Dahanayake cabinet

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Date formed26 September 1959
Date dissolved20 March 1960
MonarchElizabeth II
Prime MinisterWijeyananda Dahanayake
Dahanayake Cabinet

5th Cabinet of Ceylon
Date formed26 September 1959
Date dissolved20 March 1960
People and organisations
MonarchElizabeth II
Prime MinisterWijeyananda Dahanayake
Member party
  •   Sri Lanka Freedom Party
  •   Sinhala Language Front
  •   Independents
Status in legislatureMinority government
Opposition party
Opposition leaderN. M. Perera
History
Outgoing electionMarch 1960
Legislature term3rd
PredecessorS. W. R. D. Bandaranaike
SuccessorDudley Senanayake II

The Dahanayake Cabinet was the central government of Ceylon led by Prime Minister Wijeyananda Dahanayake from 1959 to 1960. It was formed in September 1959 after the assassination of Dahanayake's predecessor S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike and ended in March 1960 after the opposition's victory in the parliamentary election.

Name Portrait Party Office Took office Left office Refs
Wijeyananda DahanayakeSinhala Language FrontPrime Minister26 September 195920 March 1960[1]
Minister of Defence and External Affairs26 September 195920 March 1960
Henry AbeywickremaSri Lanka Freedom PartyMinister of Works26 September 195920 March 1960
C. P. de SilvaSri Lanka Freedom PartyMinister of Agriculture and Lands[a]December 1959[2]
M. P. de ZoysaSri Lanka Freedom PartyMinister of Labour26 September 19598 December 1959[2]
Stanley de ZoysaSri Lanka Freedom PartyMinister of Finance[a]22 November 1959[3]
T. B. IlangaratneSri Lanka Freedom PartyMinister of Home Affairs26 September 19598 December 1959[2]
Senator A. P. JayasuriyaMinister of Health26 September 19598 December 1959[2]
Senator Layard JayasunderaMinister for Internal Security20 January 196020 March 1960[4]
Senator Layard JayasunderaMinister of Local Government and Housing26 September 195931 December 1959[4]
Senator Valentine S. JayawickremaMinister of Justice[a]
P. B. G. KalugallaSri Lanka Freedom PartyMinister of Cultural Affairs and Social Services[a]8 December 1959[2]
C. A. S. MarikarC.A.S MarikarSri Lanka Freedom PartyMinister of Posts, Broadcasting and Information[a]
M. B. W. MediwakeSri Lanka Freedom PartyMinister of Local Government and Housing
W. J. C. MunasinhaSri Lanka Freedom PartyMinister of Industries and Fisheries[a]
M. M. MustaphaMinister of Finance22 November 19595 December 1959[3]
Maithripala SenanayakeSri Lanka Freedom PartyMinister of Transport and Power[a]8 December 1959[2]
Robert Edward JayatilakaIndependentMinister of Transport and Works9 December 195920 March 1960
R. G. SenanayakeIndependentMinister of Food, Commerce and Trade[a]
Vimala WijewardeneSri Lanka Freedom PartyMinister of Local Government and Housing[a]21 November 1959

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