Second Sirimavo Bandaranaike cabinet
Second Sirimavo Bandaranaike cabinet | |
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.svg){kind=small} 9th Cabinet of Ceylon | |
| Date formed | 29 May 1970 |
| Date dissolved | 23 July 1977 |
| People and organisations | |
| Monarch | Elizabeth II (1970–72) William Gopallawa (1972–77) |
| Prime Minister | Sirimavo Bandaranaike |
| Member party | |
| Status in legislature | Majority coalition 116 / 151 (77%) |
| Opposition party | |
| Opposition leader | J. R. Jayewardene |
| History | |
| Election(s) | 1970 |
| Outgoing election | 1977 |
| Legislature term(s) | 7th |
| Predecessor | Third Dudley Senanayake cabinet |
| Successor | Jayewardene cabinet |
The Second Sirimavo Bandaranaike cabinet was the central government of Ceylon led by Prime Minister Sirimavo Bandaranaike between 1970 and 1977. It was formed in May 1970 after the parliamentary election and it ended in July 1977 after the opposition's victory in the parliamentary election. The second Sirimavo Bandaranaike cabinet saw Ceylon severing the last colonial ties with Britain as the country became a parliamentary republic in May 1972. The country was also renamed Sri Lanka.
By July 1970, a Constitutional Assembly replaced the British-drafted constitution with one drafted by the Ceylonese. Policies were introduced requiring that permanent secretaries in the government ministries have expertise in their division. For example, those serving in the Ministry of Housing had to be trained engineers, and those serving in the Ministry of Health, medical practitioners. All government employees were allowed to join Workers Councils and at the local level, she established People's Committees to allow input from the population at large on government administration. The changes were intended to remove elements of British colonisation and foreign influence from the country's institutions.
The Cabinet was made up of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party and Lanka Sama Samaja Party (LSSP) coalition government. Key members of the LSSP were given cabinet roles, including Leslie Goonewardene, N. M. Perera, Colvin R. de Silva and others.
Cabinet members
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Parliamentary secretaries and deputy ministers
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| Name | Portrait | Party | Office | Took office | Left office | Refs | |
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| !align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color;"| | A. L. Abdul Majeed | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Deputy Minister of Information and Broadcasting | [3] | |||
| !align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color;"| | C. A. Atapattu | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Post and Telecommunication | ||||
| B. H. Bandara | Deputy Minister of Housing and Construction | [3] | |||||
| Neal de Alwis | Deputy Minister of Finance | 1 October 1975 | 4 February 1977 | [3][5] | |||
| !align="center" style="background:Template:Lanka Sama Samaja Party/meta/color;"| | Vivienne Goonewardene | Lanka Sama Samaja Party | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Local Government | 1970 | 1975 | [7] | |
| T. B. M. Herath | Deputy Minister of Transport | [3] | |||||
| !align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color;"| | Lakshman Jayakody | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Deputy Minister of Defence and External Affairs | [3] | |||
| S. D. R. Jayaratne | Deputy Minister of Fisheries | [3] | |||||
| Albert Kariyawasam | Deputy Minister of Plantation Industries | [3] | |||||
| V. T. G. Karunaratne | Deputy Minister of Posts and Telecommunications | [3] | |||||
| H. M. Navaratne | Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Lands | [3] | |||||
| Siva Obeyesekere | Deputy Minister of Health | [3] | |||||
| P. R. Ratnayake | Deputy Minister of Trade | [3] | |||||
| G. W. Samarasinghe | Deputy Minister of Social Services | [3] | |||||
| Ratna Deshapriya Senanayake | Deputy Minister of Planning and Economic Affairs | [3] | |||||
| Deputy Minister of Plan Implementation | [3] | ||||||
| Somaratne Senarath | Deputy Minister of Irrigation, Power and Highways | [3] | |||||
| Hemachandra Sirisena | Deputy Minister of Labour | [3] | |||||
| !align="center" style="background:Template:Communist Party of Ceylon/meta/color;" rowspan=2| | B. Y. Tudawe | Communist Party | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Education | 1977 | |||
| Deputy Minister of Education | February 1977 | [3][4][6] | |||||
| !align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color;"| | Ratnasiri Wickremanayake |  |
Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Deputy Minister of Justice | 1970 | 1975 | [3] |
| M. M. Mustapha | Deputy Minister of Justice | 1975 | 1997 | ||||
| D. P. Wickremasinghe | Deputy Minister of Shipping and Tourism | [3] | |||||
References
- ^ "Prime Ministers". Parliament of Sri Lanka.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Rajasingham, K. T. "Chapter 21: A further lack of perspicuity". Sri Lanka: The Untold Story.
- ^ 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 z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as Sri Lanka Year Book 1975 (PDF). Department of Census and Statistics, Sri Lanka. pp. 18–19.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Rajasingham, K. T. "Chapter 24: Tamil militancy – a manifestation". Sri Lanka: The Untold Story.
- ^ a b c "List of Ministers and Deputy Ministers". Ministry of Finance. Archived from the original on 27 September 2015.
- ^ a b Rajasingham, K. T. "Chapter 22: 'Only God Can Save the Tamils'". Sri Lanka: The Untold Story.
- ^ Encyclopedia of Sri Lanka. New Dawn Press INC. 2005. ISBN 9781932705485.
