Jean Kapata (born 23 March 1975) is a Zambian politician affiliated with the Patriotic Front (PF). She has held multiple cabinet positions in the government of President Edgar Lungu, notably serving as Minister of Commerce, Trade and Industry from 2016 to 2018 and as Minister of Finance from 2018 to 2019. Kapata has also been a member of the National Assembly, representing a constituency in eastern Zambia, though the specific constituency and election dates vary across publicly available sources. Her tenure in the finance portfolio followed the resignation of her predecessor and lasted until a cabinet reshuffle in early 2019.
Kapata’s political career has been marked by involvement in economic policy formulation, trade negotiations, and initiatives aimed at supporting small and medium‑size enterprises. She has participated in regional economic forums, including meetings of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) on trade and finance.
Details regarding her early life, education, and exact parliamentary constituency are documented in Zambian governmental records and news reports, but they are not uniformly cited across all sources. Consequently, while her roles in the cabinet are well‑recorded, other biographical elements remain less comprehensively documented in publicly available encyclopedic references.
