Dahanayake cabinet

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Dahanayake Cabinet
Flag of Ceylon (1951-1972).svg
5th Cabinet of Ceylon
Date formed26 September 1959
Date dissolved20 March 1960
People and organisations
Monarch Elizabeth II
Prime Minister Wijeyananda Dahanayake
Member party
  •   Sri Lanka Freedom Party
  •   Sinhala Language Front
  •   Independents
Status in legislature Minority government
45 / 95 (47%)
Opposition party
Opposition leader N. M. Perera
History
Outgoing election March 1960
Legislature term(s) 3rd
Predecessor S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike
Successor Dudley 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.

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Cabinet members

NamePortraitPartyOfficeTook officeLeft officeRefs
Wijeyananda Dahanayake Wijeyananda Dahanayake portrait.jpg Sinhala Language Front Prime Minister 26 September 195920 March 1960 [1]
Minister of Defence and External Affairs 26 September 195920 March 1960
Henry Abeywickrema Sri Lanka Freedom Party Minister of Works 26 September 195920 March 1960
C. P. de Silva Sri Lanka Freedom Party Minister of Agriculture and Lands [lower-alpha 1] December 1959 [2]
M. P. de Zoysa Sri Lanka Freedom Party Minister of Labour 26 September 19598 December 1959 [2]
Stanley de Zoysa Sri Lanka Freedom Party Minister of Finance [lower-alpha 1] 22 November 1959 [3]
T. B. Ilangaratne Sri Lanka Freedom Party Minister of Home Affairs 26 September 19598 December 1959 [2]
Senator A. P. Jayasuriya Minister of Health 26 September 19598 December 1959 [2]
Senator Layard Jayasundera Minister for Internal Security 20 January 196020 March 1960 [4]
Senator Layard Jayasundera Minister of Local Government and Housing 26 September 195931 December 1959 [4]
Senator Valentine S. Jayawickrema Minister of Justice [lower-alpha 1]
P. B. G. Kalugalla Sri Lanka Freedom Party Minister of Cultural Affairs and Social Services [lower-alpha 1] 8 December 1959 [2]
C. A. S. Marikar Marikkar.jpg Sri Lanka Freedom Party Minister of Posts, Broadcasting and Information [lower-alpha 1]
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 [lower-alpha 1]
M. M. Mustapha Minister of Finance 22 November 19595 December 1959 [3]
Maithripala Senanayake Hon. Maithripala Senanayake.jpg Sri Lanka Freedom Party Minister of Transport and Power [lower-alpha 1] 8 December 1959 [2]
Robert Edward Jayatilaka Independent Minister of Transport and Works 9 December 195920 March 1960
R. G. Senanayake Independent Minister of Food, Commerce and Trade [lower-alpha 1]
Vimala Wijewardene Sri Lanka Freedom Party Minister of Local Government and Housing [lower-alpha 1] 21 November 1959

Parliamentary secretaries

NamePortraitPartyOfficeTook officeLeft officeRefs
M. M. Mustapha Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance [lower-alpha 1] 5 December 1959 [3]
D. S. Goonesekera Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Trade & Commerce [lower-alpha 1] 5 December 1959 [3]
W. P. G. Ariyadasa Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Health [lower-alpha 1] 5 December 1959 [3]

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Continuation of same office held in previous cabinet.

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References

  1. ↑ "Prime Ministers". Parliament of Sri Lanka.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 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)
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  4. 1 2 1960-61 Ferguson's Ceylon Directory. Ferguson's Directory. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
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