Harold Herath

Hon. Deshabandu
Harold Herath
Hon. Deshabandu Harold Herath
Minister of Foreign Affairs
	In office; 1991–1993
President	Ranasinghe Premadasa
Prime Minister	Dingiri Banda Wijetunga
Preceded by	Ranjan Wijeratne
Succeeded by	Abdul Cader Shahul Hameed
Minister of Justice
	In office; 1993–1994
President	Dingiri Banda Wijetunga
Prime Minister	Ranil Wickremasinghe
Preceded by	Abdul Cader Shahul Hameed
Succeeded by	G. L. Peiris
Minister of Coconut Development
Member of Parliament; for Puttalam District
	In office; 1989–2000
Personal details
Born	10 March 1930; Nattandiya, British Ceylon; (now in Sri Lanka)
Died	31 August 2007 (aged 77); Colombo, Sri Lanka
Political party	United National Party
Other political; affiliations	United National Front
Spouse	Gwen Herath
Children	3

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]

References

^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1989" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-03-04.
^ "Index He-Hn".
^ ^a ^b ^c "Herath dies". Island. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
^ Gunewardene, Prasad. "National List to the rescue of SB". Island. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
^ "Highest national award for Kadir, Clarke". Sundaytimes. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
^ "Harold Herath no more". The Sunday Leader. Archived from the original on 19 January 2013. Retrieved 10 July 2013.

Political offices
Preceded by	Member of Parliament for Puttalam 1977–10 October 2000	Succeeded by
Preceded by ?	Minister of Coconut Development –	Succeeded by ?
Preceded by Abdul Cader Shahul Hameed	Minister of Justice 1993–1994	Succeeded by Gamini Peiris
Preceded by Ranjan Wijeratne	Minister of Foreign Affairs 1991–1993	Succeeded by Abdul Cader Shahul Hameed

[1989ge-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".

[Herath_dies-3] "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. Archived from the original on 19 January 2013. Retrieved 10 July 2013.

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v t e Foreign Ministers of Sri Lanka
External Affairs and Defence (1947–1978)	D. S. Senanayake Dudley Senanayake Kotelawala Bandaranaike Dahanayake Dudley Senanayake Bandaranaike Dudley Senanayake Bandaranaike Jayewardene
Foreign Affairs (1978–present)	Hameed Wijeratne Herath Hameed Kadirgamar Fernando Kadirgamar Bandaranaike Samaraweera Bogollagama Peiris Samaraweera Karunanayake Marapana Gunawardena Peiris Sabry Herath

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