First Sirimavo Bandaranaike cabinet | |
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![]() 7th Cabinet of Ceylon | |
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Date formed | 21 July 1960 |
Date dissolved | 25 March 1965 |
People and organisations | |
Monarch | Elizabeth II |
Prime Minister | Sirimavo Bandaranaike |
Member parties | |
Status in legislature | Minority government (1960–64) 75 / 151 (50%) Majority coalition (1964) 85 / 151 (56%) |
Opposition party | |
Opposition leader | Dudley Senanayake |
History | |
Election | July 1960 |
Outgoing election | 1965 |
Legislature term | 5th |
Predecessor | Dudley Senanayake II |
Successor | Dudley 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
[edit]Parliamentary secretaries
[edit]Name | Portrait | Party | Office | Took office | Left office | Refs | |
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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
[edit]- ^ "Prime Ministers". Parliament of Sri Lanka.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "The Parliamentarian: Journal of the Parliaments of the Commonwealth". 45. Commonwealth Parliamentary Association. 1964: 74.
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