Jesús Reyes Heroles (3 April 1921 – 19 March 1985) was a Mexican politician, jurist, historian and academic affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI).

In 1939 he gained admission to the law school of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) and joined the Party of the Mexican Revolution (PRM), the forerunner of the later PRI.

Under this law the number of federal deputies was increased, a parallel voting system was introduced, and opposition parties were allowed to register and contend in elections on a much fairer footing than what had previously been the case.

[3][6] Under Miguel de la Madrid, López Portillo's successor, Reyes Heroles served as Secretary of Public Education from 1982 to 1985.

[2] Jesús Reyes Heroles died on 19 March 1985 in Denver, United States, where he had gone to seek medical treatment for lung cancer.