Leon Basson | |
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Shadow Minister of Water & Sanitation | |
Assumed office 5 December 2020 | |
Leader | John Steenhuisen |
Preceded by | Position established |
Leader of the Democratic Alliance in the North West | |
Assumed office 21 November 2020 | |
Deputy | Cornel Dryer Freddy Sonakile |
Preceded by | Joe McGluwa |
Deputy Leader of the Democratic Alliance in the North West | |
In office 2017 –21 November 2020 | |
Leader | Joe McGluwa |
Preceded by | Petro Nel |
Succeeded by | Freddy Sonakile |
Shadow Minister of Human Settlements,Water and Sanitation | |
In office 5 June 2019 –5 December 2020 | |
Leader | John Steenhuisen Mmusi Maimane |
Preceded by | Position established |
Succeeded by | Position split |
Shadow Minister of Water and Sanitation | |
In office 1 July 2017 –5 June 2019 | |
Leader | Mmusi Maimane |
Preceded by | Heinrich Volmink |
Succeeded by | Position abolished |
Shadow Deputy Minister of Water and Sanitation | |
In office 5 June 2014 –1 July 2017 | |
Preceded by | Position established |
Succeeded by | Tarnia Baker |
Member of the National Assembly of South Africa | |
Assumed office 21 May 2014 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Leonard Jones Basson 8 April 1960 |
Nationality | South African |
Political party | Democratic Alliance |
Spouse | Daleen |
Children | 3 |
Residence | Brits,North West |
Leonard Jones Basson (born 8 April 1960) is a South African politician,a Member of Parliament (MP) for the Democratic Alliance and the DA's provincial leader in the North West. Before being elected unopposed to this position on 21 November 2020,Basson had served as the deputy provincial leader from 2017 to 2020. He has held various posts in the Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet of South Africa. He served as the Shadow Deputy Minister of Water and Sanitation between 2014 and 2017,as the Shadow Minister of Water and Sanitation from 2017 to 2019,and as the Shadow Minister of Human Settlements,Water and Sanitation from 2019 to 2020. Basson has been the Shadow Minister of Water &Sanitation since 2020.
Basson has been a resident of Brits in the North West since 1976. He is married to Daleen,and they have three children and six grandchildren. [1] Basson served on the governing body of Pansdrif Primary School for 10 years and was the chairperson for six years. [1] He was also a member of the governing body of Hoërskool Brits for 12 years,serving as the chairperson for nine years. [1]
Basson is a member of the Democratic Alliance (formerly the Democratic Party). In 1995,he was elected as a councillor for Madibeng. [1] He remained a councillor until his election to the National Assembly in the 2014 general election. The DA parliamentary leader,Mmusi Maimane,appointed him as Shadow Deputy Minister of Water and Sanitation. [2] He was promoted to Shadow Minister of Water and Sanitation in 2017. [3] Also in 2017,Basson was elected as the deputy leader of the DA in the North West. [1] He is also the DA's constituency head of Madibeng. [1]
He was re-elected to Parliament in May 2019. Maimane then appointed him as Shadow Minister for the newly created Human Settlements,Water and Sanitation portfolio. [4] [5]
On 21 November 2020,Basson was elected unopposed as the DA's provincial leader in the North West,succeeding Joe McGluwa,who stood down. [6] [7] [8] In the following days,he was appointed as Shadow Minister of Water and Sanitation by John Steenhuisen. [9]
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 and to rather employ South African engineers. [10]
Following the suspension of former premier Supra Mahumapelo's ANC membership in late-April 2021,Basson said that "the suspension comes more than ten years too late" and that the North West Province "would have been in a better position today if Supra Mahumapelo never happened." [11] [12]
Basson was re-elected for a second term as provincial leader at the DA's provincial conference on 29 July 2023. [13]
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