Hon. Deshabandu
Harold Herath
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
1991–1993
PresidentRanasinghe Premadasa
Prime MinisterDingiri Banda Wijetunga
Preceded byRanjan Wijeratne
Succeeded byAbdul Cader Shahul Hameed
Minister of Justice
In office
1993–1994
PresidentDingiri Banda Wijetunga
Prime MinisterRanil Wickremasinghe
Preceded byAbdul Cader Shahul Hameed
Succeeded byG. L. Peiris
Minister of Coconut Development
Member of Parliament
for Puttalam District
In office
1989–2000
Personal details
Born(1930-03-10)10 March 1930
Nattandiya, British Ceylon
(now in Sri Lanka)
Died31 August 2007(2007-08-31) (aged 77)
Colombo, Sri Lanka
Political partyUnited National Party
Other political
affiliations		United National Front
SpouseGwen Herath
Children3

Deshabandu James Edward Herath Herald[1] known as Harold Herath (10 March 1930 – 31 August 2007)[2] was a senior Sri Lankan politician and Cabinet Minister. Herath was most notably Minister of Foreign Affairs under President Ranasinghe Premadasa from 1991 to 1993. He entered Parliament winning the Nattandiya electorate in the Puttalam Electoral District 1977, and held his seat until 2000 retiring not contesting the 2001 parliamentary election.[3][4] He has also held the portfolios of Minister of Justice and Minister of Coconut Development.

In 2005 Harold Herath was conferred the national honour and title Deshabandu by President Chandrika Kumaratunga.[5] Harold Herath died on 31 August 2007 after a brief illness, he was 77.[3][6] He was married to Gwen Herath, a former Provincial Council member and President of the Women's Cricket Association of Sri Lanka (WCASL), and was father to three children.[3]

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References

  1. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1989" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-03-04.
  2. ^ "Index He-Hn".
  3. ^ a b c "Herath dies". Island. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
  4. ^ Gunewardene, Prasad. "National List to the rescue of SB". Island. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
  5. ^ "Highest national award for Kadir, Clarke". Sundaytimes. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
  6. ^ "Harold Herath no more". The Sunday Leader. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
Preceded by Member of Parliamentfor Puttalam 1977–10 October 2000 Succeeded by Political offices Preceded by? Minister of Coconut Development – Succeeded by? Preceded byAbdul Cader Shahul Hameed Minister of Justice 1993–1994 Succeeded byGamini Peiris Preceded byRanjan Wijeratne Minister of Foreign Affairs 1991–1993 Succeeded byAbdul Cader Shahul Hameed
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