Deshamanya L. D. Cyril Herath was a

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

n Inspector-General of Police and

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to the

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Education

He was educated at

St. John's College, Nugegoda St. John's College, started in 1915 and is the only boys' school in Nugegoda, Sri Lanka. It contains two primary sections and upper school. Nugegoda had no English School until 1915. St. John's School commenced with 14 pupils on 5 May 1915. In 193 ...

and at the

Royal College, Colombo Royal College, Colombo is a selective entry boys' school located in Cinnamon Gardens, Colombo, Sri Lanka. Started as a private school by Rev Joseph Marsh in 1835, it was established as the Colombo Academy by Sir Robert Wilmot-Horton in Janua ...

and graduated from the

University of Ceylon, Peradeniya The University of Ceylon was the only university in Sri Lanka (earlier Ceylon) from 1942 until 1972. It had several constituent campuses at various locations around Sri Lanka. The University of Ceylon Act No. 1 of 1972, replaced it with the Univ ...

with a BA in Economics, History and Philosophy, where he gained university colours in Athletics.

Police career

Thereafter he joined the

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as a probationary

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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

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(DIG) in 1975. He served as the Inspector-General of Police from December 1985 to August 1988.

Later work

Following his retirement from the police, he served as

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of the National Savings Bank from September 1994 to March 2002 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 The President of Sri Lanka ( si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා ජනාධිපති ''Śrī Laṃkā Janādhipathi''; ta, இலங்கை சனாதிபதி ''Ilankai janātipati'') is the head of state and head of government of t ...

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Family

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

References

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Education

Police career

Later work

Family

See also

References