Kotelawala cabinet

Kotelawala cabinet
3rd cabinet of Ceylon
Date formed	12 October 1953
Date dissolved	12 April 1956
People and organisations
Head of government	John Kotelawala
Head of state	Elizabeth II
Member party	All Ceylon Tamil Congress (1953) United National Party
Opposition party	Sri Lanka Freedom Party
Opposition leader	S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike
History
Outgoing election	1956
Legislature term(s)	2nd
Predecessor	First Dudley Senanayake cabinet
Successor	S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike cabinet

The Kotelawala cabinet was the central government of Ceylon led by Prime Minister John Kotelawala between 1953 and 1956. It was formed in October 1953 after the resignation of Kotelawala's predecessor Dudley Senanayake and it ended in April 1956 after the opposition's victory in the parliamentary election.

Cabinet members

Name		Portrait	Party	Office	Took office	Left office	Refs
	Kotelawala, JohnJohn Kotelawala		United National Party	Prime Minister	12 October 1953	12 April 1956	[1][2]
				Minister of Defence and External Affairs	1953		[2]
				Minister of Transport and Works	[lower-alpha 1]	1954	[2]
	Banda, M. D.M. D. Banda			Minister of Education	[lower-alpha 1]		[2]
	Bulankulame, P. B.P. B. Bulankulame			Minister of Lands and Land Development	[lower-alpha 1]		[2]
	Goonetilleke, OliverSenator Oliver Goonetilleke			Minister of Finance	1953	1954	[2][3]
	Jayewardene, J. R.J. R. Jayewardene		United National Party	Minister of Agriculture and Food	1953		[2]
	Jayawardena, M. D. H.M. D. H. Jayawardena		United National Party	Minister of Finance	1 July 1954	18 February 1956	[3]
	Jayawickrama, MontagueMontague Jayawickrama			Minister of Transport and Works	1954		[2]
	Kaleel, M. C. M.M. C. M. Kaleel			Minister of Labour	[lower-alpha 1]		[2]
	Kannangara, C. W. W.C. W. W. Kannangara			Minister of Local Government	1953		[2]
	Natesan, S.S. Natesan		United National Party	Minister of Posts and Information	[lower-alpha 1]	19 January 1956	[2]
	Nugawela, E. A.E. A. Nugawela			Minister of Health	1953		[2]
	Ponnambalam, G. G.G. G. Ponnambalam		All Ceylon Tamil Congress	Minister of Industries and Fisheries	[lower-alpha 1]	22 October 1953	[2]
	Rajapaksa, LalitaSenator Lalita Rajapaksa			Minister of Justice	[lower-alpha 1]	7 November 1953	[2]
	Ratnayake, A.A. Ratnayake			Minister of Home Affairs	1953		[2]
	Senanayake, R. G.R. G. Senanayake			Minister of Commerce and Trade	[lower-alpha 1]	10 July 1954	[2]
	Vaithianathan, KanthiahSenator Kanthiah Vaithianathan			Minister of Housing and Social Services	1953	1953	[2]
				Minister of Industries, Housing and Social Services	1953		[2]
	Wikramanayake, E. B.Senator E. B. Wikramanayake			Minister of Justice	1953		[2]

Parliamentary secretaries

Name		Portrait	Party	Office	Took office	Left office	Refs
	Jayawardena, M. D. H.M. D. H. Jayawardena		United National Party	Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance	19 October 1953	1 July 1954	[3]
	Kumaraswamy, V.V. Kumaraswamy		All Ceylon Tamil Congress	Parliamentary Secretary
	Nalliah, V.V. Nalliah		United National Party	Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Defence and External Affairs
	Wanninayake, U. B.U. B. Wanninayake			Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance	1 July 1954	27 April 1955	[3]

Notes

1. Continuation of same office held in previous cabinet.

References

1. "Prime Ministers". Parliament of Sri Lanka.
2. Rajasingham, K. T. "Chapter 15: Turbulence in any language". Sri Lanka: The Untold Story.
3. "List of Ministers and Deputy Ministers". Ministry of Finance.