Sir Joseph Leopold Schultz, OBE (4 February 1900 – 21 July 1991)[1] was a British politician who was a dominant figure in Kingston upon Hull during the twentieth century.

[4] He later became a socialist and used his skills in the realm of public service,[4] his political career began in 1926 as a Labour councillor for the Myton ward of Hull.

[6] Before the Second World War, Leo Schultz campaigned for Hull City Council to build bomb shelters.

[11] The Schultz had a single son Lionel, They also adopted Robert Rosner, a Jewish-Austrian child who left continental Europe on the kindertransport, who became an architect in adult life.

[12] Artist Nigel Boonham was commissioned to produce a full-size statue of Sir Leo Schultz,[4] unveiled at Hull's Guildhall in 2011.