U-Leon Wessels (owazalwa ngo-19 Ephreli 1946) ungummeli waseNingizimu Afrika, usopolitiki kanye nezishoshovu owayesebenza kuhulumeni omncane weqembu leNational Party ngesikhathi sobandlululo. izenzo zalowo hulumeni. Potchefstroom University Wangena esikoleni e-Hoerskool Monument eKrugersdorp, eNingizimu Afrika. Uthe uma eqeda umatikuletsheni ngonyaka u-1963 waya e-Potchefstroom University wayothola izinga lakhe lezomthetho(LLB) ngo-1972 bese ngonyaka u-2001 waya e-Rand Afrikaans University wayothola izinga lezomthetho (LLD). Ngenkathi engakatholi isiqu wayengusihlalo we Potchefstroom's Students' Representative Council (SRC), bese kusuka ngonyaka 1971-1973 wayengumongameli we-Afrikaner Studentebond (ASB) okwakuyinhlangano yabafundi eyafundisa abelungu abaningi ezepolitiki. UWessels wangenela ezepolitiki ngonyaka-1997 ngenkathi ekhethwa njengelunga le-National Party lasephalamende lesifunda saseKrugersdorp. Wathola amathuba amaningi wokuthi abephezulu eKhabhinethi wagcina esengungqongqoshe woHulumeni wasekhaya. Ngo-1999 wabekwa kwIkhomishini Yamalungelo Esintu YaseNingizimu Afrika lapha khona waba nesibopho ku-Promotion of Access to Information Act, 2000, umthetho wokuthi umphakathi wazi ukuthi kwenzakalani emabhizinisini, kuHulumeni kanye nezihlangene nomphakathi. Umfazi wakhe uTersia Wessels waba ilunga lesishayamthetho sase-Gauteng eyayimele i-Congress Of The People.ULeon Wessels wakhula engakwazi ukukhetha ukuba angakwazi ukuziphilela impilo elula ngoba abanye abafana naye ngalesikhathi bebangena ezintweni zepolitiki.