Leanne de Jager

Leanne Jennifer de Jager is a South African politician and diplomat who has been a Member of the Gauteng Provincial Legislature since June 2024, representing the Democratic Alliance. She previously served as the councillor for ward 92 in the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality from 2021 until 2024. Early life and education De Jager was born in Durban in 1962. She matriculated from Iona Convent School in Pretoria in 1976. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism from Rhodes University and a Bachelor of Arts in Communications from the University of South Africa. She was elected a DA proportional representation councillor in the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality in 2016.

De Jager was elected as the ward councillor for ward 92 (Hatfield/Arcadia) in Tshwane during a by-election on 19 May 2021.

De Jager was elected to the Gauteng Provincial Legislature in the 2024 provincial election, vacating her council seat.

In February 2026, De Jager released a press statement, in which she opposed the plan to relocate Johannesburg Art Gallery collection to Museum of Africa, writing: "This relocation is not only premature and fundamentally flawed but also represents a reckless gamble with our cultural heritage and must be strongly opposed." This was due to the Musueum of Africa not being in a state to house the art collection.

On 5 March 2026, she was denied entry to the abandoned State Museum on Boom Street in Pretoria during an oversight visit. She was quoted as saying in an interview with Rekord: "As an MPL, I have the authority to conduct oversight visits, yet I was not allowed to enter the premises to inspect the condition of the museum."