Charitha Herath | |
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චරිත හේරත් சறித ஹேரத் | |
Member of Parliament for National List | |
Assumed office 2020 | |
Personal details | |
Born | 9 September 1967 |
Nationality | Sri Lankan |
Political party | Freedom People's Congress (since 2022) |
Other political affiliations | Sri Lanka Freedom Party (before 2018) Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (2018–2022) |
Alma mater | University of Peradeniya Ohio University Sichuan University University of Kelaniya |
Profession | Academic |
Website | www |
Herath Mudiyanselage Charitha Herath (born 9 September 1967) is current member of Parliament from National List, Chairman of the Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE). [1] and the Professor of Philosophy at the University of Peradeniya. [2] [3] [4] His appointment was valid from 21 June 2019. Chair Professorship of Philosophy at Peradeniya has been one of the well established academic position. He is the former Permanent secretary of the Ministry of Mass Media and Information in Sri Lanka and former Chairman of the Central Environment Authority. [5] [6] [7] Herath's academic interests are mainly based on Contemporary Analytical Philosophy and his researches were on Later Wittgenstein's Philosophy and the Environmental Ethics. He was the Head of the Department of Philosophy at the University of Peradeniya from 2016 to 2018. [8]
Charitha Herath was heading some of the important public institutions in the country. He was appointed as the permanent secretary to the Ministry of Media, Information and Digital Infrastructures in two occasions, (2012–2015) and (2017). Prior to that position, He was appointed to the Central Environmental Authority, which is the principal environmental regulatory agency, as the Chairman (2010–2013).
Herath holds a bachelor's degree in Philosophy with a minor in Psychology from the University of Peradeniya and a Post Graduate Degree in Social and Political Psychology from Ohio University, Athens, Ohio in USA. In 1998 he completed a Master's Diploma at the Sichuan Union University, Chengdu in China. He has completed his Doctoral Degree on Environmental Philosophy in the University of Kelaniya. The topic of his Doctoral thesis was A Philosophical Analysis on the Concept of Conservation in the field of Environmental Ethics- The Case of Environmental Impact Assessments in Sri Lanka. [9] [10] [11] Herath was appointed as the Chairman of the Central Environment Authority in May 2010 and served as till 12 July 2012. [12] He served as the Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Mass Media and Information 2013 to 2015 and 2018. [13]
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