Leon Markovitz (1937 – 16 July 2005) was a South African politician and hotelier, he served as Mayor of Cape Town between 1985 and 1987.
[2] He subsequently served as Finance Minister of the Western Cape and as a fundraiser for the Democratic Alliance (DA).
[3] As mayor in 1986, he was the senior official present at Desmond Tutu's installation as the first black Archbishop to lead the Anglican Church of Southern Africa.
[4] He also operated a hospitality business and owned the Ambassador Hotel in Bantry Bay in Cape Town.
[5] He was also a benefactor of Jewish organisations and causes such as the Cape Town Holocaust Centre.