ковальским|trans-title= |url=https://www.samara.kp.ru/daily/27513/4775882/|language=Russian|work=Komsomolskaya Pravda|location=Samara|access-date=13 June 2023}}