Jan Kohout (born 29 March 1961) is a Czech diplomat and politician.

He was Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic in caretaker governments of Jan Fischer and Jiří Rusnok.

After the Velvet revolution, he entered the Czechoslovak and later Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

He served as Ambassador to the EU in Brussels as well as Deputy Foreign Minister.

After Prime Minister Vladimír Špidla resigned in 2004, Kohout was offered the post but refused; Stanislav Gross took over as Premier.