Tony Leon

Anthony James Leon is a South African politician who served as leader of the opposition from 1999-2007 as leader of the Democratic Alliance (DA). He led the DA from its inception in 2000, until his retirement from leadership in 2007. Before that, he led the Democratic Party from 1994. He is the longest-serving leader of the official opposition in parliament since the advent of democracy in 1994. Although still a member of the DA, he served as the South African Ambassador to Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay under the African National Congress government from 2009 to 2012.

15 December 1956

Born on the same birth date (15 December 1956): John Lee Hancock

Born on the same birth day (15 December): Cassandra Harris • Chantal Petitclerc • David Teniers the Younger • Delon Armitage • E. W. Bullinger • Emilio Jacinto • George Donikian • Helen Slater • Joe D'Amato • John Hammond (record producer) • Kathleen Blanco • L. L. Zamenhof • Magdalena Fręch • Martin Škrtel • Mike McAlary • Paul Kaye • Robert F. Bradford • Rodney Harrison • Simon Hodgkinson • Stan Kenton • Surya Bonaly • Tim Conway • Wanda Krahelska-Filipowicz

Born in the same month (December 1956): Andrew Mackenzie (businessman) • Bernard King • Butch Lee • Dave Laut • Dominic Lawson • Ewa Kopacz • Lizzy Mercier Descloux • Merzbow • Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz • Phil Hubbard • Ron White • Sheryl Lee Ralph • Shim Hwa-jin • Slick (wrestling) • Suzy Bogguss • Totka Petrova • Warren Cuccurullo