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D. S. Senanayake cabinet

1st Cabinet of Ceylon
Date formed24 September 1947
Date dissolved22 March 1952
People and organisations
Head of stateGeorge VI (1947-52)
Elizabeth II (1952)
Head of governmentD. S. Senanayake
Member partyAll Ceylon Tamil Congress (1948-52)
United National Party
Opposition partyLanka Sama Samaja Party
Opposition leaderN. M. Perera
History
Election1947
Legislature term1st
PredecessorSecond Board of Ministers of Ceylon
SuccessorFirst Dudley Senanayake cabinet

The D. S. Senanayake cabinet was the central government of Ceylon led by Prime Minister D. S. Senanayake between 1947 and 1952. It was formed in September 1947 after the parliamentary election and it ended in March 1952 with Senanayake's death. The Senanayake cabinet led Ceylon to independence in February 1948.

Cabinet members

The D. S. Senanayake cabinet:(l-r) C. Suntharalingam; George E. de Silva; S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike; T. B. Jayah; Governor-General Henry Monck-Mason Moore; D. S. Senanayake; Oliver Goonetilleke; Chief Justice John Howard; Dudley Senanayake; John Kotelawala; J. R. Jayewardene; A. Ratnayake and Lalita Rajapaksa
Name Portrait Party Office Took office Left office Refs
!align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color;" rowspan=2| D. S. Senanayake United National Party Prime Minister 24 September 1947 22 March 1952 [1][2][3]
Minister of Defence and External Affairs 24 September 1947 22 March 1952 [2][3]
!align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color;"| H. W. Amarasuriya United National Party Minister of Trade and Commerce 14 December 1948 [a]
!align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color;"| S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike United National Party Minister of Health and Local Government 26 September 1947 12 July 1951 [2][3][4]
George E. de Silva Minister of Industries, Industrial Research and Fisheries 26 September 1947 1948 [2][3][5]
!align="center" style="background:Template:Ceylon Labour Party/meta/color;"| A. E. Goonesinha Ceylon Labour Party Minister Without Portfolio 1948 [a] [2]
Senator Oliver Goonetilleke Minister of Home Affairs and Rural Development 26 September 1947 1948 [2][3]
Senerat Gunewardene Minister Without Portfolio 26 September 1947 1948 [2][3][5]
T. B. Jayah Minister of Labour and Social Services 26 September 1947 1950 [2][3]
!align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color;"| J. R. Jayewardene United National Party Minister of Finance 26 September 1947 [a] [2][3][6]
!align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color;"| John Kotelawala United National Party Minister of Transport and Works 26 September 1947 [a] [2][3]
E. A. Nugawela Minister of Education 26 September 1947 [a] [2][3]
!align="center" style="background:Template:All Ceylon Tamil Congress/meta/color;"| G. G. Ponnambalam All Ceylon Tamil Congress Minister of Industries, Industrial Research and Fisheries 3 September 1948 [a] [4][7]
!align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color;"| Senator Lalita Rajapaksa United National Party Minister of Justice 26 September 1947 [a] [2][3]
A. Ratnayake Minister of Food and Cooperative Undertakings 26 September 1947 [a] [2][3]
!align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color;"| Dudley Senanayake United National Party Minister of Agriculture and Lands 26 September 1947 26 March 1952 [2][3]
!align="center" style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color;" rowspan=2| C. Sittampalam Independent Minister of Posts and Telecommunication 26 September 1947 [a] [2][3][4]
Minister of Industries, Industrial Research and Fisheries 1948 1948 [2]
!align="center" style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color;"| C. Suntharalingam Independent Minister of Trade and Commerce 26 September 1947 December 1948 [2][3][4][8][9]
Senator Edwin Wijeyeratne File:Sir Edwin Wijeyeratne.jpg Minister of Home Affairs and Rural Development 1948 [a] [10]

Parliamentary secretaries

Name Portrait Party Office Took office Left office Refs
Simon Abeywickrema Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Transport 1947 [2]
P. B. Bulankulame Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Agriculture and Lands 1947 [2]
George R. de Silva Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Justice 1947 [2]
!align="center" style="background:Template:Ceylon Labour Party/meta/color;"| A. E. Goonesinha Ceylon Labour Party Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Labour 1947 [2]
L. L. Hunter Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance 20 September 1950 [a] [6]
M. A. Ismail Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Food 1947 [2]
Senator Herbert Eric Jansz Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance 17 May 1948 10 September 1950 [6]
A. P. Jayasuriya Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Posts 1947 [2]
!align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color;"| M. S. Kariapper United National Party Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Home Affairs 1947 [2]
!align="center" style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color;"| V. Nalliah Independent Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Health 1947 [2]
H. de Z. Siriwardena Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Industries 1947 [2]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Continued to hold same office in next cabinet.

References

  1. ^ "Prime Ministers". Parliament of Sri Lanka.
  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 "First cabinet had only 14 ministers". The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka). 23 September 2007.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Rajasingham, K. T. "Chapter 12: Tryst with independence". Sri Lanka: The Untold Story.
  4. ^ a b c d Rajasingham, K. T. "Chapter 14: Post-colonial realignment of political forces". Sri Lanka: The Untold Story.
  5. ^ a b Wickramasinghe, Wimal (18 January 2008). "Saga of crossovers, expulsions and resignations etc. Referendum for extention [sic] of Parliament". The Island (Sri Lanka).
  6. ^ a b c "List of Ministers and Deputy Ministers". Ministry of Finance (Sri Lanka).
  7. ^ Gunasekara, S. L. (22 April 2001). "S. L. Gunasekara takes on A. Vinayagamoorthy M.P." The Island (Sri Lanka).
  8. ^ Bertram, Bastiampillai (20 August 2005). "C. Suntharalingam – reminiscences". Daily News (Sri Lanka).
  9. ^ Rajabalan, Raymond (March 2009). "First Among Us – Part 3A" (PDF). Monsoon Journal. 3 (10): 40–41.
  10. ^ "25th death anniversary: Sir Edwin Wijeyeratne". Sunday Observer (Sri Lanka). 19 October 2003.
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