Herath Mudiyanselage Rangana Keerthi Bandara Herath, known as Rangana Herath, is a former Sri Lankan cricketer, who played all forms of cricket game and a former Test cricket captain for Sri Lanka. Herath is the most successful left arm bowler in Test cricket history. He is currently working as spin bowling consultant with the Bangladesh cricket team. Herath was a member of the Sri Lankan team that won the 2014 ICC World Twenty20.
Herath Mudiyanselage Vijitha Herath is a Sri Lankan politician, former Cabinet Minister of Cultural Affairs & National Heritage and current member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka. He contested in the 2010 parliamentary election under the Democratic National Alliance (DNA) and was elected to parliament from Gampaha District.
Samansiri Herath is a Sri Lankan politician and a former member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka.
Dunuthilaka Mudiyanselage Renuka Menike Herath, commonly known as Renuka Herath, was a prominent Sri Lankan politician and a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka. She was the Health Minister under President Ranasinghe Premadasa. Renuka Herath was the opposition leader of the Central Provincial Council when she died.
A national list member of parliament is a nominated member of parliament who is appointed by a political party or an independent group to the Parliament of Sri Lanka. The number of national list MPs allocated to a contesting party or an independent group depends on the proportion to their share of the national vote. A total of 29 national list MPs are appointed alongside 196 elected MPs making a total of 225 members in the parliament.
Kurunegala electoral district is one of the 22 multi-member electoral districts of Sri Lanka created by the 1978 Constitution of Sri Lanka. The district is conterminous with the administrative district of Kurunegala in the North Western province. The district currently elects 15 of the 225 members of the Sri Lankan Parliament and had 1,183,649 registered electors in 2010.
Kegalle electoral district is one of the 22 multi-member electoral districts of Sri Lanka created by the 1978 Constitution of Sri Lanka. The district is conterminous with the administrative district of Kegalle in the Sabaragamuwa province. The district currently elects 9 of the 225 members of the Sri Lankan Parliament and had 613,938 registered electors in 2010.
Kanaka Herath is a Sri Lankan politician, former cabinet minister, and a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka. He belongs to the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna. He was appointed as the Minister of Highways on the 18th of April 2022. He served until 9 May 2022 following another mass resignation of the Sri Lankan cabinet.
Deshabandu James Edward Herath Herald known as Harold Herath 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.
Herath Mudiyanselage Charitha Herath is current member of Parliament from National List, Chairman of the Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE). and the Professor of Philosophy at the University of Peradeniya. His appointment was valid from 21 June 2019. Chair Professorship of Philosophy at Peradeniya has been one of the well established academic position. He is the former Permanent secretary of the Ministry of Mass Media and Information in Sri Lanka and former Chairman of the Central Environment Authority. Herath's academic interests are mainly based on Contemporary Analytical Philosophy and his researches were on Later Wittgenstein's Philosophy and the Environmental Ethics. He was the Head of the Department of Philosophy at the University of Peradeniya from 2016 to 2018.
Abeyratne Bandara Herath Pilapitiya is a former Sri Lankan politician who served as the 3rd Governor of Uva and 2nd Chief Minister of Sabaragamuwa.
Herath Ekanayake Wasala Mudianselage Herath Banda Rambukwella was a Ceylonese politician.
Mudiyanse Tennakoon was a Ceylonese politician, colloquially known as Podi Putha.
Seneviratne Herath Mahadiulwewa was a Ceylonese politician.
Maithripala Herath was a Sri Lankan teacher and politician. He was a member of parliament from Dedigama and Polgahawela.
Wijesinghe Herath Mudiyanselage Dharmasena is a Sri Lankan politician, former provincial councillor and Member of Parliament.
H. M. Samanpriya Herath is a Sri Lankan politician, former provincial councillor and Member of Parliament.
H. M. Dharmasiri Bandara Herath is a Sri Lankan politician, Member of Parliament and state minister.
Herath Mudiyanselage Wasantha Samarasinghe is a Sri Lankan politician and a former member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka.
Herath Mudiyanselage Tilakaratna Banda was a Ceylonese politician. He was the Deputy Minister of Transport in the Second Sirimavo Bandaranaike government and member of Parliament of Sri Lanka from Walapane representing the Sri Lanka Freedom Party. He was chairman of Oya Palata village council.
