Niels Johannes Lebech (born 12 September 1948) is a Danish politician.

He is former Minister for Ecclesiastical Affairs for the Danish Social Liberal Party[1] and a former member of the European Parliament.

He was a teaching assistant while studying at Aarhus Universitet and teacher at Holstebro Handelsskole from 1975 to 1978.

Lebech was teacher and Lector at Holstebro Gymnasium og HF from 1978 to 2013.

Lebech was Minister of Ecclesiastical Affairs from 21 December 2000 to 27 November 2001 in the Cabinet of Poul Nyrup Rasmussen IV, succeeding his party colleague Margrethe Vestager.