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First Sirimavo Bandaranaike cabinet

7th Cabinet of Ceylon
Date formed21 July 1960
Date dissolved25 March 1965
People and organisations
MonarchElizabeth II
Prime MinisterSirimavo Bandaranaike
Member parties
  •   Sri Lanka Freedom Party
  •   Lanka Sama Samaja Party (1964–65)
Status in legislatureMinority government (1960–64)
75 / 151 (50%)
Majority coalition (1964)
85 / 151 (56%)
Opposition party
Opposition leaderDudley Senanayake
History
Election(s)July 1960
Outgoing election1965
Legislature term(s)5th
PredecessorDudley Senanayake II
SuccessorDudley Senanayake III

The First Sirimavo Bandaranaike cabinet was the central government of Ceylon led by Prime Minister Sirimavo Bandaranaike between 1960 and 1965. It was formed in July 1960 after the parliamentary election and it ended in March 1965 after the opposition's victory in the parliamentary election.

Cabinet members

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Name Portrait Party Office Took office Left office Refs
Sirimavo Bandaranaike Sri Lanka Freedom Party Prime Minister 21 July 1960 25 March 1965 [1]
Minister of Defence and External Affairs 23 July 1960 [2]
Felix Dias Bandaranaike Sri Lanka Freedom Party Minister of Finance 23 July 1960 27 August 1962 [2][3][4]
Minister of Agriculture, Food and Co-operative Development 28 May 1963 [3]
C. P. de Silva Sri Lanka Freedom Party Minister of Agriculture, Land, Irrigation and Power 23 July 1960 [2]
Minister of Finance 28 August 1962 5 November 1962 [3][4]
Senator Sam P. C. Fernando Minister of Justice 23 July 1960 [2]
D. S. Goonesekera Sri Lanka Freedom Party Minister of Labour and Social Services 28 May 1963 [3]
Cholomondeley Goonewardene Lanka Sama Samaja Party Minister of Public Works 11 June 1964 [3]
T. B. Ilangaratne Sri Lanka Freedom Party Minister of Commerce, Trade, Food and Shipping 23 July 1960 [2]
Minister of Finance 29 May 1963 10 June 1964 [4]
Minister of Internal and External Trade 11 June 1964 [3]
Senator A. P. Jayasuriya Minister of Health 23 July 1960 [2]
P. B. G. Kalugalla Sri Lanka Freedom Party Minister of Transport and Works 23 July 1960 [2]
Minister of Finance 9 November 1962 10 May 1963 [3][4]
Minister of Education and Cultural Affairs 28 May 1963 [3]
Badi-ud-din Mahmud Minister of Education and Broadcasting 23 July 1960 [2]
Minister of Health and Housing 28 May 1963 [3]
Anil Moonesinghe Lanka Sama Samaja Party Minister of Communications 11 June 1964 [3]
N. M. Perera Lanka Sama Samaja Party Minister of Finance 11 June 1964 17 December 1964 [3][4]
Mahanama Samaraweera Sri Lanka Freedom Party Minister of Local Government and Housing 23 July 1960 [2]
Minister of Communications 28 May 1963 [3]
Maithripala Senanayake Sri Lanka Freedom Party Minister of Industries, Home and Cultural Affairs 23 July 1960 [2]
Minister of Commerce and Trade 28 May 1963 [3]
Minister of Rural and Industrial Development 11 June 1964 [3]
Senator M. P. de Z. Sriwardene Minister of Labour and Nationalised Services [3]
Minister of Public Works and Post 28 May 1963 [3]
Senator Sarath Wijesinghe Minister of Labour and Nationalised Services 23 July 1960 [2]

Parliamentary secretaries

Name Portrait Party Office Took office Left office Refs
Felix Dias Bandaranaike Sri Lanka Freedom Party Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Defence and External Affairs
James Peter Obeyesekere III Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance 22 June 1964 17 December 1964 [4]
Senator R. S. V. Poulier Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance 28 August 1962 6 May 1963 [4]
George Rajapaksa Sri Lanka Freedom Party Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance 29 July 1960 20 June 1962 [4]
Mudiyanse Tennakoon Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance 30 May 1963 28 September 1964 [4]
S. K. K. Suriarachchi Sri Lanka Freedom Party Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance September 1964 25 March 1965 [5]
Vivienne Goonewardene Lanka Sama Samaja Party Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Local Government September 1964 25 March 1965

References

  1. ^ "Prime Ministers". Parliament of Sri Lanka.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Rajasingham, K. T. "Chapter 18: Srimavo – weeping arrogance". Sri Lanka: The Untold Story. Archived from the original on 17 December 2001. Retrieved 24 February 2013.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p Rajasingham, K. T. "Chapter 19: Anguish and pain". Sri Lanka: The Untold Story. Archived from the original on 18 December 2001. Retrieved 24 February 2013.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i "List of Ministers and Deputy Ministers". Ministry of Finance. Archived from the original on 27 September 2015.
  5. ^ "The Parliamentarian: Journal of the Parliaments of the Commonwealth". 45. Commonwealth Parliamentary Association. 1964: 74. ((cite journal)): Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
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