Renuka Herath

Dunuthilaka Mudiyanselage Renuka Menike Herath, commonly known as Renuka Herath (Sinhala: රේණුකා හේරත්, Tamil language: ரேணுகா ஹேரத், Born 7 September 1945 – 13 March 2017), was a prominent Sri Lankan politician and a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka. She was the Health Minister under President Ranasinghe Premadasa. Renuka Herath was the opposition leader of the Central Provincial Council when she died.

During her tenure as the Minister of Health, while there was a tremendous amount of improvement to the healthcare system, it was also a time when no strikes in the healthcare service sector were allowed to cause inconvenience the public. She was active in politics up until she died in 2017.