Cyril Herath

Deshamanya
Cyril Herath
Deshamanya Cyril Herath
22nd Inspector General of Police (Sri Lanka)
	In office; December 1985 – August 1988
Preceded by	Herbert Weerasinghe
Succeeded by	Ernest Perera
Permanent Secretary; Ministry of Defence
	In office; 2003–2004
Preceded by	Austin Fernando
Personal details
Born	Anuradhapura
Died	8 September 2011
Spouse	Ranee
Children	Arjuna, Sanjaya, Dishan, Priyanthika
Profession	Police officer

Deshamanya L. D. Cyril Herath was a Sri Lankan Inspector-General of Police and Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Defence.

Education

He was educated at St. John's College, Nugegoda^[1] and at the Royal College, Colombo and graduated from the University of Ceylon, Peradeniya with a BA in Economics, History and Philosophy, where he gained university colours in Athletics.

Police career

Thereafter he joined the Ceylon Police Force as a probationary Assistant Superintendent of Police in 1957 and was promoted to Superintendent of Police (SP) in 1969. Herath was serving as SP Anuradhapura, when he was appointed Director of the Intelligence Services Division (ISD). The Police ISD was tasked with revamping intelligence gathering and internal security work following the 1971 JVP Insurrection. He established ISD headquarters at No.10 Cambridge Place and developed an effective staff and intelligence network. He was promoted to Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) in 1975. He served as the Inspector-General of Police from December 1985 to August 1988.^[2]

Later work

Following his retirement from the police, he served as Chairman of the National Savings Bank from September 1994 to March 2002^[3] before taking up appointment as Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Defence from 2003 to 2004. In 2005, he was awarded the title Deshamanya by the President of Sri Lanka.^[4]

Family

His son Arjuna is a partner of Ernst & Young (Sri Lanka).

References

^ "St. John's College Nugegoda - 70 years of service to the community". Daily News. Archived from the original on 14 September 2005.
^ "Our Salute to Former IGP Mr. Cyril Herath". Sri Lanka Police.
^ Royal Bankers Club launched
^ L D Cyril Herath

Police appointments
Preceded by Herbert Weerasinghe	Inspector General of Police 1985–1988	Succeeded by Ernest Perera

[1] "St. John's College Nugegoda - 70 years of service to the community". Daily News. Archived from the original on 14 September 2005.

[2] "Our Salute to Former IGP Mr. Cyril Herath". Sri Lanka Police.

[3] Royal Bankers Club launched

[4] L D Cyril Herath

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