Dahanayake cabinet
Dahanayake Cabinet | |
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5th Cabinet of Ceylon | |
Date formed | 26 September 1959 |
Date dissolved | 20 March 1960 |
People and organisations | |
Monarch | Elizabeth II |
Prime Minister | W. Dahanayake |
Member party |
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Status in legislature | Majority 51 / 95 (54%) |
Opposition party | |
Opposition leader | N. M. Perera |
History | |
Outgoing election | March 1960 |
Legislature term(s) | |
Predecessor | S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike cabinet |
Successor | Second Dudley Senanayake cabinet |
The Dahanayake Cabinet was the central government of Ceylon led by Prime Minister W. 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[]
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Name | Portrait | Party | Office | Took office | Left office | Refs | |
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W. 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 | 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 . (September 2015) |
Parliamentary secretaries[]
Name | Portrait | Party | Office | Took office | Left office | Refs | |
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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[]
References[]
- ^ "Prime Ministers". Parliament of Sri Lanka.
- ^ 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.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
- ^ a b c d e "List of Ministers and Deputy Ministers". Ministry of Finance. Archived from the original on 27 September 2015.
- ^ a b 1960-61 Ferguson's Ceylon Directory. Ferguson's Directory. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
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