Dahanayake cabinet

Dahanayake Cabinet
Dahanayake Cabinet
; 5th Cabinet of Ceylon
Date formed	26 September 1959
Date dissolved	20 March 1960
People and organisations
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Prime Minister	W. Dahanayake
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
Outgoing election	March 1960
Legislature term	3rd
Predecessor	S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike cabinet
Successor	Second Dudley Senanayake cabinet

The Dahanayake Cabinet was the central government of Ceylon led by Prime Minister W. Dahanayake between 1959 and 1960. It was formed in September 1959 after the assassination of Dahanayake's predecessor S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike and it ended in March 1960 after the opposition's victory in the parliamentary election.

Cabinet members

Name		Party	Office	Took office	Left office	Refs
!align="center" style="background:Template:Sinhala Language Front/meta/color;" rowspan=2\|	W. Dahanayake	Sinhala Language Front	Prime Minister	26 September 1959	20 March 1960	^[1]
Minister of Defence and External Affairs	W. Dahanayake	Sinhala Language Front	26 September 1959	20 March 1960
!align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color;"\|	Henry Abeywickrema	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Minister of Works	26 September 1959	20 March 1960
!align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color;"\|	C. P. de Silva	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Minister of Agriculture and Lands	^[a]	December 1959	^[2]
!align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color;"\|	M. P. de Zoysa	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Minister of Labour	26 September 1959	8 December 1959	^[2]
!align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color;"\|	Stanley de Zoysa	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Minister of Finance	^[a]	22 November 1959	^[3]
!align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color;"\|	T. B. Ilangaratne	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Minister of Home Affairs	26 September 1959	8 December 1959	^[2]
	Senator A. P. Jayasuriya		Minister of Health	26 September 1959	8 December 1959	^[2]
	Senator Layard Jayasundera		Minister for Internal Security	20 January 1960	20 March 1960	^[4]
	Senator Layard Jayasundera		Minister of Local Government and Housing	26 September 1959	31 December 1959	^[4]
	Senator Valentine S. Jayawickrema		Minister of Justice	^[a]
!align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color;"\|	P. B. G. Kalugalla	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Minister of Cultural Affairs and Social Services	^[a]	8 December 1959	^[2]
!align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color;"\|	C. A. S. Marikar	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Minister of Posts, Broadcasting and Information	^[a]
!align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color;"\|	M. B. W. Mediwake	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Minister of Local Government and Housing
!align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color;"\|	W. J. C. Munasinha	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Minister of Industries and Fisheries	^[a]
	M. M. Mustapha		Minister of Finance	22 November 1959	5 December 1959	^[3]
!align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color;"\|	Maithripala Senanayake	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Minister of Transport and Power	^[a]	8 December 1959	^[2]
!align="center" style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color;"\|	Robert Edward Jayatilaka	Independent	Minister of Transport and Works	9 December 1959	20 March 1960
!align="center" style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color;"\|	R. G. Senanayake	Independent	Minister of Food, Commerce and Trade	^[a]
!align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color;"\|	Vimala Wijewardene	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Minister of Local Government and Housing	^[a]	21 November 1959

Parliamentary secretaries

	Office	Took office	Left office	Refs
M. M. Mustapha	Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance	^[a]	5 December 1959	^[3]
D. S. Goonesekera	Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Trade & Commerce	^[a]	5 December 1959	^[3]
W. P. G. Ariyadasa	Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Health	^[a]	5 December 1959	^[3]

Notes

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

References

^ "Prime Ministers". Parliament of Sri Lanka.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Rajasingham, K. T. "Chapter 17: Assassination of Bandaranaike". Sri Lanka: The Untold Story. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 24 February 2013.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "List of Ministers and Deputy Ministers". Ministry of Finance. Archived from the original on 27 September 2015.
^ ^a ^b 1960-61 Ferguson's Ceylon Directory. Ferguson's Directory. Retrieved 17 August 2020.

[previous-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l Continuation of same office held in previous cabinet.

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

[Rajasingham17-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Rajasingham, K. T. "Chapter 17: Assassination of Bandaranaike". Sri Lanka: The Untold Story. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 24 February 2013.

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

[Ferguson-5] 1960-61 Ferguson's Ceylon Directory. Ferguson's Directory. Retrieved 17 August 2020.

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