{"id":2,"date":"2023-06-13T13:35:40","date_gmt":"2023-06-13T13:35:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oman.embassy.gov.lk\/emboman\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2025-09-24T12:13:15","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T12:13:15","slug":"sample-page","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/oman.embassy.gov.lk\/?page_id=2","title":{"rendered":"Hon. Minister of Foreign Affairs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/oman.embassy.gov.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/img-1536x1125-1-1024x750.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2661\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oman.embassy.gov.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/img-1536x1125-1-1024x750.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/oman.embassy.gov.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/img-1536x1125-1-300x220.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/oman.embassy.gov.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/img-1536x1125-1-768x563.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/oman.embassy.gov.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/img-1536x1125-1.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Hon. Vijitha Herath, MP<br>Minister of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Employment &amp; Tourism<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Newly appointed Minister of Minister of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Employment &amp; Tourism&nbsp; Hon.Vijitha Herath assumed duties at the Ministry on 18 November 2024.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a Member of Parliament, Minister Herath has represented the Gampaha District since 2000.&nbsp;He had also previously served as the Minister of Cultural Affairs &amp; National Heritage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister Herath holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Kelaniya.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hon. Vijitha Herath, MPMinister of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Employment &amp; Tourism Newly appointed Minister of Minister of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Employment &amp; Tourism&nbsp; Hon.Vijitha Herath assumed duties at the Ministry on 18 November 2024.&nbsp; As a Member of Parliament, Minister Herath has represented the Gampaha District since 2000.&nbsp;He had also previously served as the Minister &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oman.embassy.gov.lk\/?page_id=2\" class=\"more-link\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Hon. Minister of Foreign Affairs&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/oman.embassy.gov.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/oman.embassy.gov.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/oman.embassy.gov.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oman.embassy.gov.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oman.embassy.gov.lk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/oman.embassy.gov.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2663,"href":"https:\/\/oman.embassy.gov.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions\/2663"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/oman.embassy.gov.lk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}