Kotelawala cabinet

Kotelawala cabinet
Kotelawala cabinet
; 3rd Cabinet of Ceylon
Date formed	12 October 1953
Date dissolved	12 April 1956
People and organisations
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Prime Minister	John Kotelawala
Member party	All Ceylon Tamil Congress (1953); United National Party;
Status in legislature	Majority coalition 58 / 95 (61%) (1953) ; Majority 54 / 95 (57%) (1954-56)
Opposition party	Sri Lanka Freedom Party;
Opposition leader	S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike
History
Outgoing election	1956
Legislature term	2nd
Predecessor	First Dudley Senanayake cabinet
Successor	S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike cabinet

The Kotelawala cabinet was the central government of Ceylon led by Prime Minister John Kotelawala between 1953 and 1956. It was formed in October 1953 after the resignation of Kotelawala's predecessor Dudley Senanayake and it ended in April 1956 after the opposition's victory in the parliamentary election.

Cabinet members

Name		Party	Office	Took office	Left office	Refs
!align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color;" rowspan=3\|	John Kotelawala	United National Party	Prime Minister	12 October 1953	12 April 1956	^[1]^[2]
Minister of Defence and External Affairs			1953		^[2]
Minister of Transport and Works			^[a]	1954	^[2]
!align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color;"\|	M. D. Banda		Minister of Education	^[a]		^[2]
	P. B. Bulankulame		Minister of Lands and Land Development	^[a]		^[2]
	Senator Oliver Goonetilleke		Minister of Finance	1953	1954	^[2]^[3]
!align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color;"\|	J. R. Jayewardene	United National Party	Minister of Agriculture and Food	1953		^[2]
!align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color;"\|	M. D. H. Jayawardena	United National Party	Minister of Finance	1 July 1954	18 February 1956	^[3]
	Montague Jayawickrama		Minister of Transport and Works	1954		^[2]
	M. C. M. Kaleel		Minister of Labour	^[a]		^[2]
	C. W. W. Kannangara		Minister of Local Government	1953		^[2]
!align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color;"\|	S. Natesan	United National Party	Minister of Posts and Information	^[a]	19 January 1956	^[2]
	E. A. Nugawela		Minister of Health	1953		^[2]
!align="center" style="background:Template:All Ceylon Tamil Congress/meta/color;"\|	G. G. Ponnambalam	All Ceylon Tamil Congress	Minister of Industries and Fisheries	^[a]	22 October 1953	^[2]
	Senator Lalita Rajapaksa		Minister of Justice	^[a]	7 November 1953	^[2]
	A. Ratnayake		Minister of Home Affairs	1953		^[2]
	R. G. Senanayake		Minister of Commerce and Trade	^[a]	10 July 1954	^[2]
	Senator Kanthiah Vaithianathan		Minister of Housing and Social Services	1953	1953	^[2]
	Senator Kanthiah Vaithianathan		Minister of Industries, Housing and Social Services	1953		^[2]
	Senator E. B. Wikramanayake		Minister of Justice	1953		^[2]

Parliamentary secretaries

Name		Party	Office	Took office	Left office	Refs
!align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color;"\|	M. D. H. Jayawardena	United National Party	Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance	19 October 1953	1 July 1954	^[3]
!align="center" style="background:Template:All Ceylon Tamil Congress/meta/color;"\|	V. Kumaraswamy	All Ceylon Tamil Congress	Parliamentary Secretary
!align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color;"\|	V. Nalliah	United National Party	Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Defence and External Affairs
	U. B. Wanninayake		Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance	1 July 1954	27 April 1955	^[3]

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Continuation of same office held in previous cabinet.

References

^ "Prime Ministers". Parliament of Sri Lanka.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s Rajasingham, K. T. "Chapter 15: Turbulence in any language". Sri Lanka: The Untold Story.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "List of Ministers and Deputy Ministers". Ministry of Finance. Archived from the original on 27 September 2015.

[previous-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Continuation of same office held in previous cabinet.

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

[Rajasingham15-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s Rajasingham, K. T. "Chapter 15: Turbulence in any language". Sri Lanka: The Untold Story.

[MoF-4] "List of Ministers and Deputy Ministers". Ministry of Finance. Archived from the original on 27 September 2015.

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