Leon Basson

Leon Basson
Basson in 2019
Shadow Minister of Water & Sanitation
In office
5 December 2020 – 14 June 2024
LeaderJohn Steenhuisen
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byPosition vacant
Leader of the Democratic Alliance in the North West
Assumed office
21 November 2020
DeputyCornel Dryer
Freddy Sonakile
Preceded byJoe McGluwa
Deputy Leader of the Democratic Alliance in the North West
In office
2017 – 21 November 2020
LeaderJoe McGluwa
Preceded byPetro Nel
Succeeded byFreddy Sonakile
Shadow Minister of Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation
In office
5 June 2019 – 5 December 2020
LeaderJohn Steenhuisen
Mmusi Maimane
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byPosition split
Shadow Minister of Water and Sanitation
In office
1 July 2017 – 5 June 2019
LeaderMmusi Maimane
Preceded byHeinrich Volmink
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Shadow Deputy Minister of Water and Sanitation
In office
5 June 2014 – 1 July 2017
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byTarnia Baker
Member of the National Assembly of South Africa
Assumed office
21 May 2014
Personal details
Born
Leonard Jones Basson

(1960-04-08) 8 April 1960 (age 64)
NationalitySouth African
Political partyDemocratic Alliance
SpouseDaleen
Children3
ResidenceBrits, 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.