Leonid Potapov

Leonid Vasilyevich Potapov (; 4 July 1935 – 12 November 2020) was a Russian politician. He was the President of the Buryat Republic in Russia from August 1991 to July 2007. He was born in Uakit, Soviet Union. Potapov was a member of the Communist Party.
Potapov died on 12 November 2020 at a Moscow hospital from COVID-19, aged 85.