Harold Herath, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Sri Lankan politician
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Place of Birth: Nattandiya, North Western Province, Sri Lanka
About Harold Herath
- Deshabandu James Edward Herath Herald known as Harold Herath (10 March 1930 – 31 August 2007) 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.
- 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.
- Harold Herath died on 31 August 2007 after a brief illness, he was 77.
- 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.
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