S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike 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.

S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike cabinet

4th Cabinet of Ceylon
Date formed12 April 1956
Date dissolved26 September 1959
People and organisations
MonarchElizabeth II
Prime MinisterS. W. R. D. Bandaranaike
Member party
  •   Sri Lanka Freedom Party
  •   Sinhala Language Front
  •   Viplavakari Lanka Sama Samaja Party
    (1956–1959)
  •   Independents
Status in legislatureMajority (1956)
51 / 95(54%)
Minority (1959)
45 / 95(47%)
Opposition party
Opposition leaderN. M. Perera
History
Election(s)1956
Legislature term(s)3rd
PredecessorKotelawala cabinet
SuccessorDahanayake cabinet

Cabinet members

Name Portrait Party Office Took office Left office Refs
S. W. R. D. BandaranaikeSri Lanka Freedom PartyPrime Minister12 April 195626 September 1959[1][2][3][4][5]
Minister of Defence and External Affairs12 April 195626 September 1959[2][3][4][5]
W. DahanayakeSinhala Language FrontMinister of Education[3][4][5]
C. P. de SilvaSri Lanka Freedom PartyMinister of Lands and Land Development[3][4][5]
Minister of Agriculture9 June 1959[lower-alpha 1][6]
Senator M. W. H. de SilvaMinister of JusticeJune 1959[3][4][5][6]
William de SilvaViplavakari Lanka Sama Samaja PartyMinister of Industries and Fisheries18 May 1959[3][4][5][6]
Stanley de ZoysaSri Lanka Freedom PartyMinister of Finance12 April 1956[lower-alpha 1][2][3][4][5][7]
Philip GunawardenaViplavakari Lanka Sama Samaja PartyMinister of Agriculture and Food12 April 195618 May 1959[2][3][4][5][6]
T. B. IlangaratneSri Lanka Freedom PartyMinister of Labour, Housing and Social Services12 April 1956[2][3][4][5]
Senator A. P. JayasuriyaMinister of Home Affairs12 April 1956[2][3][4][5]
Senator Valentine S. JayawickremaMinister of JusticeJune 1959[lower-alpha 1][6]
P. B. G. KalugallaSri Lanka Freedom PartyMinister of Cultural Affairs and Social Services9 June 1959[lower-alpha 1][6]
Jayaweera KuruppuSri Lanka Freedom PartyMinister of Local Government and Cultural Affairs[3][4][5]
C. A. S. Marikar
C.A.S Marikar
Sri Lanka Freedom PartyMinister of Posts, Broadcasting and Information12 April 1956[lower-alpha 1][2][3][4][5]
W. J. C. MunasinhaSri Lanka Freedom PartyMinister of Industries and Fisheries9 June 1959[lower-alpha 1][6]
Maithripala SenanayakeSri Lanka Freedom PartyMinister of Transport and Works12 April 1956[lower-alpha 1][2][3][4][5]
R. G. SenanayakeIndependentMinister of Commerce and Trade12 April 1956[lower-alpha 1][2][3][4][5]
Senator Sarath WijesinhaMinister of Nationalised Services and Road Transport[5]
Vimala WijewardeneSri Lanka Freedom PartyMinister of Health12 April 1956[2][3][4][5]
Minister of Local Government and Housing9 June 1959[lower-alpha 1][6]

Parliamentary secretaries

Name Portrait Party Office Took office Left office Refs
Henry AbeywickremaSri Lanka Freedom PartyParliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Transport and Works[3][4][5]
W. P. G. AriyadasaSri Lanka Freedom PartyParliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Posts, Broadcasting and Information[5]
C. R. BeligammanaSri Lanka Freedom PartyParliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Local Government and Cultural Affairs[3][4]
M. P. de ZoysaSri Lanka Freedom PartyParliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Labour, Housing and Social Services[3][4][5]
Andrew DissanayakeSri Lanka Freedom PartyParliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Nationalised Services and Shipping1959
Hugh FernandoIndependentParliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Agriculture and Food[5]
I. M. R. A. IriyagollaIndependentParliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Home Affairs[3][4]
P. B. G. KalugallaSri Lanka Freedom PartyParliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Health[3][4][5]
M. S. KariapperParliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Justice[5]
Nimal KarunatilakeSri Lanka Freedom PartyParliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance18 November 195819 May 1959[5][7]
M. B. W. MediwakeSri Lanka Freedom PartyParliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Local Government and Cultural Affairs[5]
D. B. MonnekulamaSri Lanka Freedom PartyParliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Nationalised Services and Road Transport[5]
W. J. C. MunasinhaSri Lanka Freedom PartyParliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Industries and Fisheries[3][4][5]
M. M. MustaphaParliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance25 June 1959[lower-alpha 1][7]
D. A. RajapaksaSri Lanka Freedom PartyParliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Lands and Land Development[3][4][5]
Lakshman RajapaksaViplavakari Lanka Sama Samaja PartyParliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Commerce and Trade[3][4][5]
K. M. P. RajaratnaNational Liberation FrontParliamentary Secretary
Mahanama SamaraweeraSri Lanka Freedom PartyParliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Justice[3][4]
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Home Affairs[5]
T. B. SubasingheIndependentParliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Defence and External Affairs[3][4]
P. B. A. WeerakoonSri Lanka Freedom PartyParliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Education[3][4][5]
Senator Sarath WijesinhaParliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance25 April 195610 September 1958[3][4][7]

Notes

  1. Continued to hold same office in next cabinet.

References

  1. "Prime Ministers". Parliament of Sri Lanka.
  2. Rajasingham, K. T. "Chapter 16: 'Honorable wounds of war'". Sri Lanka: The Untold Story. Archived from the original on 15 December 2001.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  3. Ceylon Year Book 1956 (PDF). Department of Census and Statistics, Ceylon. pp. 10–11.
  4. Ceylon Year Book 1957 (PDF). Department of Census and Statistics, Ceylon. pp. 10–11.
  5. Ceylon Year Book 1959 (PDF). Department of Census and Statistics, Ceylon. pp. 9–10.
  6. Rajasingham, K. T. "Chapter 17: Assassination of Bandaranaike". Sri Lanka: The Untold Story. Archived from the original on 20 December 2001.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  7. "List of Ministers and Deputy Ministers". Ministry of Finance. Archived from the original on 27 September 2015.
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