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First Dudley Senanayake cabinet

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First Dudley Senanayake cabinet

2nd Cabinet of Ceylon
The cabinet in June 1952
Date formed26 March 1952
Date dissolved12 October 1953
People and organisations
MonarchElizabeth II
Prime MinisterDudley Senanayake
Member parties
  •   United National Party
  •   All Ceylon Tamil Congress
  •   Ceylon Labour Party
Status in legislatureMajority coalition
49 / 95 (52%)
Opposition party
Opposition leaderN. M. Perera (1952)
S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike (1952–53)
History
Election1952
Legislature terms1st, 2nd
PredecessorD. S. Senanayake
SuccessorKotelawala

The First Dudley Senanayake cabinet was the central government of Ceylon led by Prime Minister Dudley Senanayake between 1952 and 1953. It was formed in March 1952 after the death of Senanayake's predecessor D. S. Senanayake and it ended in October 1953 with Senanayake's resignation.

Cabinet members

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Name Portrait Party Office Took office Left office Refs
Dudley Senanayake United National Party Prime Minister 26 March 1952 12 October 1953 [1][2][3]
Minister of Defence and External Affairs 26 March 1952 [2][3]
Minister of Health and Local Government 26 March 1952 1952 [2]
H. W. Amarasuriya United National Party Minister of Trade and Commerce [a] 1952 [2]
M. D. Banda Minister of Education 1952 [3]
P. B. Bulankulame Minister of Agriculture and Lands 26 March 1952 1952 [2]
Minister of Lands and Land Development 19 June 1952 [2][3]
A. E. Goonesinha Ceylon Labour Party Minister Without Portfolio [a] 1952 [2]
Senator Oliver Goonetilleke Minister of Agriculture and Food 19 June 1952 [2][3]
J. R. Jayewardene United National Party Minister of Finance [a] 13 October 1953 [2][3][4]
M. C. M. Kaleel Minister of Labour 1952 [3][5]
C. W. W. Kannangara Minister of Local Government 19 June 1952 [3]
John Kotelawala United National Party Minister of Transport and Works [a] [2][3]
V. Nalliah United National Party Minister of Posts and Information 19 June 1952 12 July 1952 [2]
S. Natesan United National Party Minister of Posts and Information 1952 [2][3]
E. A. Nugawela Minister of Education [a] 1952 [2]
Minister of Health 1952 [3]
G. G. Ponnambalam All Ceylon Tamil Congress Minister of Industries and Fisheries [a] [2][3]
Senator Lalita Rajapaksa Minister of Justice [a] [2][3]
A. Ratnayake Minister of Food and Cooperative Undertakings [a] 1952 [2]
Minister of Home Affairs 1952 [3]
R. G. Senanayake Minister of Commerce and Trade 19 June 1952 [2][3]
C. Sittampalam Independent Minister of Posts and Telecommunication [a] 1952 [2]
Senator Edwin Wijeyeratne Minister of Home Affairs and Rural Development [a] 1952 [2]

Parliamentary secretaries

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Name Portrait Party Office Took office Left office Refs
C. E. Attygalle Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Health [3]
L. L. Hunter Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance [a] 2 April 1952 [3][4]
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance 2 June 1952 29 April 1953 [4]
M. N. Ibrahim Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Local Government [3]
T. F. Jayawardena Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Labour [3]
Montague Jayawickrama Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Defence and External Affairs [3]
N. H. Keerthiratne United National Party Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Posts and Information [3]
V. Kumaraswamy All Ceylon Tamil Congress Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Agriculture and Food [3]
T. B. Panabokke Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Justice [3]
V. G. W. Ratnayake Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Lands and Land Development [3]
Maithripala Senanayake Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Home Affairs September 1952 [3]

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k 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 14: Post-colonial realignment of political forces". Sri Lanka: The Untold Story. Archived from the original on 3 January 2002.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y Ceylon Year Book 1951 (PDF). Department of Census and Statistics, Ceylon. pp. 27–28.
  4. ^ a b c "List of Ministers and Deputy Ministers". Ministry of Finance. Archived from the original on 27 September 2015.
  5. ^ Amit, M. H. (2 February 2002). "Dr. M. C. M. Kaleel's 103rd birth anniversary". Daily News. Archived from the original on 29 August 2003.
Government offices
Preceded by Cabinets of Sri Lanka
1952–1953 		Succeeded by
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