Jaroslav Šabata (2 November 1927 – 14 June 2012) was a Czech political scientist, psychologist, and dissident during Czechoslovakia's Communist era. A leading dissident based in Brno, Šabata was a signatory of Charter 77 in 1977. He served as the spokesman of Charter 77, the organization named for the document, from 1978 to 1981. Sabata was born in Dolenice, South Moravian Region, Czechoslovakia, on 2 November 1927. He taught psychology at present-day Masaryk University throughout the 1950s and 1960s. Jaroslav Šabata died in Brno, Czech Republic, on 14 June 2012, at the age of 84.