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Kotelawala cabinet

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Kotelawala cabinet

3rd Cabinet of Ceylon
Date formed12 October 1953
Date dissolved12 April 1956
People and organisations
MonarchElizabeth II
Prime MinisterJohn Kotelawala
Member parties
  •   United National Party
  •   All Ceylon Tamil Congress (1953)
Status in legislatureMajority coalition (1953)
58 / 95 (61%)
Majority (1953–56)
54 / 95 (57%)
Opposition party
Opposition leaderS. W. R. D. Bandaranaike
History
Outgoing election1956
Legislature term2nd
Predecessor Dudley Senanayake I
SuccessorS. W. R. D. Bandaranaike

The Kotelawala cabinet was the central government of Ceylon led by Prime Minister John Kotelawala between 1953 and 1956. It was formed in October 1953 after the resignation of Kotelawala's predecessor Dudley Senanayake and ended in April 1956 after the opposition's victory in the parliamentary election.

Cabinet members

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Name Portrait Party Office Took office Left office Refs
John Kotelawala United National Party Prime Minister 12 October 1953 12 April 1956 [1][2]
Minister of Defence and External Affairs 1953 [2]
Minister of Transport and Works [a] 1954 [2]
M. D. Banda Minister of Education [a] [2]
P. B. Bulankulame Minister of Lands and Land Development [a] [2]
Senator Oliver Goonetilleke Minister of Finance 1953 1954 [2][3]
J. R. Jayewardene United National Party Minister of Agriculture and Food 1953 [2]
M. D. H. Jayawardena United National Party Minister of Finance 1 July 1954 18 February 1956 [3]
Major Montague Jayawickrama Minister of Transport and Works 1954 [2]
M. C. M. Kaleel Minister of Labour [a] [2]
C. W. W. Kannangara Minister of Local Government 1953 [2]
S. Natesan United National Party Minister of Posts and Information [a] 19 January 1956 [2]
Major E. A. Nugawela Minister of Health 1953 [2]
G. G. Ponnambalam All Ceylon Tamil Congress Minister of Industries and Fisheries [a] 22 October 1953 [2]
Senator Lalita Rajapaksa Minister of Justice [a] 7 November 1953 [2]
A. Ratnayake Minister of Home Affairs 1953 [2]
R. G. Senanayake Minister of Commerce and Trade [a] 10 July 1954 [2]
Senator Kanthiah Vaithianathan Minister of Housing and Social Services 1953 1953 [2]
Minister of Industries, Housing and Social Services 1953 [2]
Senator E. B. Wikramanayake Minister of Justice 1953 [2]

Parliamentary secretaries

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Name Portrait Party Office Took office Left office Refs
Senator H. de Z. Siriwardena United National Party Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Home Affairs 19 October 1953 [3]
M. D. H. Jayawardena United National Party Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance 19 October 1953 1 July 1954 [3]
V. Kumaraswamy All Ceylon Tamil Congress Parliamentary Secretary
V. Nalliah United National Party Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Defence and External Affairs 1953 1954
U. B. Wanninayake United National Party Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance 1 July 1954 [3]
C. E. Attygalle United National Party Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Health
Shirley Corea United National Party Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Commerce, Trade and Fisheries
Ivan Dassanayake United National Party Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Education
Captain C. A. Dharmapala United National Party Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Industries, Housing and Social Services
M. M. Ebrahim United National Party Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Local Government
Major T. F. Jayewardene United National Party Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Labor
Major Montague Jayawickrama United National Party Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Transport and Works 1953 1954
Major Montague Jayawickrama United National Party Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Defence and External Affairs 1954 1956
N. H. Keerthiratne United National Party Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Posts and Broadcasting
T. B. Panabokke United National Party Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Agriculture and Food
V. G. W. Ratnayake United National Party Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Lands and Land Development

Notes

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

References

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  1. ^ "Prime Ministers". Parliament of Sri Lanka.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s Rajasingham, K. T. "Chapter 15: Turbulence in any language". Sri Lanka: The Untold Story. Archived from the original on 8 February 2002.{{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.