D. S. Senanayake cabinet

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D. S. Senanayake cabinet
Flag of Ceylon (1948-1951).svg
1st Cabinet of Ceylon
First Cabinet of Ceylon.jpg
The government in September 1947
Date formed24 September 1947
Date dissolved22 March 1952
People and organisations
Monarch George VI (1947–52)
Elizabeth II (1952)
Prime Minister D. S. Senanayake
Member parties
  •   United National Party
  •   Ceylon Labour Party
  •   All Ceylon Tamil Congress (1948–52)
Status in legislature Majority coalition
49 / 95 (52%)
Opposition party
Opposition leader N. M. Perera
History
Election(s) 1947
Legislature term(s) 1st
Predecessor Second Board of Ministers of Ceylon
Successor Dudley Senanayake I

The D. S. Senanayake cabinet was the central government of Ceylon led by Prime Minister D. S. Senanayake between 1947 and 1952. It was formed in September 1947 after the parliamentary election and it ended in March 1952 with Senanayake's death. The Senanayake cabinet led Ceylon to independence in February 1948.

Contents

Cabinet members

NamePortraitPartyOfficeTook officeLeft officeRefs
D. S. Senanayake D S Senanayake.jpg United National Party Prime Minister 24 September 194722 March 1952 [1] [2] [3]
Minister of Defence and External Affairs 24 September 194722 March 1952 [2] [3]
H. W. Amarasuriya United National Party Minister of Trade and Commerce 14 December 1948 [lower-alpha 1]
S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike Official Photographic Portrait of S.W.R.D.Bandaranayaka (1899-1959).jpg United National Party Minister of Health and Local Government 26 September 194712 July 1951 [2] [3] [4]
George E. de Silva Minister of Industries, Industrial Research and Fisheries 26 September 19471948 [2] [3] [5]
A. E. Goonesinha Ceylon Labour PartyMinister Without Portfolio1948 [lower-alpha 1] [2]
Senator Oliver Goonetilleke Sir Oliver Goonetilleke.gif Minister of Home Affairs and Rural Development 26 September 19471948 [2] [3]
Senerat Gunewardene Minister Without Portfolio26 September 19471948 [2] [3] [5]
T. B. Jayah Minister of Labour and Social Services 26 September 19471950 [2] [3]
J. R. Jayewardene Junius Richard Jayawardana (1906-1996).jpg United National Party Minister of Finance 26 September 1947 [lower-alpha 1] [2] [3] [6]
John Kotelawala United National Party Minister of Transport and Works 26 September 1947 [lower-alpha 1] [2] [3]
E. A. Nugawela Minister of Education 26 September 1947 [lower-alpha 1] [2] [3]
G. G. Ponnambalam All Ceylon Tamil Congress Minister of Industries, Industrial Research and Fisheries 3 September 1948 [lower-alpha 1] [4] [7]
Senator Lalita Rajapaksa United National Party Minister of Justice 26 September 1947 [lower-alpha 1] [2] [3]
A. Ratnayake Minister of Food and Cooperative Undertakings26 September 1947 [lower-alpha 1] [2] [3]
Dudley Senanayake Dudley Shelton Senanayaka (1911-1973).jpg United National Party Minister of Agriculture and Lands 26 September 194726 March 1952 [2] [3]
C. Sittampalam Independent Minister of Posts and Telecommunication 26 September 1947 [lower-alpha 1] [2] [3] [4]
Minister of Industries, Industrial Research and Fisheries 19481948 [2]
C. Suntharalingam Independent Minister of Trade and Commerce 26 September 1947December 1948 [2] [3] [4] [8] [9]
Senator Edwin Wijeyeratne Sir E.A.P Wijeyeratne.jpg Minister of Home Affairs and Rural Development 1948 [lower-alpha 1] [10]

Parliamentary secretaries

NamePortraitPartyOfficeTook officeLeft officeRefs
Simon Abeywickrema Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Transport19472 May 1948 [2]
P. B. Bulankulame Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Agriculture and Lands1947 [2]
George R. de Silva Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Justice1947 [2]
A. E. Goonesinha Ceylon Labour PartyParliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Labour1947 [2]
L. L. Hunter Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance20 September 1950 [lower-alpha 1] [6]
Hameed Hussain Sheikh Ismail Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Food1947 [2]
Senator Herbert Eric Jansz Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance17 May 194810 September 1950 [6]
A. P. Jayasuriya Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Posts1947 [2]
M. S. Kariapper United National Party Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Home Affairs1947 [2]
V. Nalliah Independent Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Health1947 [2]
H. de Z. Siriwardena Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Industries1947 [2]

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Continued to hold same office in next cabinet.

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