First Sirimavo Bandaranaike cabinet

First Sirimavo Bandaranaike cabinet
First Sirimavo Bandaranaike cabinet
; 7th Cabinet of Ceylon
Date formed	21 July 1960
Date dissolved	25 March 1965
People and organisations
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Prime Minister	Sirimavo Bandaranaike
Member party	Lanka Sama Samaja Party (1964–65); Sri Lanka Freedom Party;
Status in legislature	Minority government 75 / 151 (50%) (1960-64); Majority coalition 87 / 151 (58%) (1964-65)
Opposition party	United National Party;
Opposition leader	Dudley Senanayake
History
Election(s)	July 1960
Outgoing election	1965
Legislature term(s)	5th
Predecessor	Second Dudley Senanayake cabinet
Successor	Third Dudley Senanayake cabinet

The First Sirimavo Bandaranaike cabinet was the central government of Ceylon led by Prime Minister Sirimavo Bandaranaike between 1960 and 1965. It was formed in July 1960 after the parliamentary election and it ended in March 1965 after the opposition's victory in the parliamentary election.

Cabinet members

Name		Portrait	Party	Office	Took office	Left office	Refs
!align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color;" rowspan=2\|	Senator Sirimavo Bandaranaike		Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Prime Minister	21 July 1960	25 March 1965	^[1]
Minister of Defence and External Affairs	Senator Sirimavo Bandaranaike		Sri Lanka Freedom Party	23 July 1960		^[2]
!align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color;" rowspan=2\|	Felix Dias Bandaranaike	align=center rowspan=2	rowspan=2\|Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Minister of Finance	23 July 1960	27 August 1962	^[2]^[3]^[4]
Minister of Agriculture, Food and Co-operative Development	Felix Dias Bandaranaike	28 May 1963		^[3]
!align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color;" rowspan=2\|	C. P. de Silva		Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Minister of Agriculture, Land, Irrigation and Power	23 July 1960		^[2]
Minister of Finance	C. P. de Silva		Sri Lanka Freedom Party	28 August 1962	5 November 1962	^[3]^[4]
	Senator Sam P. C. Fernando			Minister of Justice	23 July 1960		^[2]
!align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color;"\|	D. S. Goonesekera		Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Minister of Labour and Social Services	28 May 1963		^[3]
!align="center" style="background:Template:Lanka Sama Samaja Party/meta/color;"\|	Cholomondeley Goonewardene		Lanka Sama Samaja Party	Minister of Public Works	11 June 1964		^[3]
!align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color;" rowspan=3\|	T. B. Ilangaratne		Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Minister of Commerce, Trade, Food and Shipping	23 July 1960		^[2]
Minister of Finance				29 May 1963	10 June 1964	^[4]
Minister of Internal and External Trade				11 June 1964		^[3]
	Senator A. P. Jayasuriya			Minister of Health	23 July 1960		^[2]
!align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color;" rowspan=3\|	P. B. G. Kalugalla		Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Minister of Transport and Works	23 July 1960		^[2]
Minister of Finance				9 November 1962	10 May 1963	^[3]^[4]
Minister of Education and Cultural Affairs				28 May 1963		^[3]
	Badi-ud-din Mahmud			Minister of Education and Broadcasting	23 July 1960		^[2]
	Badi-ud-din Mahmud			Minister of Health and Housing	28 May 1963		^[3]
!align="center" style="background:Template:Lanka Sama Samaja Party/meta/color;"\|	Anil Moonesinghe		Lanka Sama Samaja Party	Minister of Communications	11 June 1964		^[3]
!align="center" style="background:Template:Lanka Sama Samaja Party/meta/color;"\|	N. M. Perera		Lanka Sama Samaja Party	Minister of Finance	11 June 1964	17 December 1964	^[3]^[4]
rowspan=2 !align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color;"\|	Mahanama Samaraweera		Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Minister of Local Government and Housing	23 July 1960		^[2]
Minister of Communications	Mahanama Samaraweera		Sri Lanka Freedom Party	28 May 1963		^[3]
!align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color;" rowspan=3\|	Maithripala Senanayake		Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Minister of Industries, Home and Cultural Affairs	23 July 1960		^[2]
Minister of Commerce and Trade				28 May 1963		^[3]
Minister of Rural and Industrial Development				11 June 1964		^[3]
	Senator M. P. de Z. Sriwardene			Minister of Labour and Nationalised Services			^[3]
	Senator M. P. de Z. Sriwardene			Minister of Public Works and Post	28 May 1963		^[3]
	Senator Sarath Wijesinghe			Minister of Labour and Nationalised Services	23 July 1960		^[2]

Parliamentary secretaries

Name		Party	Office	Took office	Left office	Refs
!align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color;"\|	Felix Dias Bandaranaike	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Defence and External Affairs
	James Peter Obeyesekere III		Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance	22 June 1964	17 December 1964	^[4]
	Senator R. S. V. Poulier		Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance	28 August 1962	6 May 1963	^[4]
!align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color;"\|	George Rajapaksa	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance	29 July 1960	20 June 1962	^[4]
	Mudiyanse Tennakoon		Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance	30 May 1963	28 September 1964	^[4]
!align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color;"\|	S. K. K. Suriarachchi	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance	September 1964	25 March 1965	^[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	September 1964	25 March 1965

References

^ "Prime Ministers". Parliament of Sri Lanka.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k Rajasingham, K. T. "Chapter 18: Srimavo – weeping arrogance". Sri Lanka: The Untold Story.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p Rajasingham, K. T. "Chapter 19: Anguish and pain". Sri Lanka: The Untold Story.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ "List of Ministers and Deputy Ministers". Ministry of Finance. Archived from the original on 27 September 2015.
^ "The Parliamentarian: Journal of the Parliaments of the Commonwealth". 45. Commonwealth Parliamentary Association. 1964: 74. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

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

[Rajasingham18-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k Rajasingham, K. T. "Chapter 18: Srimavo – weeping arrogance". Sri Lanka: The Untold Story.

[Rajasingham19-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p Rajasingham, K. T. "Chapter 19: Anguish and pain". Sri Lanka: The Untold Story.

[MoF-4] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ "List of Ministers and Deputy Ministers". Ministry of Finance. Archived from the original on 27 September 2015.

[5] "The Parliamentarian: Journal of the Parliaments of the Commonwealth". 45. Commonwealth Parliamentary Association. 1964: 74. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

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