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First Sirimavo Bandaranaike cabinet


FieldValue
cabinet_nameFirst Sirimavo Bandaranaike cabinet
cabinet_number7th
jurisdictionCeylon
flagFlag of Ceylon (1951–1972).svg
flag_bordertrue
imageSirimavo Ratwatte Dias Bandaranayaka (1916-2000) (Hon.Sirimavo Bandaranaike with Hon.Lalith Athulathmudali Crop).jpg
date_formed21 July 1960
date_dissolved25 March 1965
government_head_titlePrime Minister
government_headSirimavo Bandaranaike
state_head_titleMonarch
state_headElizabeth II
political_parties
legislature_statusMinority government (1960–64)
Majority coalition (1964)
opposition_party
opposition_leaderDudley Senanayake
electionJuly 1960
last_election[1965](1965-ceylonese-parliamentary-election)
legislature_term[5th](5th-parliament-of-ceylon)
previousDudley Senanayake II
successorDudley Senanayake III

Majority coalition (1964) 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

NamePortraitPartyOfficeTook officeLeft officeRefs
Sri Lanka Freedom Party}};" rowspan=2[[File:Sirimavo Ratwatte Dias Bandaranayaka (1916-2000) (Hon.Sirimavo Bandaranaike with Hon.Lalith Athulathmudali Crop).jpg100x100px]]Sri Lanka Freedom PartyPrime Minister
Minister of Defence and External Affairs
Sri Lanka Freedom Party}};" rowspan=2Sri Lanka Freedom PartyMinister of Finance
Minister of Agriculture, Food and Co-operative Development
Sri Lanka Freedom Party}};" rowspan=2Sri Lanka Freedom PartyMinister of Agriculture, Land, Irrigation and Power
Minister of Finance
Minister of Justice
Sri Lanka Freedom Party}};"Sri Lanka Freedom PartyMinister of Labour and Social Services
Lanka Sama Samaja Party}};"Lanka Sama Samaja PartyMinister of Public Works
Sri Lanka Freedom Party}};" rowspan=3Sri Lanka Freedom PartyMinister of Commerce, Trade, Food and Shipping
Minister of Finance
Minister of Internal and External Trade
Minister of Health
Sri Lanka Freedom Party}};" rowspan=3Sri Lanka Freedom PartyMinister of Transport and Works
Minister of Finance
Minister of Education and Cultural Affairs
Minister of Education and Broadcasting
Minister of Health and Housing
Lanka Sama Samaja Party}};"Lanka Sama Samaja PartyMinister of Communications
Lanka Sama Samaja Party}};"Lanka Sama Samaja PartyMinister of Finance
Sri Lanka Freedom Party}};"Sri Lanka Freedom PartyMinister of Local Government and Housing
Minister of Communications
Sri Lanka Freedom Party}};" rowspan=3[[File:Hon. Maithripala Senanayake.jpg100x100px]]Sri Lanka Freedom PartyMinister of Industries, Home and Cultural Affairs
Minister of Commerce and Trade
Minister of Rural and Industrial Development
Minister of Labour and Nationalised Services
Minister of Public Works and Post
Minister of Labour and Nationalised Services

Parliamentary secretaries

NamePortraitPartyOfficeTook officeLeft officeRefs
Sri Lanka Freedom Party}};"Sri Lanka Freedom PartyParliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Defence and External Affairs
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance
Sri Lanka Freedom Party}};"Sri Lanka Freedom PartyParliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance
Sri Lanka Freedom Party}};"Sri Lanka Freedom PartyParliamentary Secretary to the Minister of FinanceSeptember 196425 March 1965
Lanka Sama Samaja Party}};"Lanka Sama Samaja PartyParliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Local GovernmentSeptember 196425 March 1965

References

References

  1. "Prime Ministers". [[Parliament of Sri Lanka]].
  2. Rajasingham, K. T.. "Sri Lanka: The Untold Story".
  3. Rajasingham, K. T.. "Sri Lanka: The Untold Story".
  4. "List of Ministers and Deputy Ministers". [[Ministry of Finance (Sri Lanka).
  5. (1964). "The Parliamentarian: Journal of the Parliaments of the Commonwealth". Commonwealth Parliamentary Association.
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