Leon Basson | |
|---|---|
 Basson in 2019 | |
| Shadow Minister of Water & Sanitation | |
| In office 5 December 2020 – 14 June 2024 | |
| Leader | John Steenhuisen |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Position vacant |
| Leader of the Democratic Alliance in the North West | |
| Assumed office 21 November 2020 | |
| Deputy | Cornel Dryer Freddy Sonakile |
| Preceded by | Joe McGluwa |
| Deputy Leader of the Democratic Alliance in the North West | |
| In office 2017 – 21 November 2020 | |
| Leader | Joe McGluwa |
| Preceded by | Petro Nel |
| Succeeded by | Freddy Sonakile |
| Shadow Minister of Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation | |
| In office 5 June 2019 – 5 December 2020 | |
| Leader | John Steenhuisen Mmusi Maimane |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Position split |
| Shadow Minister of Water and Sanitation | |
| In office 1 July 2017 – 5 June 2019 | |
| Leader | Mmusi Maimane |
| Preceded by | Heinrich Volmink |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
| Shadow Deputy Minister of Water and Sanitation | |
| In office 5 June 2014 – 1 July 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Tarnia Baker |
| Member of the National Assembly of South Africa | |
| Assumed office 21 May 2014 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Leonard Jones Basson 8 April 1960 |
| Nationality | South African |
| Political party | Democratic Alliance |
| Spouse | Daleen |
| Children | 3 |
| Residence | Brits, North West |
Leonard Jones Basson (born 8 April 1960) is a South African politician from the North West Province. He has represented the Democratic Alliance (DA) in the National Assembly of South Africa since May 2014 and has been the party's provincial leader in the North West since November 2020. In July 2024 he was elected as the chairperson of the National Assembly's Portfolio Committee on Water and Sanitation.
Basson was a long-serving local councillor in his hometown, the North West's Madibeng Local Municipality. After joining the National Assembly in the 2014 general election, he was appointed to the Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet of South Africa, where he was involved in the water and sanitation portfolio for the next decade; he was Shadow Deputy Minister of Water and Sanitation between 2014 and 2017, the Shadow Minister of Water and Sanitation from 2017 to 2019, the Shadow Minister of Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation from 2019 to 2020, and then the Shadow Minister of Water and Sanitation again from 2020 until 2024.
He succeeded Joe McGluwa as the DA's provincial leader at a party elective conference in November 2020. Before then, he deputised McGluwa as deputy provincial leader between 2017 and 2020.