Kotelawala cabinet

Kotelawala cabinet
3rd cabinet of Ceylon
Date formed	12 October 1953
Date dissolved	12 April 1956
People and organisations
Head of government	John Kotelawala
Head of state	Elizabeth II
Member party	All Ceylon Tamil Congress (1953) United National Party
Opposition party	Sri Lanka Freedom Party
Opposition leader	S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike
History
Outgoing election	1956
Legislature term(s)	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

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	Party	Office	Took office	Left office	Refs
Kotelawala, JohnJohn Kotelawala	United National Party	Prime Minister	000000001953-10-12-000012 October 1953	000000001956-04-12-000012 April 1956	^[1]^[2]
		Minister of Defence and External Affairs	000000001953-01-01-00001953		^[2]
		Minister of Transport and Works	^{[lower-alpha 1]}	000000001954-01-01-00001954	^[2]
Banda, M. D.M. D. Banda		Minister of Education	^{[lower-alpha 1]}		^[2]
Bulankulame, P. B.P. B. Bulankulame		Minister of Lands and Land Development	^{[lower-alpha 1]}		^[2]
Goonetilleke, OliverSenator Oliver Goonetilleke		Minister of Finance	000000001953-01-01-00001953	000000001954-01-01-00001954	^[2]^[3]
Jayewardene, J. R.J. R. Jayewardene	United National Party	Minister of Agriculture and Food	000000001953-01-01-00001953		^[2]
Jayawardena, M. D. H.M. D. H. Jayawardena	United National Party	Minister of Finance	000000001954-07-01-00001 July 1954	000000001956-02-18-000018 February 1956	^[3]
Jayawickrama, MontagueMontague Jayawickrama		Minister of Transport and Works	000000001954-01-01-00001954		^[2]
Kaleel, M. C. M.M. C. M. Kaleel		Minister of Labour	^{[lower-alpha 1]}		^[2]
Kannangara, C. W. W.C. W. W. Kannangara		Minister of Local Government	000000001953-01-01-00001953		^[2]
Natesan, S.S. Natesan	United National Party	Minister of Posts and Information	^{[lower-alpha 1]}	000000001956-01-19-000019 January 1956	^[2]
Nugawela, E. A.E. A. Nugawela		Minister of Health	000000001953-01-01-00001953		^[2]
Ponnambalam, G. G.G. G. Ponnambalam	All Ceylon Tamil Congress	Minister of Industries and Fisheries	^{[lower-alpha 1]}	000000001953-10-22-000022 October 1953	^[2]
Rajapaksa, LalitaSenator Lalita Rajapaksa		Minister of Justice	^{[lower-alpha 1]}	000000001953-11-07-00007 November 1953	^[2]
Ratnayake, A.A. Ratnayake		Minister of Home Affairs	000000001953-01-01-00001953		^[2]
Senanayake, R. G.R. G. Senanayake		Minister of Commerce and Trade	^{[lower-alpha 1]}	000000001954-07-10-000010 July 1954	^[2]
Vaithianathan, KanthiahSenator Kanthiah Vaithianathan		Minister of Housing and Social Services	000000001953-01-01-00001953	000000001953-01-01-00001953	^[2]
Vaithianathan, KanthiahSenator Kanthiah Vaithianathan		Minister of Industries, Housing and Social Services	000000001953-01-01-00001953		^[2]
Wikramanayake, E. B.Senator E. B. Wikramanayake		Minister of Justice	000000001953-01-01-00001953		^[2]

Parliamentary secretaries

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	Party	Office	Took office	Left office	Refs
Jayawardena, M. D. H.M. D. H. Jayawardena	United National Party	Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance	000000001953-10-19-000019 October 1953	000000001954-07-01-00001 July 1954	^[3]
Kumaraswamy, V.V. Kumaraswamy	All Ceylon Tamil Congress	Parliamentary Secretary
Nalliah, V.V. Nalliah	United National Party	Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Defence and External Affairs
Wanninayake, U. B.U. B. Wanninayake		Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance	000000001954-07-01-00001 July 1954	000000001955-04-27-000027 April 1955	^[3]

Notes

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Continuation of same office held in previous cabinet.

References

↑ "Prime Ministers". Parliament of Sri Lanka.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Rajasingham, K. T. "Chapter 15: Turbulence in any language". Sri Lanka: The Untold Story.
1 2 3 4 "List of Ministers and Deputy Ministers". Ministry of Finance.

Sri Lankan cabinets (List)

D. S. Senanayake Dudley Senanayake I Kotelawala S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike Dahanayake Dudley Senanayake II Bandaranaike I Dudley Senanayake III Bandaranaike II Jayewardene Premadasa Wijetunga Kumaratunga Rajapaksa Sirisena

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