Jean Kapata (born 25 December 1960) is a Zambian politician and former Minister of Lands and Natural Resources.
On 2 October 2009, she was arrested with nine other Patriotic Front MPs after they protested the acquittal of former president Frederick Chiluba with car honks and whistles.
"[7][8] Kapata was a member of the Zambia delegation to the United Nations 60th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women in March 2016.
[9] In the lead up to the August 2016 election Kapata received death threats and her driver was attacked by armed men demanding to know where she was.
[10] The MMD candidate for her constituency, Mary Phiri, accused Kapata of sending people to attack her campaign team.