H. M. Dharmasiri Bandara Herath (born 23 May 1956) is 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 politician,

Member of Parliament A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members of ...

and

state minister Minister of State is a title borne by politicians in certain countries governed under a parliamentary system. In some countries a Minister of State is a Junior Minister of government, who is assigned to assist a specific Cabinet Minister. In o ...

. Herath was born on 23 May 1956. He was a member of the

North Western Provincial Council North Western Province ( si, වයඹ පළාත ''Wayamba Paḷāta'', ta, வட மேல் மாகாணம் ''Vada Mael Mākāṇam'') is a province of Sri Lanka. The province consists of the districts of Kurunegala and Puttalam. I ...

and Minister Agriculture for the North Western Province. He contested the 2015 parliamentary election as one of the

United People's Freedom Alliance The United People's Freedom Alliance (abbreviated UPFA; si, එක්සත් ජනතා නිදහස් සන්ධානය ''Eksath Janathā Nidahas Sandānaya''; ta, ஐக்கிய மக்கள் சுதந்திரக� ...

(UPFA)

electoral alliance An electoral alliance (also known as a bipartisan electoral agreement, electoral pact, electoral agreement, electoral coalition or electoral bloc) is an association of political party, political parties or individuals that exists solely to stand ...

's candidates in

Kurunegala District Kurunegala is a district in North Western Province, Sri Lanka. Consists of and consists 30 Divisional Secretariats, 1610 Grama Niladari Divisions and 4476 total Villages. It consists of 14 Electorate Divisions, 02 Municipal Council, 19 Urban C ...

but failed to get elected after coming 10th amongst the UPFA candidates. However, following the death of

Salinda Dissanayake Salinda Dissanayake (1 May 1958 – 5 August 2019) was a Sri Lankan politician. He was member of Parliament from Kurunegala District Kurunegala is a district in North Western Province, Sri Lanka. Consists of and consists 30 Divisional S ...

, he was appointed to the

Parliament of Sri Lanka The Parliament of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka (Sinhala: ශ්‍රී ලංකා පාර්ලිමේන්තුව ''Shri Lanka Parlimenthuwa'', Tamil: இலங்கை நாடாளுமன்றம் ''Ila� ...

in September 2019. He was re-elected at the 2020 parliamentary election as a

Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance The Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance (abbreviated SLPFA; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා නිදහස් පොදුජන සන්ධානය, translit=Śrī Laṃkā Nidahas Podujana Sandhānaya; ta, ஶ்ரீ லங்கா ப ...

electoral alliance candidate. After the election he was appointed State Minister of Livestock, Farm Promotion and Dairy and Egg Related Industries.

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1956 births Agriculture ministers of Sri Lankan provinces Living people Members of the 15th Parliament of Sri Lanka Members of the 16th Parliament of Sri Lanka Members of the North Western Province Board of Ministers Sri Lankan Buddhists Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance politicians Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna politicians State ministers of Sri Lanka United People's Freedom Alliance politicians {{NorthWesternLK-politician-stub