Cyril Herath

L.G.D.C.L. Herath
Sri Lanka Police Service
Place of birth	Ceylon
Place of death	Sri Lanka
Allegiance	Sri Lanka
Rank	Inspector-General of Police
Other work	Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Defence Chairman, National Savings Bank

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

Educated at St John's College Nugegoda and at the prestigious Royal College Colombo and graduated from the University of Ceylon, Peradeniya with a B.A. in Economics, History and Philosophy, where he gained university colours in Athletics. Thereafter he joined the Sri Lanka Police Service as a Probationary Assistant Superintendent of Police in 1957 and was promoted to Superintendent of Police (SP) in 1969 and Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) in 1975. He serve as the Inspector-General of Police from December 1985 to August 1988.^[1]

After retiring from the Police Service he served as Chairman of the National Savings Bank from September 1994 to March 2002^[2] before taking up appointment as Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Defence from 2003 to 2004.

His son Arjuna Herath is a Partner of Ernst & Young Sri Lanka.

See also

• List of Sri Lankan non-career Permanent Secretaries

External links and references

1. ^ Our Salute to Former IGP Mr. Cyril Herath
2. ^ Royal Bankers Club launched

• A U.S. opinion too?

Persondata
Name	Herath, Cyril
Alternative names
Short description	Inspector General of Police
Date of birth
Place of birth	Ceylon
Date of death	2011
Place of death	Sri Lanka