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.

Renuka Herath was the opposition leader of the Central Provincial Council[2] when she died.

[4] She is still known today as one of the most outspoken and courageous political leaders who fought for justice and rights of the people.

Renuka Herath was a member of the UNP[5] and came into politics by contesting in 1977 from her native Walapane electorate in Nuwara-Eliya district.

It was during her tenure in office that a major development in infrastructure and public service sector and uplift the quality of life for the people in Walapane and Nuwara-Eliya.