Nicolae Coval (19 December 1904 – 15 January 1970) was a Soviet and Moldavian politician.

Nicolae Coval was born on 19 December 1904 in the city of Camenca, Russian Empire (now in Transnistria, Republic of Moldova). Nicolae Coval became a member of the CPSU in 1939; in the period 1940–1945, he served as the People's Commissar for Agriculture of the MSSR. At Congresses I - IV, X - XII of the Communist Party of the MSSR was elected as a member of the Central Committee. He also served as deputy to the Supreme Soviet of the USSR (in Legislative 1, 2, 6 and 7) and deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR (in the 1-3 legislatures).

Coval was the prime minister of Moldavian SSR (17 April 1945 – 5 January 1946). Coval was also the First Secretary of the Moldavian Communist Party (5 January 1946 - July 1950).

During his rule, the hunger of 1946-1947 occurred in the Moldаvian SSR, when more than 170 thousand people died^{[citation needed]}. The hunger had partially objective reasons (relatively low harvest), while partially was organized by Soviet Authorities^{[citation needed]} (Joseph Stalin and the Communist Party), which urged the completion of Soviet grain stocks. The hunger was stopped in the autumn of 1947, after which a forced collectivisation of agriculture in Bessarabia was ordered by Soviet authorities.

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v t e Prime Ministers of Moldova
Moldavian DR	Pantelimon Erhan Daniel Ciugureanu Petru Cazacu
Moldavian SSR	Tihon Konstantinov Nicolae Coval Gherasim Rudi Alexandru Diordiță Petru Pascari Semion Grossu Ion Ustian Ivan Calin Petru Pascari Mircea Druc
Republic of Moldova	Valeriu Muravschi Andrei Sangheli Ion Ciubuc Ion Sturza Dumitru Braghiș Vasile Tarlev Zinaida Greceanîi Vitalie Pîrlog* Vladimir Filat Iurie Leancă Chiril Gaburici Natalia Gherman* Valeriu Streleț Gheorghe Brega* Pavel Filip Maia Sandu Aureliu Ciocoi* Natalia Gavrilița Dorin Recean
* denotes acting.