José Dionisio de la Trinidad de Herrera y Díaz del Valle (9 October 1781 in Choluteca, Honduras – 13 June 1850 in San Vicente, El Salvador) was a Liberal Honduran politician, head of state of Honduras from 1824 to 1827 and head of state of Nicaragua from 1830 to 1833.

From a land-owning family, Herrera studied at the University of San Carlos of Guatemala, where he earned a law degree[1] and came in contact with the liberal ideas of the French Revolution.

On 16 September 1824 he became the first head of state of Honduras, after the independence of Central America from Spain and from Mexico.

The government of Herrera was overthrown on 10 May 1827 in a coup d'état led by Colonel Milla and aided by Honduran Conservatives.

In 1838 he retired from politics, working as a teacher in the city of San Vicente, El Salvador.