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Kotelawala cabinet
Government of Ceylon from 1953 to 1956
Government of Ceylon from 1953 to 1956
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| cabinet_name | Kotelawala cabinet |
| cabinet_number | 3rd |
| jurisdiction | Ceylon |
| flag | Flag of Ceylon (1951–1972).svg |
| flag_border | true |
| image | The Queen of Ceylon with Kotelawala cabinet.jpeg |
| date_formed | 12 October 1953 |
| date_dissolved | 12 April 1956 |
| government_head_title | Prime Minister |
| government_head | John Kotelawala |
| state_head_title | Monarch |
| state_head | Elizabeth II |
| political_parties | |
| legislature_status | Majority coalition (1953) |
| Majority (1953–56) | |
| opposition_party | |
| opposition_leader | S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike |
| last_election | 1956 |
| legislature_term | 2nd |
| previous | Dudley Senanayake I |
| successor | S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike |
Majority (1953–56) 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
| Name | Portrait | Party | Office | Took office | Left office | Refs | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United National Party}};" rowspan=3 | [[File:John Kotelawala (1951).jpg | 80px]] | United National Party | Prime Minister | ||||
| Minister of Defence and External Affairs | ||||||||
| Minister of Transport and Works | ||||||||
| United National Party}};" | Minister of Education | |||||||
| Minister of Lands and Land Development | ||||||||
| [[File:Sir Oliver Goonetilleke.gif | 80px]] | Minister of Finance | ||||||
| United National Party}};" | [[File:Junius Richard Jayawardana (1906-1996).jpg | 80px]] | United National Party | Minister of Agriculture and Food | ||||
| United National Party}};" | United National Party | Minister of Finance | ||||||
| Minister of Transport and Works | ||||||||
| Minister of Labour | ||||||||
| [[File:Official Photographic Portrait of C. W. W. Kannangara (1884-1969).jpg | 80px]] | Minister of Local Government | ||||||
| United National Party}};" | United National Party | Minister of Posts and Information | ||||||
| Minister of Health | ||||||||
| All Ceylon Tamil Congress}};" | All Ceylon Tamil Congress | Minister of Industries and Fisheries | ||||||
| Minister of Justice | ||||||||
| Minister of Home Affairs | ||||||||
| Minister of Commerce and Trade | ||||||||
| Minister of Housing and Social Services | ||||||||
| Minister of Industries, Housing and Social Services | ||||||||
| Minister of Justice |
Parliamentary secretaries
| Name | Portrait | Party | Office | Took office | Left office | Refs | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United National Party}};" | United National Party | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Home Affairs | |||||
| United National Party}};" | United National Party | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance | |||||
| All Ceylon Tamil Congress}};" | All Ceylon Tamil Congress | Parliamentary Secretary | |||||
| United National Party}};" | United National Party | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Defence and External Affairs | 1953 | 1954 | |||
| United National Party}};" | United National Party | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance | |||||
| United National Party}};" | United National Party | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Health | |||||
| United National Party}};" | United National Party | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Commerce, Trade and Fisheries | |||||
| United National Party}};" | United National Party | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Education | |||||
| United National Party}};" | United National Party | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Industries, Housing and Social Services | |||||
| United National Party}};" | United National Party | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Local Government | |||||
| United National Party}};" | United National Party | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Labor | |||||
| United National Party}};" | United National Party | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Transport and Works | 1953 | 1954 | |||
| United National Party}};" | United National Party | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Defence and External Affairs | 1954 | 1956 | |||
| United National Party}};" | United National Party | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Posts and Broadcasting | |||||
| United National Party}};" | United National Party | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Agriculture and Food | |||||
| United National Party}};" | United National Party | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Lands and Land Development |
Notes
References
References
- "Prime Ministers". [[Parliament of Sri Lanka]].
- Rajasingham, K. T.. "Sri Lanka: The Untold Story".
- "List of Ministers and Deputy Ministers". [[Ministry of Finance (Sri Lanka).
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