| Walter Stosch | |
| Office: | President pro tempore of the Virginia Senate |
| Term Start: | June 23, 2014 |
| Term End: | January 13, 2016 |
| Predecessor: | Charles Colgan |
| Successor: | Stephen Newman |
| Term Start1: | January 12, 2012 |
| Term End1: | January 28, 2014 |
| Predecessor1: | Charles Colgan |
| Successor1: | Charles Colgan |
| State Senate2: | Virginia |
| District2: | 12th |
| Term Start2: | January 8, 1992 |
| Term End2: | January 13, 2016 |
| Predecessor2: | Eddy Dalton |
| Successor2: | Siobhan Dunnavant |
| State Delegate3: | Virginia |
| District3: | 73rd |
| Term Start3: | January 12, 1983 |
| Term End3: | January 8, 1992 |
| Predecessor3: | Constituency established |
| Successor3: | Eric Cantor |
| Birth Name: | Walter Allen Stosch |
| Birth Date: | 18 August 1936 |
| Birth Place: | Fredericksburg, Virginia, U.S. |
| Party: | Republican |
| Spouse: | Eleanor Herbert |
| Children: | David Karen |
| Alma Mater: | University of Richmond |
| Website: | Official website |
| Allegiance: |  United States |
| Serviceyears: | 1953–1956 |
Walter Allen Stosch (born August 18, 1936, in Fredericksburg, Virginia) is an American politician in the Republican Party. He served in the Virginia House of Delegates from 1983 until 1992, when he was elected to the Senate of Virginia. He was Majority leader 1998 - 2007, after which he was named Republican Leader Emeritus. He served as the President Pro Tempore of the Senate for his final term, except for a six-month period when Democrats controlled the chamber. He represented the 12th district, made up of parts of Hanover and Henrico Counties.[1] In 2009, responding to the request of constituent Em Bowles Locker Alsop, Stosch sponsored a monument to Virginia women in Capitol Square, which became law in 2010, and was unveiled in October 2018.[2]
Stosch was born and raised in the Northern Neck of Virginia. He served in the United States Army 1953 - 56, then attended the University of Richmond, where he received a B.S. degree in accounting in 1959. He passed the Certified Public Accountant exam and began practice in Richmond. In 1984, he received an MBA degree from the same school. He was also an adjunct professor at both Richmond and Virginia Commonwealth University.[3]
He married Eleanor Herbert. They had two children, David and Karen,[3] and four grandchildren, Sarah Stosch Stewart, Ashley Watson, Kelly Stosch Chaffin, and Brian Watson.