General Heriberto Jara Corona (July 10, 1879 – April 17, 1968) was a Mexican revolutionary, naval officer and politician. He served in a number of positions, including as ambassador to Cuba, as Governor of Tabasco, as Governor of Veracruz, and as Secretary of the Navy. He was a member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI).

Heriberto Jara was born in the town of Nogales, in the state of Veracruz, to Emilio Jara Andrade and María del Carmen Corona. He got involved in the Mexican Revolution while working at a factory in the municipality of Río Blanco in his native Veracruz.

The year Francisco I. Madero was elected President of Mexico he took over a seat in the Congress; then in 1916 he was elected again to serve in Congress and was one of the persons who drafted the 1917 Constitution. He served as Ambassador to Cuba and as Governor of Veracruz.

From December 1940 to November 1946, during the presidency of Manuel Ávila Camacho, he served as the inaugural secretary of the newly established Secretariat of the Navy. His tenure as Navy secretary coincided with Mexico's involvement in World War II on the side of the Allies, from 1942 to 1945.

He was awarded the Stalin Peace Prize in 1950 and, in 1959, he received the Belisario Domínguez Medal of Honor. General Heriberto Jara International Airport in the port of Veracruz is named after him, as is the Stadium at Xalapa^{[clarification needed]}, built in 1925 on the grounds where William K. Boone had organized Olympic-style athletic games in 1922.