Dahanayake cabinet

  Sri Lanka Freedom Party
  •   Sinhala Language Front
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    • Status in legislatureMinority government
    45 / 95 (47%)
    Opposition party
    Opposition leaderN. M. PereraHistoryOutgoing electionMarch 1960Legislature term(s)3rdPredecessorS. W. R. D. BandaranaikeSuccessorDudley Senanayake II

    The Dahanayake Cabinet was the central government of Ceylon led by Prime Minister Wijeyananda Dahanayake between 1959 and 1960. It was formed in September 1959 after the assassination of Dahanayake's predecessor S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike and it ended in March 1960 after the opposition's victory in the parliamentary election.

    Cabinet members

    This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (February 2013)
    Name Portrait Party Office Took office Left office Refs
    Wijeyananda Dahanayake Sinhala Language Front Prime Minister 26 September 1959 20 March 1960 [1]
    Minister of Defence and External Affairs 26 September 1959 20 March 1960
    Henry Abeywickrema Sri Lanka Freedom Party Minister of Works 26 September 1959 20 March 1960
    C. P. de Silva Sri Lanka Freedom Party Minister of Agriculture and Lands [a] December 1959 [2]
    M. P. de Zoysa Sri Lanka Freedom Party Minister of Labour 26 September 1959 8 December 1959 [2]
    Stanley de Zoysa Sri Lanka Freedom Party Minister of Finance [a] 22 November 1959 [3]
    T. B. Ilangaratne Sri Lanka Freedom Party Minister of Home Affairs 26 September 1959 8 December 1959 [2]
    Senator A. P. Jayasuriya Minister of Health 26 September 1959 8 December 1959 [2]
    Senator Layard Jayasundera Minister for Internal Security 20 January 1960 20 March 1960 [4]
    Senator Layard Jayasundera Minister of Local Government and Housing 26 September 1959 31 December 1959 [4]
    Senator Valentine S. Jayawickrema Minister of Justice [a]
    P. B. G. Kalugalla Sri Lanka Freedom Party Minister of Cultural Affairs and Social Services [a] 8 December 1959 [2]
    C. A. S. Marikar C.A.S Marikar Sri Lanka Freedom Party Minister of Posts, Broadcasting and Information [a]
    M. B. W. Mediwake Sri Lanka Freedom Party Minister of Local Government and Housing
    W. J. C. Munasinha Sri Lanka Freedom Party Minister of Industries and Fisheries [a]
    M. M. Mustapha Minister of Finance 22 November 1959 5 December 1959 [3]
    Maithripala Senanayake Sri Lanka Freedom Party Minister of Transport and Power [a] 8 December 1959 [2]
    Robert Edward Jayatilaka Independent Minister of Transport and Works 9 December 1959 20 March 1960
    R. G. Senanayake Independent Minister of Food, Commerce and Trade [a]
    Vimala Wijewardene Sri Lanka Freedom Party Minister of Local Government and Housing [a] 21 November 1959
    This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (September 2015)

    Parliamentary secretaries

    Name Portrait Party Office Took office Left office Refs
    M. M. Mustapha Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance [a] 5 December 1959 [3]
    D. S. Goonesekera Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Trade & Commerce [a] 5 December 1959 [3]
    W. P. G. Ariyadasa Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Health [a] 5 December 1959 [3]

    Notes

    1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Continuation of same office held in previous cabinet.

    References

    1. ^ "Prime Ministers". Parliament of Sri Lanka.
    2. ^ a b c d e f Rajasingham, K. T. "Chapter 17: Assassination of Bandaranaike". Sri Lanka: The Untold Story. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 24 February 2013.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
    3. ^ a b c d e "List of Ministers and Deputy Ministers". Ministry of Finance. Archived from the original on 27 September 2015.
    4. ^ a b 1960-61 Ferguson's Ceylon Directory. Ferguson's Directory. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
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