Herbert Weerasinghe Explained

Herbert Weerasinghe
Order:21st
Office:Inspector General of Police (Sri Lanka)
Term Start:April 1985
Term End:December 1985
Predecessor:Rudra Rajasingham
Successor:Cyril Herath
Office2:High Commissioner in Malaysia
Term Start2:1987
Term End2:1991
Birthname:Herbert W. H. Weerasinghe
Spouse:Delini
Children:Nelani, Haritha, Ruani, Kshanika, Carini, Roshant
Profession:Police officer, diplomat

Herbert W. H. Weerasinghe was the 21st Inspector General of the Sri Lanka Police (IGP) (April  - December 1985).[1]

Weerasinghe attended St. Benedict's College, Colombo.[2] In 1979 he contested for the position of President of the Football Federation of Sri Lanka, losing to Manilal Fernando by two votes.[3]

In June 1983 Weerasinghe, the Senior Deputy Inspector-General of Police, was one of two senior Sri Lankan police officers who were invited by the British government to Belfast to "see at first hand the roles of the police and army in counter-terrorist operations".[4] The visit was cut short following the anti-Tamil pogrom and riots in Sri Lanka during July.[5] He was appointed as Inspector General of the Sri Lanka Police by President J. R. Jayewardene on 20 April 1985.[6] He retired from the Police Service in December 1985.[7]

In 1987 he was appointed as the country's High Commissioner in Malaysia, serving until 1991.[8] [9]

Weerasinghe was married to Delini, and they had six children: Nelani, Haritha, Ruani, Kshanika, Carini and Roshant.[10]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: List of Inspector General of Police. Sri Lanka Police. 21 August 2019.
  2. News: St. Benedict's College Kotahena turns 150. Sunday Observer. 21 June 2015. 11 September 2019.
  3. News: Manilal Fernando holds his head high. The Daily News. 14 May 2013. 6 January 2019.
  4. News: UK Worked With Sri Lankan Security Forces During The Final Stages Of The War. Colombo Telegraph . 16 October 2013. 6 January 2019.
  5. Book: Miller, Phil. Britain's Dirty War against the Tamil people 1979 - 2009. International Human Rights Association . 12.
  6. Book: Ferguson's Sri Lanka Directory 1997-1999. Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited. Colombo. 2001. 43. 127th .
  7. Book: A Policeman Remembers: Memoirs of Herbie Jayasuriya (Retired Senior Superintendent of Police). Jayasuriya, Herbert. Vishva Lekha. 1999. 188.
  8. IDSA News Review on South Asia/Indian Ocean. 20. Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses. 1987.
  9. Book: Information Malaysia. Berita Publ. Sdn. Bhd.. 1990. 9.
  10. News: Obituaries. The Daily News. 7 May 2018. 6 January 2019.