Lea Kaarina Mäkipää (born 6 May 1947) is a Finnish former politician.

Born in Kihniö, Mäkipää first served on the city's municipal council in 1981.

[1] In the 1995 elections, Mäkipää lost her seat in Parliament, and shortly afterward the Rural Party rebranded itself as the Finns Party, which she joined.

She remained a member of the municipal council, and continued to run in the following three elections, failing to win a seat each time.

In the 2007 elections, Mäkipää received 3,250 votes, placing her 35th in the Pirkanmaa district the top 18 won spots in Parliament, though she was chosen as a reserve member if a substitute was needed.