S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike cabinet

S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike cabinet
S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike cabinet
	; 4th Cabinet of Ceylon
Date formed	12 April 1956
Date dissolved	26 September 1959
People and organisations
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Prime Minister	S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike
Member party	Mahajana Eksath Peramuna (1956);
Status in legislature	Majority 51 / 95 (54%)
Opposition party	Lanka Sama Samaja Party;
Opposition leader	N. M. Perera
History
Election(s)	1956
Legislature term(s)	3rd
Predecessor	Kotelawala cabinet
Successor	Dahanayake cabinet

The S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike cabinet was the central government of Ceylon led by Prime Minister S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike between 1956 and 1959. It was formed in April 1956 after the parliamentary election and it ended in September 1959 with Bandaranaike's assassination.

Cabinet members

	Party	Office	Took office	Left office	Refs
S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Prime Minister	12 April 1956	26 September 1959	[1][2][3][4][5]
S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Minister of Defence and External Affairs	12 April 1956	26 September 1959	[2][3][4][5]
W. Dahanayake	Sinhala Language Front	Minister of Education			[3][4][5]
C. P. de Silva	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Minister of Lands and Land Development			[3][4][5]
C. P. de Silva	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Minister of Agriculture	9 June 1959	[lower-alpha 1]	[6]
Senator M. W. H. de Silva		Minister of Justice		June 1959	[3][4][5][6]
William de Silva	Viplavakari Lanka Sama Samaja Party	Minister of Industries and Fisheries		18 May 1959	[3][4][5][6]
Stanley de Zoysa	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Minister of Finance	12 April 1956	[lower-alpha 1]	[2][3][4][5][7]
Philip Gunawardena	Viplavakari Lanka Sama Samaja Party	Minister of Agriculture and Food	12 April 1956	18 May 1959	[2][3][4][5][6]
T. B. Ilangaratne	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Minister of Labour, Housing and Social Services	12 April 1956		[2][3][4][5]
Senator A. P. Jayasuriya		Minister of Home Affairs	12 April 1956		[2][3][4][5]
Senator Valentine S. Jayawickrema		Minister of Justice	June 1959	[lower-alpha 1]	[6]
P. B. G. Kalugalla	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Minister of Cultural Affairs and Social Services	9 June 1959	[lower-alpha 1]	[6]
Jayaweera Kuruppu	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Minister of Local Government and Cultural Affairs			[3][4][5]
C. A. S. Marikar	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Minister of Posts, Broadcasting and Information	12 April 1956	[lower-alpha 1]	[2][3][4][5]
W. J. C. Munasinha	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Minister of Industries and Fisheries	9 June 1959	[lower-alpha 1]	[6]
Maithripala Senanayake	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Minister of Transport and Works	12 April 1956	[lower-alpha 1]	[2][3][4][5]
R. G. Senanayake	Independent	Minister of Commerce and Trade	12 April 1956	[lower-alpha 1]	[2][3][4][5]
Senator Sarath Wijesinha		Minister of Nationalised Services and Road Transport			[5]
Vimala Wijewardene	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Minister of Health	12 April 1956		[2][3][4][5]
Vimala Wijewardene	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Minister of Local Government and Housing	9 June 1959	[lower-alpha 1]	[6]

Parliamentary secretaries

	Party	Office	Took office	Left office	Refs
Henry Abeywickrema	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Transport and Works			[3][4][5]
W. P. G. Ariyadasa	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Posts, Broadcasting and Information			[5]
C. R. Beligammana	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Local Government and Cultural Affairs			[3][4]
M. P. de Zoysa	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Labour, Housing and Social Services			[3][4][5]
Andrew Dissanayake	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Nationalised Services and Shipping	1959
Hugh Fernando	Independent	Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Agriculture and Food			[5]
I. M. R. A. Iriyagolla	Independent	Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Home Affairs			[3][4]
P. B. G. Kalugalla	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Health			[3][4][5]
M. S. Kariapper		Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Justice			[5]
Nimal Karunaratne	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance	18 November 1958	19 May 1959	[5][7]
M. B. W. Mediwake	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Local Government and Cultural Affairs			[5]
D. B. Monnakulama	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Nationalised Services and Road Transport			[5]
W. J. C. Munasinha	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Industries and Fisheries			[3][4][5]
M. M. Mustapha		Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance	25 June 1959	[lower-alpha 1]	[7]
D. A. Rajapaksa	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Lands and Land Development			[3][4][5]
Lakshman Rajapaksa	Viplavakari Lanka Sama Samaja Party	Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Commerce and Trade			[3][4][5]
K. M. P. Rajaratna	National Liberation Front	Parliamentary Secretary
Mahanama Samaraweera	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Justice			[3][4]
Mahanama Samaraweera	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Home Affairs			[5]
T. B. Subasinghe	Independent	Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Defence and External Affairs			[3][4]
P. B. A. Weerakoon	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Education			[3][4][5]
Senator Sarath Wijesinha		Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance	25 April 1956	10 September 1958	[3][4][7]

Notes

Continued to hold same office in next cabinet.

References

"Prime Ministers". Parliament of Sri Lanka.
Rajasingham, K. T. "Chapter 16: 'Honorable wounds of war'". Sri Lanka: The Untold Story.
Ceylon Year Book 1956 (PDF). Department of Census and Statistics, Ceylon. pp. 10–11.
Ceylon Year Book 1957 (PDF). Department of Census and Statistics, Ceylon. pp. 10–11.
Ceylon Year Book 1959 (PDF). Department of Census and Statistics, Ceylon. pp. 9–10.
Rajasingham, K. T. "Chapter 17: Assassination of Bandaranaike". Sri Lanka: The Untold Story.
"List of Ministers and Deputy Ministers". Ministry of Finance. Archived from the original on 27 September 2015.

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[next-6] Continued to hold same office in next cabinet.

[1] "Prime Ministers". Parliament of Sri Lanka.

[Rajasingham16-2] Rajasingham, K. T. "Chapter 16: 'Honorable wounds of war'". Sri Lanka: The Untold Story.

[YB1956-3] Ceylon Year Book 1956 (PDF). Department of Census and Statistics, Ceylon. pp. 10–11.

[YB1957-4] Ceylon Year Book 1957 (PDF). Department of Census and Statistics, Ceylon. pp. 10–11.

[YB1959-5] Ceylon Year Book 1959 (PDF). Department of Census and Statistics, Ceylon. pp. 9–10.

[Rajasingham17-7] Rajasingham, K. T. "Chapter 17: Assassination of Bandaranaike". Sri Lanka: The Untold Story.

[MoF-8] "List of Ministers and Deputy Ministers". Ministry of Finance. Archived from the original on 27 September 2015.