Leonie Godefrieda Louisa van Bladel (born 22 June 1939) is a Dutch former politician, presenter, and journalist.

Van Bladel was also active as a freelance journalist and worked as a reporter and presenter on the radio programs Blik op de Wereld (NOS), In de Rooie Haan (VARA) and on television for the current affairs program Kenmerk (IKON).

For the NOS, where she became a permanent employee in 1977, she was editor-in-chief of the radio programs Blik op de Derde Wereld ('View on the Third World'), Zorg en hoop ('Care and hope') and Tambú.

In 1996, an argument with fellow party member Hedy d'Ancona, with whom she shared an apartment, was widely reported in the news.

Van Bladel left the Labour Party faction in September 1996 and joined the Union for Europe as an independent member.