Monica Leeuw | |
|---|---|
| Judge President of the North West High Court | |
| In office 2010–2022 | |
| President | Jacob Zuma |
| Preceded by | Mogoeng Mogoeng |
| Succeeded by | Ronald Hendricks |
| Judge of the High Court | |
| In office 1999–2022 | |
| President | Thabo Mbeki |
| Division | North West |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Mashangu Monica Mhangwane 29 July 1952 Lady Selborne, Pretoria Transvaal, Union of South Africa |
| Alma mater | University of the North University of Bophuthatswana |
Mashangu Monica Leeuw (née Mhangwane; born 29 July 1952) is a retired South African judge who was Judge President of the North West High Court from 2010 to 2022. She was the first woman to serve as a judge president in the High Court of South Africa.
Formerly a prosecutor in Bophuthatswana and later an advocate in the North West, Leeuw was appointed to the bench in 1999 and retired in 2022. She was an acting judge in the Constitutional Court in 2014.