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.

[3] In addition, the DA's parliamentary leader, Mmusi Maimane, appointed him as Shadow Deputy Minister of Water and Sanitation.

[7] On 21 November 2020, Basson was elected unopposed as the DA's provincial leader in the North West, succeeding Joe McGluwa, who stood down.

[11] In April 2021, Basson opposed the deployment of 24 Cuban engineers to assist the Department of Water and Sanitation in addressing South Africa's water crisis and called on Minister Lindiwe Sisulu to reverse the deployment in favour of employing South African engineers.