First Dudley Senanayake cabinet | |
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2nd Cabinet of Ceylon | |
Date formed | 26 March 1952 |
Date dissolved | 12 October 1953 |
People and organisations | |
Monarch | Elizabeth II |
Prime Minister | Dudley Senanayake |
Member parties |
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Status in legislature | Majority coalition 49 / 95 (52%) |
Opposition party |
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Opposition leader | N. M. Perera (1952) S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike (1952–53) |
History | |
Election(s) | 1952 |
Legislature term(s) | 1st, 2nd |
Predecessor | D. S. Senanayake |
Successor | Kotelawala |
The First Dudley Senanayake cabinet was the central government of Ceylon led by Prime Minister Dudley Senanayake between 1952 and 1953. It was formed in March 1952 after the death of Senanayake's predecessor D. S. Senanayake and it ended in October 1953 with Senanayake's resignation.
Name | Portrait | Party | Office | Took office | Left office | Refs | |
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C. E. Attygalle | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Health | [3] | |||||
L. L. Hunter | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance | [a] | 2 April 1952 | [3][4] | |||
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance | 2 June 1952 | 29 April 1953 | [4] | ||||
M. N. Ibrahim | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Local Government | [3] | |||||
T. F. Jayawardena | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Labour | [3] | |||||
Montague Jayawickrama | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Defence and External Affairs | [3] | |||||
N. H. Keerthiratne | United National Party | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Posts and Information | [3] | ||||
V. Kumaraswamy | All Ceylon Tamil Congress | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Agriculture and Food | [3] | ||||
T. B. Panabokke | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Justice | [3] | |||||
V. G. W. Ratnayake | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Lands and Land Development | [3] | |||||
Maithripala Senanayake | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Home Affairs | September 1952 | [3] |