First Sirimavo Bandaranaike cabinet

First Sirimavo Bandaranaike cabinet
First Sirimavo Bandaranaike cabinet
; 7th Cabinet of Ceylon
Date formed	21 July 1960
Date dissolved	25 March 1965
People and organisations
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Prime Minister	Sirimavo Bandaranaike
Member parties	Sri Lanka Freedom Party; Lanka Sama Samaja Party (1964–65);
Status in legislature	Minority government (1960–64) 75 / 151 (50%) Majority coalition (1964) 85 / 151 (56%)
Opposition party	United National Party;
Opposition leader	Dudley Senanayake
History
Election(s)	July 1960
Outgoing election	1965
Legislature term(s)	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]

	Party	Office	Took office	Left office	Refs
Sirimavo Bandaranaike	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Prime Minister	21 July 1960	25 March 1965	^[1]
Sirimavo Bandaranaike	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	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]
Felix Dias Bandaranaike	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	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]
C. P. de Silva	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	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]
Badi-ud-din Mahmud		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]
Mahanama Samaraweera	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	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]
Senator M. P. de Z. Sriwardene		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[edit]

	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[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. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

[1] "Prime Ministers". Parliament of Sri Lanka.

[Rajasingham18-2] ^ ^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.

[Rajasingham19-3] ^ ^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.

[MoF-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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