# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/tony-leon
# Generated: 2026-09-07T20:27:29.065Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/tony-leon"
name: "Tony Leon"
slug: "tony-leon"
description: "Anthony James Leon is a South African politician who served as leader of the opposition from 1999 to 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."
tagline: "South African politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/TonyLeon.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "South Africa"
  isoCode: "ZA"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1956-12-15"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.15
  momentum:             0
  historical:           14.466996
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://tonyleon.com"
sources:
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    title: "托尼·里昂"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Tony Leon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "توني ليون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86%D9%89_%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%86_(%D8%B5%D8%AD%D9%81%D9%89)"
    title: "تونى ليون (صحفى)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Leon"
    title: "Tony Leon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Leon"
    title: "Tony Leon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Leon"
    title: "Tony Leon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Leon"
    title: "Tony Leon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Leon"
    title: "Tony Leon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Leon"
    title: "Tony Leon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%98%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%99_%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%90%D7%95%D7%9F"
    title: "טוני ליאון"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Leon"
    title: "Tony Leon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%88%E3%83%8B%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AC%E3%82%AA%E3%83%B3_(%E6%94%BF%E6%B2%BB%E5%AE%B6)"
    title: "トニー・レオン (政治家)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%86%A0%EB%8B%88_%EB%A6%AC%EC%96%B8"
    title: "토니 리언"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Leon"
    title: "Tony Leon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Leon"
    title: "Tony Leon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Leon"
    title: "Tony Leon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1391067"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump