First Dudley Senanayake cabinet

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.

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 party
  •   All Ceylon Tamil Congress
  •   United National Party
Status in legislatureMajority coalition
49 / 95 (52%)
Opposition party
Opposition leaderN. M. Perera (1952)
S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike (1952–53)
History
Election(s)1952
Legislature term(s)1st, 2nd
PredecessorD. S. Senanayake cabinet
SuccessorKotelawala cabinet

Cabinet members
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Name Portrait Party Office Took office Left office Refs
Dudley SenanayakeUnited National PartyPrime Minister26 March 195212 October 1953[1][2][3]
Minister of Defence and External Affairs26 March 1952[2][3]
Minister of Health and Local Government26 March 19521952[2]
H. W. AmarasuriyaUnited National PartyMinister of Trade and Commerce[lower-alpha 1]1952[2]
M. D. BandaMinister of Education1952[3]
P. B. BulankulameMinister of Agriculture and Lands26 March 19521952[2]
Minister of Lands and Land Development19 June 1952[2][3]
A. E. GoonesinhaCeylon Labour PartyMinister Without Portfolio[lower-alpha 1]1952[2]
Senator Oliver GoonetillekeMinister of Agriculture and Food19 June 1952[2][3]
J. R. JayewardeneUnited National PartyMinister of Finance[lower-alpha 1]13 October 1953[2][3][4]
M. C. M. KaleelMinister of Labour1952[3][5]
C. W. W. KannangaraMinister of Local Government19 June 1952[3]
John KotelawalaUnited National PartyMinister of Transport and Works[lower-alpha 1][2][3]
V. NalliahUnited National PartyMinister of Posts and Information19 June 195212 July 1952[2]
S. NatesanUnited National PartyMinister of Posts and Information1952[2][3]
E. A. NugawelaMinister of Education[lower-alpha 1]1952[2]
Minister of Health1952[3]
G. G. PonnambalamAll Ceylon Tamil CongressMinister of Industries and Fisheries[lower-alpha 1][2][3]
Senator Lalita RajapaksaMinister of Justice[lower-alpha 1][2][3]
A. RatnayakeMinister of Food and Cooperative Undertakings[lower-alpha 1]1952[2]
Minister of Home Affairs1952[3]
R. G. SenanayakeMinister of Commerce and Trade19 June 1952[2][3]
C. SittampalamIndependentMinister of Posts and Telecommunication[lower-alpha 1]1952[2]
Senator Edwin Wijeyeratnealign=centerMinister of Home Affairs and Rural Development[lower-alpha 1]1952[2]

Parliamentary secretaries
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Name Portrait Party Office Took office Left office Refs
C. E. AttygalleParliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Health[3]
L. L. HunterParliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance[lower-alpha 1]2 April 1952[3][4]
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance2 June 195229 April 1953[4]
M. N. IbrahimParliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Local Government[3]
T. F. JayawardenaParliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Labour[3]
Montague JayawickramaParliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Defence and External Affairs[3]
N. H. KeerthiratneUnited National PartyParliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Posts and Information[3]
V. KumaraswamyAll Ceylon Tamil CongressParliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Agriculture and Food[3]
T. B. PanabokkeParliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Justice[3]
V. G. W. RatnayakeParliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Lands and Land Development[3]
Maithripala SenanayakeParliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Home AffairsSeptember 1952[3]

See also

Notes
  1. Continuation of same office held in previous cabinet.

References
  1. "Prime Ministers". Parliament of Sri Lanka.
  2. Rajasingham, K. T. "Chapter 14: Post-colonial realignment of political forces". Sri Lanka: The Untold Story.
  3. Ceylon Year Book 1951 (PDF). Department of Census and Statistics, Ceylon. pp. 27–28.
  4. "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
D. S. Senanayake cabinet		 Cabinets of Sri Lanka
1952–1953		 Succeeded by
Kotelawala cabinet
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