jose manuel heredia jr. (born 29 september 1954, san pedro town) is a belizean politician. he is a member of the belize house of representatives for belize rural south since 5 march 2003. he is also the minister of tourism since 8 february 2008, from 8 february 2008 to 8 march 2012 he was minister of civil aviation in belize. after the 2012 general election and the reshuffle of cabinet, he was appointed to the culture portfolio which made minister of tourism and minister of culture. he served as minister of culture 8 march 2012 to march 2018. another cabinet reshuffle occured in 2018 and heredia was appointed again as minister of civil aviation.