Leander Kruger

Leander Kruger (born 1990) is a South African politician and lawyer who has served as a member of the Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature since 2023, representing the Democratic Alliance, the official opposition in the province. He had previously served as a councillor of the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality.

Background Kruger earned a Bachelor of Commerce from Rhodes University before receiving his Bachelor of Laws from Nelson Mandela University. He worked as a lecturer at the Law Faculty while he completed his Master of Laws in Tax Law at Nelson Mandela University. He is an Admitted Attorney of the High Court. He was a member of the council's Budget and Treasury, Public Health and Rules and Ethics committees. By 2018, he was deputy chairperson of the DA's Port Elizabeth South Constituency as well as representative of the Association of Democratic Alliance Councillors. He was also a member of the DA's provincial executive committee as well as the party's provincial disciplinary committee.