Cyril Herath

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

Deshamanya

Cyril Herath
22nd Inspector General of Police (Sri Lanka)
In office
December 1985 – August 1988
Preceded byHerbert Weerasinghe
Succeeded byErnest Perera
Permanent Secretary
Ministry of Defence
In office
2003–2004
Preceded byAustin Fernando
Personal details
BornAnuradhapura
Died8 September 2011
Spouse(s)Ranee
ChildrenArjuna, Sanjaya, Dishan, Priyanthika
ProfessionPolice officer

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).

See also

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