| Jan Kohout | |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic | |
| Term Start: | 10 July 2013 |
| Term End: | 29 January 2014 |
| Primeminister: | Jiří Rusnok |
| Predecessor: | Karel Schwarzenberg |
| Successor: | Lubomír Zaorálek |
| Term Start2: | 8 May 2009 |
| Term End2: | 13 July 2010 |
| Primeminister2: | Jan Fischer |
| Predecessor2: | Karel Schwarzenberg |
| Successor2: | Karel Schwarzenberg |
| Title3: | Permanent Representative of the Czech Republic to the European Union |
| Term Start3: | 19 May 2004 |
| Term End3: | 2 January 2008 |
| Predecessor3: | Pavel Telička |
| Successor3: | Milena Vicenová |
| Birth Date: | 29 March 1961 |
| Birth Place: | Plzeň, Czechoslovakia |
| Children: | 2 |
| Alma Mater: | Charles University |
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.[1] Between 1986–1989 he had been a member of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia; since 1995 is a member of the Social Democratic Party but before accepting the office of Foreign Minister he suspended party membership.
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.
Kohout is a graduate of the Faculty of Arts of the Charles University in Prague. He is divorced and has two children.
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