Joannes "Jan" Kappeyne van de Coppello (2 October 1822 – 28 July 1895) was a Dutch liberal politician who served as Chairman of the Council of Ministers from 1877 to 1879.

Guillaume Groen van Prinsterer, a prominent Protestant-Christian politician, became his guardian after the death of his father in 1840.

Fransen van de Putte, who was a minister at the time, wanted to steer a more conservative colonial course.

In 1871 he was elected to the House of Representatives as a liberal for Haarlem, defeating the conservative Willem van Golstein.

This law put higher demands on the quality of school buildings and the wages and education of teachers.

This led to staunch opposition as part of the school struggle from Anti-Revolutionary and Catholic members of parliament, and a citizens' petition.