Valentina Leskaj (born 1 November 1948, Tepelena, Albania) is an Albanian politician and political economist who was a member of the Assembly of the Republic of Albania for the Socialist Party[1] from 2002 until 2017, when she decided to resign and leave politics.

[6] From 2014 to 2017, she was elected Member of the Monitoring Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of Council of Europe and Political Affairs Committee[7] Leskaj was elected vice president of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe in 2014, and held the position until 2017.

From 2003 to 2009, Leskaj served as chairwoman of the Albanian Parliament delegation at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.

She was appointed as Minister of Labour and Social Affairs of Albania in 2002, a position that she held until 2004.

[17] Leskaj was a founder of the Albanian Center for Population and Development[18] (ACPD), a non-profit organization established in 1995 which works for improvement of policies, legislation, the right of information and services for issues concerning population and development, and health issues including reproductive health.