Gheorghe N. Leon (April 29, 1888 – December 29, 1959) was a Romanian economist and politician. Born in Iași, his father was the biologist Nicolae Leon. He graduated from the law faculty of the University of Iași, followed in 1914 by a doctorate in political economy and finance from the University of Jena, where his doctoral adviser was Lujo Brentano. After World War I and the union of Transylvania with Romania, he was hired as to teach finance and statistics at the law faculty of the new Cluj University. He was also affiliated with the Cluj Commercial Academy, entering that institution in 1919 and rising to full professor in 1926. In 1935, he was transferred to the University of Bucharest. In 1926, he became general secretary at the Industry and Commerce Ministry, while from October 1934 t