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
- ^ "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.
Preceded by | Member of Parliament for Puttalam 1977–10 October 2000 |
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