Second Sirimavo Bandaranaike cabinet
9th Cabinet of Ceylon | |
Date formed | 29 May 1970 |
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Date dissolved | 23 July 1977 |
People and organizations | |
Head of government | Sirimavo Bandaranaike |
Head of state |
Elizabeth II (1970-72) William Gopallawa (1972-77) |
Member party | United Front |
Opposition party | United National Party |
Opposition leader | J. R. Jayewardene |
History | |
Election(s) | 1970 |
Outgoing election | 1977 |
Legislature term(s) | 7th |
Previous | Third Dudley Senanayake cabinet |
Successor | Jayewardene cabinet |
The Second Sirimavo Bandaranaike cabinet was the central government of Ceylon led by Prime Minister Sirimavo Bandaranaike between 1970 and 1977. It was formed in May 1970 after the parliamentary election and it ended in July 1977 after the opposition's victory in the parliamentary election. The second Sirimavo Bandaranaike cabinet saw Ceylon severing the last colonial ties with Britain as the country became a parliamentary republic in May 1972. The country was also renamed Sri Lanka.
Cabinet members
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Party | Minister | Office | Took office | Left office |
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SLFP | Sirimavo Bandaranaike | Prime Minister | 29 May 1970 | 23 July 1977 |
Minister of Defence & External Affairs | 29 May 1970 | |||
Minister of Planning & Employment | 29 May 1970 | |||
W. P. G. Ariyadasa | Minister of Local Government | |||
SLFP | Felix Dias Bandaranaike | Minister of Public Administration, Local Government & Home Affairs | 31 May 1970 | |
Minister of Justice | ||||
Minister of Finance | 1975 | |||
LSSP | Colvin R. de Silva | Minister of Plantation Industries | 31 May 1970 | 2 September 1975 |
Minister of Constitutional Affairs | 2 September 1975 | |||
M. P. de Zoysa | Minister of Labour | |||
LSSP | Leslie Goonewardena | Minister of Communications | 31 May 1970 | |
Minister of Transport | 2 September 1975 | |||
SLFP | T. B. Ilangaratne | Minister of Foreign & Internal Trade | ||
Minister of Trade | ||||
Minister of Public Administration & Home Affairs | ||||
SLFP | P. B. G. Kalugalla | Minister of Shipping, Aviation & Tourism | ||
CPC | Pieter Keuneman | Minister of Housing & Construction | 31 May 1970 | February 1977 |
SLFP | Hector Kobbekaduwa | Minister of Agriculture & Lands | ||
S. S. Kulatileke | Minister of Social Services | |||
Senator Chelliah Kumarasuriar | Minister of Posts & Telecommunications | 31 May 1970 | ||
SLFP | Badi-ud-din Mahmud | Minister of Education | 31 May 1970 | |
LSSP | N. M. Perera | Minister of Finance | 31 May 1970 | 2 September 1975 |
R. S. Perera | Minister of Information & Broadcasting | |||
SLFP | George Rajapaksa | Minister of Health | ||
Minister of Fisheries | ||||
SLFP | K. B. Ratnayake | Minister of Parliamentary Affairs & Sports | 1972 | 1976 |
Minister of Transport | ||||
SLFP | Maithripala Senanayake | Minister of Irrigation, Power & Highways | 31 May 1970 | |
SLFP | T. B. Subasinghe | Minister of Industries & Scientific Affairs | 1 March 1977 | |
S. K. K. Suriarachchi | Minister of Food, Co-operatives & Small Industries | |||
T. B. Tennakoon | Minister of Cultural Affairs | |||
SLFP | Ratnasiri Wickremanayake | Minister of Plantation Industries |
Parliamentary secretaries and deputy ministers
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Party | Minister | Office | Took office | Left office |
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SLFP | C. A. Atapattu | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Post & Telecommunication | ||
B. H. Bandara | Deputy Minister of Housing & Construction | |||
Neal de Alwis | Deputy Minister of Finance | |||
T. B. M. Herath | Deputy Minister of Transport | |||
SLFP | Lakshman Jayakody | Deputy Minister of Defence & External Affairs | ||
S. D. R. Jayaratne | Deputy Minister of Fisheries | |||
Albert Kariyawasam | Deputy Minister of Plantation Industries | |||
V. T. G. Karunaratne | Deputy Minister of Posts & Telecommunications | |||
SLFP | A. L. Abdul Majeed | Deputy Minister of Information & Broadcasting | ||
H. M. Navaratne | Deputy Minister of Agriculture & Lands | |||
Siva Obeyesekere | Deputy Minister of Health | |||
P. R. Ratnayake | Deputy Minister of Trade | |||
G. W. Samarasinghe | Deputy Minister of Social Services | |||
Ratna Deshapriya Senanayake | Deputy Minister of Planning & Economic Affairs | |||
Deputy Minister of Plan Implementation | ||||
Somaratne Senarath | Deputy Minister of Irrigation, Power & Highways | |||
Hemachandra Sirisena | Deputy Minister of Labour | |||
CPC | B. Y. Tudawe | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Education | 1977 | |
Deputy Minister of Education | ||||
SLFP | Ratnasiri Wickremanayake | Deputy Minister of Justice | ||
D. P. Wickremasinghe | Deputy Minister of Shipping & Tourism |
References
- Sri Lanka Year Book 1975. Department of Census & Statistics, Sri Lanka. pp. 18–19.
- Rajasingham, K. T. "Chapter 21: A further lack of perspicuity". Sri Lanka: The Untold Story.
- Rajasingham, K. T. "Chapter 22: 'Only God Can Save the Tamils'". Sri Lanka: The Untold Story.
- Rajasingham, K. T. "Chapter 23: Srimavo's constitutional promiscuity". Sri Lanka: The Untold Story.
- Rajasingham, K. T. "Chapter 24: Tamil militancy - a manifestation". Sri Lanka: The Untold Story.