S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike cabinet
S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike cabinet | |
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![]() 4th cabinet of Ceylon | |
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Date formed | 12 April 1956 |
Date dissolved | 26 September 1959 |
People and organisations | |
Monarch | Elizabeth II |
Prime Minister | S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike |
Member party | Mahajana Eksath Peramuna |
Opposition party | Lanka Sama Samaja Party |
Opposition leader | N. M. Perera |
History | |
Election(s) | 1956 |
Legislature term(s) | 3rd |
Predecessor | Kotelawala cabinet |
Successor | Dahanayake cabinet |
The S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike cabinet was the central government of Ceylon led by Prime Minister S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike between 1956 and 1959. It was formed in April 1956 after the parliamentary election and it ended in September 1959 with Bandaranaike's assassination.
Cabinet members
Parliamentary secretaries
Name | Portrait | Party | Office | Took office | Left office | Refs | |
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Henry Abeywickrema | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Transport and Works | [3][4][5] | ||||
W. P. G. Ariyadasa | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Posts, Broadcasting and Information | [5] | ||||
C. R. Beligammana | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Local Government and Cultural Affairs | [3][4] | ||||
M. P. de Zoysa | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Labour, Housing and Social Services | [3][4][5] | ||||
Hugh Fernando | Independent | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Agriculture and Food | [5] | ||||
I. M. R. A. Iriyagolla | Independent | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Home Affairs | [3][4] | ||||
P. B. G. Kalugalla | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Health | [3][4][5] | ||||
M. S. Kariapper | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Justice | [5] | |||||
Nimal Karunaratne | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance | 18 November 1958 | 19 May 1959 | [5][7] | ||
M. B. W. Mediwake | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Local Government and Cultural Affairs | [5] | ||||
D. B. Monnakulama | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Nationalised Services and Road Transport | [5] | ||||
W. J. C. Munasinha | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Industries and Fisheries | [3][4][5] | ||||
M. M. Mustapha | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance | 25 June 1959 | [lower-alpha 1] | [7] | |||
D. A. Rajapaksa | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Lands and Land Development | [3][4][5] | ||||
Lakshman Rajapaksa | Viplavakari Lanka Sama Samaja Party | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Commerce and Trade | [3][4][5] | ||||
K. M. P. Rajaratna | National Liberation Front | Parliamentary Secretary | |||||
Mahanama Samaraweera | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Justice | [3][4] | ||||
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Home Affairs | [5] | ||||||
T. B. Subasinghe | Independent | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Defence and External Affairs | [3][4] | ||||
P. B. A. Weerakoon | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Education | [3][4][5] | ||||
Senator C. Wijesinha | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance | 25 April 1956 | 10 September 1958 | [3][4][7] |
Notes
References
- ↑ "Prime Ministers". Parliament of Sri Lanka.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Rajasingham, K. T. "Chapter 16: 'Honorable wounds of war'". Sri Lanka: The Untold Story.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Ceylon Year Book 1956 (PDF). Department of Census and Statistics, Ceylon. pp. 10–11.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Ceylon Year Book 1957 (PDF). Department of Census and Statistics, Ceylon. pp. 10–11.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Ceylon Year Book 1959 (PDF). Department of Census and Statistics, Ceylon. pp. 9–10.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Rajasingham, K. T. "Chapter 17: Assassination of Bandaranaike". Sri Lanka: The Untold Story.
- 1 2 3 4 "List of Ministers and Deputy Ministers". Ministry of Finance. Archived from the original on 27 September 2015.
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