Kotelawala cabinet

Kotelawala cabinet
3rd cabinet of Ceylon
Date formed	12 October 1953
Date dissolved	12 April 1956
People and organisations
Head of state	Elizabeth II
Head of government	John Kotelawala
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	000000001953-10-12-000012 October 1953	000000001956-04-12-000012 April 1956	[1][2]
				Minister of Defence and External Affairs	000000001953-01-01-00001953		[2]
				Minister of Transport and Works	[lower-alpha 1]	000000001954-01-01-00001954	[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	000000001953-01-01-00001953	000000001954-01-01-00001954	[2][3]
	Jayewardene, J. R.J. R. Jayewardene		United National Party	Minister of Agriculture and Food	000000001953-01-01-00001953		[2]
	Jayawardena, M. D. H.M. D. H. Jayawardena		United National Party	Minister of Finance	000000001954-07-01-00001 July 1954	000000001956-02-18-000018 February 1956	[3]
	Jayawickrama, MontagueMontague Jayawickrama			Minister of Transport and Works	000000001954-01-01-00001954		[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	000000001953-01-01-00001953		[2]
	Natesan, S.S. Natesan		United National Party	Minister of Posts and Information	[lower-alpha 1]	000000001956-01-19-000019 January 1956	[2]
	Nugawela, E. A.E. A. Nugawela			Minister of Health	000000001953-01-01-00001953		[2]
	Ponnambalam, G. G.G. G. Ponnambalam		All Ceylon Tamil Congress	Minister of Industries and Fisheries	[lower-alpha 1]	000000001953-10-22-000022 October 1953	[2]
	Rajapaksa, LalitaSenator Lalita Rajapaksa			Minister of Justice	[lower-alpha 1]	000000001953-11-07-00007 November 1953	[2]
	Ratnayake, A.A. Ratnayake			Minister of Home Affairs	000000001953-01-01-00001953		[2]
	Senanayake, R. G.R. G. Senanayake			Minister of Commerce and Trade	[lower-alpha 1]	000000001954-07-10-000010 July 1954	[2]
	Vaithianathan, KanthiahSenator Kanthiah Vaithianathan			Minister of Housing and Social Services	000000001953-01-01-00001953	000000001953-01-01-00001953	[2]
				Minister of Industries, Housing and Social Services	000000001953-01-01-00001953		[2]
	Wikramanayake, E. B.Senator E. B. Wikramanayake			Minister of Justice	000000001953-01-01-00001953		[2]

Parliamentary secretaries

Notes

References