Third Dudley Senanayake cabinet

Third Dudley Senanayake cabinet
Third Dudley Senanayake cabinet
; 8th Cabinet of Ceylon
Date formed	25 March 1965
Date dissolved	29 May 1970
People and organisations
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Prime Minister	Dudley Senanayake
Member party	Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi (1965–68); Mahajana Eksath Peramuna; Sri Lanka Freedom Socialist Party; United National Party;
Status in legislature	Majority coalition 81 / 151 (54%)
Opposition party	Sri Lanka Freedom Party;
Opposition leader	Sirimavo Bandaranaike
History
Election(s)	1965
Outgoing election	1970
Legislature term(s)	6th
Predecessor	First Sirimavo Bandaranaike cabinet
Successor	Second Sirimavo Bandaranaike cabinet

The Third Dudley Senanayake cabinet was the central government of Ceylon led by Prime Minister Dudley Senanayake between 1965 and 1970. It was formed in March 1965 after the parliamentary election and it ended in May 1970 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=4\|	Dudley Senanayake	United National Party	Prime Minister	25 March 1965	29 May 1970	^[1]^[2]
Minister of Defence and External Affairs					^[2]
Minister of Information and Broadcasting					^[2]
Minister of Planning and Economic Affairs					^[2]
!align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color;"\|	M. D. Banda	United National Party	Minister of Agriculture and Food			^[2]
!align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Socialist Party/meta/color;"\|	W. Dahanayake	Sri Lanka Freedom Socialist Party	Minister of Home Affairs	March 1965		^[2]^[3]
!align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Socialist Party/meta/color;"\|	C. P. de Silva	Sri Lanka Freedom Socialist Party	Minister of Land, Irrigation and Power	March 1965		^[2]^[3]
!align="center" style="background:Template:Mahajana Eksath Peramuna/meta/color;"\|	Philip Gunawardena	Mahajana Eksath Peramuna	Minister of Industries and Fisheries	March 1965		^[2]^[3]
!align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color;"\|	E. L. B. Hurulle	United National Party	Minister of Communications			^[2]
!align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color;"\|	I. M. R. A. Iriyagolla	United National Party	Minister of Education and Cultural Affairs	March 1965		^[2]^[3]
!align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color;"\|	M. D. H. Jayawardena	United National Party	Minister of Health			^[2]
!align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color;"\|	Montague Jayawickrama	United National Party	Minister of Public Works, Posts and Telecommunications			^[2]
!align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color;"\|	J. R. Jayewardene	United National Party	Minister of State	March 1965		^[2]^[3]
!align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color;"\|	Asoka Karunaratne	United National Party	Minister of Social Services			^[2]
!align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color;"\|	M. H. Mohamed	United National Party	Minister of Labour, Employment and Housing	March 1965		^[2]^[3]
	Senator M. V. P. Peiris		Minister of Commerce and Trade			^[2]
!align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color;"\|	Ranasinghe Premadasa	United National Party	Minister of Local Government	1968
!align="centre" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color;"\|	V. A. Sugathadasa		Minister of Nationalised Services	1966		^[2]
!align="center" style="background:Template:Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi/meta/color;"\|	Senator M. Tiruchelvam	Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi	Minister of Local Government	March 1965	November 1968	^[2]^[3]
	U. B. Wanninayake		Minister of Finance	27 March 1965	25 March 1970	^[2]^[4]
!align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color;"\|	A. F. Wijemanne	United National Party	Minister of Justice			^[2]

Parliamentary secretaries

Name		Party	Office	Took office	Left office	Refs
	D. P. Atapattu		Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of State			^[2]
	C. R. Beligammana		Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Home Affairs			^[2]
	L. B. Dassanayake		Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Communications			^[2]
!align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color;"\|	P. C. Imbulana	United National Party	Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Agriculture and Food			^[2]
	Shelton Jayasinghe		Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Industries and Fisheries			^[2]
	S. de S. Jayasinghe		Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Labour, Employment and Housing			^[2]
!align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color;"\|	Gamini Jayasuriya	United National Party	Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Education and Cultural Affairs			^[2]
!align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color;"\|	J. R. Jayewardene	United National Party	Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Defence and External Affairs	March 1965		^[2]
	Wimala Kannangara		Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Health			^[2]
	M. H. M. Naina Marikar		Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Justice			^[2]
	Wijayapala Mendis		Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Public Works, Posts and Telecommunications			^[2]
	M. M. Mustapha		Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Social Services			^[2]
	S. A. Peeris		Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Commerce and Trade			^[2]
!align="center" style="background:Template:National Liberation Front (Ceylon)/meta/color;"\|	Kusuma Rajaratne	National Liberation Front	Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Home Affairs	March 1965	1966
!align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color;" rowspan=2 \|	Ranasinghe Premadasa	United National Party	Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Information and Broadcasting			^[2]
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Local Government	Ranasinghe Premadasa	United National Party			^[2]
	C. P. J. Seneviratne		Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Land, Irrigation and Power			^[2]
!align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color;"\|	D. B. Welagedara	United National Party	Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Nationalised Services			^[2]
	Noel Wimalasena		Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance	29 March 1965	25 March 1970	^[2]^[4]

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 ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab ^ac ^ad ^ae ^af ^ag ^ah ^ai ^aj ^ak ^al Ceylon Year Book 1968 (PDF). Department of Census and Statistics, Ceylon. pp. 15–16.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Rajasingham, K. T. "Chapter 20 – Tamil leadership lacks perspicuity". Sri Lanka: The Untold Story.
^ ^a ^b "List of Ministers and Deputy Ministers". Ministry of Finance. Archived from the original on 27 September 2015.

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

[YB1968-2] ^ ^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 Ceylon Year Book 1968 (PDF). Department of Census and Statistics, Ceylon. pp. 15–16.

[Rajasingham20-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Rajasingham, K. T. "Chapter 20 – Tamil leadership lacks perspicuity". 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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