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class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Government of Ceylon from 1953 to 1956</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output 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W. R. D. Bandaranaike">S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #efefef">History</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Outgoing election</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/1956_Ceylonese_parliamentary_election" title="1956 Ceylonese parliamentary election">1956</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Legislature term</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/w/index.php?title=2nd_Parliament_of_Ceylon&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2nd Parliament of Ceylon (page does not exist)">2nd</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Predecessor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/First_Dudley_Senanayake_cabinet" title="First Dudley Senanayake cabinet"> Dudley Senanayake I</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Successor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/S._W._R._D._Bandaranaike_cabinet" title="S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike cabinet">S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Kotelawala cabinet</b> was the central government of <a href="/wiki/Dominion_of_Ceylon" title="Dominion of Ceylon">Ceylon</a> led by Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/John_Kotelawala" title="John Kotelawala">John Kotelawala</a> between 1953 and 1956. It was formed in October 1953 after the resignation of Kotelawala's predecessor <a href="/wiki/Dudley_Senanayake" title="Dudley Senanayake">Dudley Senanayake</a> and ended in April 1956 after the opposition's victory in the <a href="/wiki/1956_Ceylonese_parliamentary_election" title="1956 Ceylonese parliamentary election">parliamentary election</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Cabinet_members">Cabinet members</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kotelawala_cabinet&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Cabinet members"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="plainlinks metadata ambox mbox-small-left ambox-notice" role="presentation" style="width: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1d/Information_icon4.svg/20px-Information_icon4.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1d/Information_icon4.svg/30px-Information_icon4.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1d/Information_icon4.svg/40px-Information_icon4.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="620" data-file-height="620" /></span></span></td><td class="mbox-text" style="width: auto;"><div class="mbox-text-span">This list is <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Lists#Incomplete_lists" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Lists">incomplete</a>; you can help by <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kotelawala_cabinet&action=edit">adding missing items</a>. <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">February 2013</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="font-size:90%; text-align:left;"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2">Name </th> <th scope="col" class="unsortable">Portrait </th> <th scope="col">Party </th> <th scope="col" width="300px">Office </th> <th scope="col">Took office </th> <th scope="col">Left office </th> <th scope="col" width="50px" class="unsortable">Refs </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#07AF14;" rowspan="3"></td> <td rowspan="3"><span data-sort-value="Kotelawala, John"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/John_Kotelawala" title="John Kotelawala">John Kotelawala</a></span></span></span></td> <td align="center" rowspan="3"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:John_Kotelawala_(1951).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/John_Kotelawala_%281951%29.jpg/80px-John_Kotelawala_%281951%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="106" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/John_Kotelawala_%281951%29.jpg/120px-John_Kotelawala_%281951%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/John_Kotelawala_%281951%29.jpg/160px-John_Kotelawala_%281951%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="458" data-file-height="607" /></a></span></td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">United National Party</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Ceylon" class="mw-redirect" title="Prime Minister of Ceylon">Prime Minister</a></td> <td align="center"><span data-sort-value="000000001953-10-12-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">12 October 1953</span></td> <td align="center"><span data-sort-value="000000001956-04-12-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">12 April 1956</span></td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Rajasingham15_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rajasingham15-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Defence_and_External_Affairs_(Ceylon)" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister of Defence and External Affairs (Ceylon)">Minister of Defence and External Affairs</a></td> <td align="center"><span data-sort-value="000000001953-01-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">1953</span></td> <td align="center"></td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-Rajasingham15_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rajasingham15-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Transport_and_Works_(Ceylon)" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister of Transport and Works (Ceylon)">Minister of Transport and Works</a></td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-previous_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-previous-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td align="center"><span data-sort-value="000000001954-01-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">1954</span></td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-Rajasingham15_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rajasingham15-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#07AF14;"></td> <td><span data-sort-value="Banda, M. D."><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/M._D._Banda" title="M. D. Banda">M. D. Banda</a></span></span></span></td> <td align="center"></td> <td></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Education_(Ceylon)" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister of Education (Ceylon)">Minister of Education</a></td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-previous_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-previous-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td align="center"></td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-Rajasingham15_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rajasingham15-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td><span data-sort-value="Bulankulame, P. B."><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/P._B._Bulankulame" title="P. B. Bulankulame">P. B. Bulankulame</a></span></span></span></td> <td align="center"></td> <td></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Lands_and_Land_Development_(Ceylon)" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister of Lands and Land Development (Ceylon)">Minister of Lands and Land Development</a></td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-previous_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-previous-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td align="center"></td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-Rajasingham15_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rajasingham15-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td><span data-sort-value="Goonetilleke, Oliver"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Oliver_Goonetilleke" title="Oliver Goonetilleke">Senator Oliver Goonetilleke</a></span></span></span></td> <td align="center"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sir_Oliver_Goonetilleke.gif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Sir_Oliver_Goonetilleke.gif/80px-Sir_Oliver_Goonetilleke.gif" decoding="async" width="80" height="130" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Sir_Oliver_Goonetilleke.gif/120px-Sir_Oliver_Goonetilleke.gif 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Sir_Oliver_Goonetilleke.gif/160px-Sir_Oliver_Goonetilleke.gif 2x" data-file-width="205" data-file-height="334" /></a></span></td> <td></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Finance_(Ceylon)" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister of Finance (Ceylon)">Minister of Finance</a></td> <td align="center"><span data-sort-value="000000001953-01-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">1953</span></td> <td align="center"><span data-sort-value="000000001954-01-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">1954</span></td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-Rajasingham15_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rajasingham15-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-MoF_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MoF-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#07AF14;"></td> <td><span data-sort-value="Jayewardene, J. R."><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/J._R._Jayewardene" title="J. R. Jayewardene">J. R. Jayewardene</a></span></span></span></td> <td align="center"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Junius_Richard_Jayawardana_(1906-1996).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Junius_Richard_Jayawardana_%281906-1996%29.jpg/80px-Junius_Richard_Jayawardana_%281906-1996%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="109" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Junius_Richard_Jayawardana_%281906-1996%29.jpg/120px-Junius_Richard_Jayawardana_%281906-1996%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Junius_Richard_Jayawardana_%281906-1996%29.jpg/160px-Junius_Richard_Jayawardana_%281906-1996%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="294" data-file-height="402" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">United National Party</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Agriculture_and_Food_(Ceylon)" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister of Agriculture and Food (Ceylon)">Minister of Agriculture and Food</a></td> <td align="center"><span data-sort-value="000000001953-01-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">1953</span></td> <td align="center"></td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-Rajasingham15_2-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rajasingham15-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#07AF14;"></td> <td><span data-sort-value="Jayawardena, M. D. H."><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/M._D._H._Jayawardena" title="M. D. H. Jayawardena">M. D. H. Jayawardena</a></span></span></span></td> <td align="center"></td> <td><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">United National Party</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Finance_(Ceylon)" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister of Finance (Ceylon)">Minister of Finance</a></td> <td align="center"><span data-sort-value="000000001954-07-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">1 July 1954</span></td> <td align="center"><span data-sort-value="000000001956-02-18-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">18 February 1956</span></td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-MoF_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MoF-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td><span data-sort-value="Jayawickrama, Major Montague"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Montague_Jayawickrama" title="Montague Jayawickrama">Major Montague Jayawickrama</a></span></span></span></td> <td align="center"></td> <td></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Transport_and_Works_(Ceylon)" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister of Transport and Works (Ceylon)">Minister of Transport and Works</a></td> <td align="center"><span data-sort-value="000000001954-01-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">1954</span></td> <td align="center"></td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-Rajasingham15_2-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rajasingham15-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td><span data-sort-value="Kaleel, M. C. M."><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/M._C._M._Kaleel" title="M. C. M. Kaleel">M. C. M. Kaleel</a></span></span></span></td> <td align="center"></td> <td></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Labour_(Ceylon)" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister of Labour (Ceylon)">Minister of Labour</a></td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-previous_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-previous-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td align="center"></td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-Rajasingham15_2-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rajasingham15-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td><span data-sort-value="Kannangara, C. W. W."><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/C._W._W._Kannangara" title="C. W. W. Kannangara">C. W. W. Kannangara</a></span></span></span></td> <td align="center"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Official_Photographic_Portrait_of_C._W._W._Kannangara_(1884-1969).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Official_Photographic_Portrait_of_C._W._W._Kannangara_%281884-1969%29.jpg/80px-Official_Photographic_Portrait_of_C._W._W._Kannangara_%281884-1969%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="112" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Official_Photographic_Portrait_of_C._W._W._Kannangara_%281884-1969%29.jpg/120px-Official_Photographic_Portrait_of_C._W._W._Kannangara_%281884-1969%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Official_Photographic_Portrait_of_C._W._W._Kannangara_%281884-1969%29.jpg/160px-Official_Photographic_Portrait_of_C._W._W._Kannangara_%281884-1969%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1667" data-file-height="2333" /></a></span></td> <td></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Local_Government_(Ceylon)" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister of Local Government (Ceylon)">Minister of Local Government</a></td> <td align="center"><span data-sort-value="000000001953-01-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">1953</span></td> <td align="center"></td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-Rajasingham15_2-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rajasingham15-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#07AF14;"></td> <td><span data-sort-value="Natesan, S."><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/S._Natesan" title="S. Natesan">S. Natesan</a></span></span></span></td> <td align="center"></td> <td><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">United National Party</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Posts_and_Information_(Ceylon)" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister of Posts and Information (Ceylon)">Minister of Posts and Information</a></td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-previous_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-previous-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td align="center"><span data-sort-value="000000001956-01-19-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">19 January 1956</span></td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-Rajasingham15_2-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rajasingham15-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td><span data-sort-value="Nugawela, Major E. A."><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/E._A._Nugawela" title="E. A. Nugawela">Major E. A. Nugawela</a></span></span></span></td> <td align="center"></td> <td></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Health_(Ceylon)" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister of Health (Ceylon)">Minister of Health</a></td> <td align="center"><span data-sort-value="000000001953-01-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">1953</span></td> <td align="center"></td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-Rajasingham15_2-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rajasingham15-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#FFFF00;"></td> <td><span data-sort-value="Ponnambalam, G. G."><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/G._G._Ponnambalam" title="G. G. Ponnambalam">G. G. Ponnambalam</a></span></span></span></td> <td align="center"></td> <td><a href="/wiki/All_Ceylon_Tamil_Congress" title="All Ceylon Tamil Congress">All Ceylon Tamil Congress</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Industries_and_Fisheries_(Ceylon)" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister of Industries and Fisheries (Ceylon)">Minister of Industries and Fisheries</a></td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-previous_3-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-previous-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td align="center"><span data-sort-value="000000001953-10-22-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">22 October 1953</span></td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-Rajasingham15_2-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rajasingham15-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td><span data-sort-value="Rajapaksa, Lalita"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Lalita_Rajapaksa" class="mw-redirect" title="Lalita Rajapaksa">Senator Lalita Rajapaksa</a></span></span></span></td> <td align="center"></td> <td></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Justice_(Ceylon)" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister of Justice (Ceylon)">Minister of Justice</a></td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-previous_3-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-previous-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td align="center"><span data-sort-value="000000001953-11-07-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">7 November 1953</span></td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-Rajasingham15_2-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rajasingham15-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td><span data-sort-value="Ratnayake, A."><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/A._Ratnayake" class="mw-redirect" title="A. Ratnayake">A. Ratnayake</a></span></span></span></td> <td align="center"></td> <td></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Home_Affairs_(Ceylon)" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister of Home Affairs (Ceylon)">Minister of Home Affairs</a></td> <td align="center"><span data-sort-value="000000001953-01-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">1953</span></td> <td align="center"></td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-Rajasingham15_2-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rajasingham15-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td><span data-sort-value="Senanayake, R. G."><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/R._G._Senanayake" class="mw-redirect" title="R. G. Senanayake">R. G. Senanayake</a></span></span></span></td> <td align="center"></td> <td></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Commerce_and_Trade_(Ceylon)" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister of Commerce and Trade (Ceylon)">Minister of Commerce and Trade</a></td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-previous_3-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-previous-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td align="center"><span data-sort-value="000000001954-07-10-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">10 July 1954</span></td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-Rajasingham15_2-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rajasingham15-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"></td> <td rowspan="2"><span data-sort-value="Vaithianathan, Kanthiah"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Kanthiah_Vaithianathan" title="Kanthiah Vaithianathan">Senator Kanthiah Vaithianathan</a></span></span></span></td> <td align="center" rowspan="2"></td> <td rowspan="2"></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Housing_and_Social_Services_(Ceylon)" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister of Housing and Social Services (Ceylon)">Minister of Housing and Social Services</a></td> <td align="center"><span data-sort-value="000000001953-01-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">1953</span></td> <td align="center"><span data-sort-value="000000001953-01-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">1953</span></td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-Rajasingham15_2-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rajasingham15-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Industries,_Housing_and_Social_Services_(Ceylon)" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister of Industries, Housing and Social Services (Ceylon)">Minister of Industries, Housing and Social Services</a></td> <td align="center"><span data-sort-value="000000001953-01-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">1953</span></td> <td align="center"></td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-Rajasingham15_2-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rajasingham15-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td><span data-sort-value="Wikramanayake, E. B."><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/E._B._Wikramanayake" title="E. B. Wikramanayake">Senator E. B. Wikramanayake</a></span></span></span></td> <td align="center"></td> <td></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Justice_(Ceylon)" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister of Justice (Ceylon)">Minister of Justice</a></td> <td align="center"><span data-sort-value="000000001953-01-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">1953</span></td> <td align="center"></td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-Rajasingham15_2-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rajasingham15-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Parliamentary_secretaries">Parliamentary secretaries</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kotelawala_cabinet&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Parliamentary secretaries"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="plainlinks metadata ambox mbox-small-left ambox-notice" role="presentation" style="width: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1d/Information_icon4.svg/20px-Information_icon4.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1d/Information_icon4.svg/30px-Information_icon4.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1d/Information_icon4.svg/40px-Information_icon4.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="620" data-file-height="620" /></span></span></td><td class="mbox-text" style="width: auto;"><div class="mbox-text-span">This list is <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Lists#Incomplete_lists" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Lists">incomplete</a>; you can help by <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kotelawala_cabinet&action=edit">adding missing items</a>. <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">February 2013</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="font-size:90%; text-align:left;"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2">Name </th> <th scope="col" class="unsortable">Portrait </th> <th scope="col">Party </th> <th scope="col" width="300px">Office </th> <th scope="col">Took office </th> <th scope="col">Left office </th> <th scope="col" width="50px" class="unsortable">Refs </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#07AF14;"></td> <td><span data-sort-value="Siriwardena, Senator H. de Z."><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/H._de_Z._Siriwardena" title="H. de Z. Siriwardena">Senator H. de Z. Siriwardena</a></span></span></span></td> <td align="center"></td> <td><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">United National Party</a></td> <td>Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Home Affairs</td> <td align="center"><span data-sort-value="000000001953-10-19-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">19 October 1953</span></td> <td></td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-MoF_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MoF-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#07AF14;"></td> <td><span data-sort-value="Jayawardena, M. D. H."><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/M._D._H._Jayawardena" title="M. D. H. Jayawardena">M. D. H. Jayawardena</a></span></span></span></td> <td align="center"></td> <td><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">United National Party</a></td> <td>Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance</td> <td align="center"><span data-sort-value="000000001953-10-19-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">19 October 1953</span></td> <td align="center"><span data-sort-value="000000001954-07-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">1 July 1954</span></td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-MoF_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MoF-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#FFFF00;"></td> <td><span data-sort-value="Kumaraswamy, V."><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/V._Kumaraswamy" title="V. Kumaraswamy">V. Kumaraswamy</a></span></span></span></td> <td align="center"></td> <td><a href="/wiki/All_Ceylon_Tamil_Congress" title="All Ceylon Tamil Congress">All Ceylon Tamil Congress</a></td> <td>Parliamentary Secretary</td> <td align="center"></td> <td align="center"></td> <td align="center"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#07AF14;"></td> <td><span data-sort-value="Nalliah, V."><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/V._Nalliah" title="V. Nalliah">V. Nalliah</a></span></span></span></td> <td align="center"></td> <td><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">United National Party</a></td> <td>Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Defence and External Affairs</td> <td align="center">1953</td> <td align="center">1954</td> <td align="center"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#07AF14;"></td> <td><span data-sort-value="Wanninayake, U. B."><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/U._B._Wanninayake" title="U. B. Wanninayake">U. B. Wanninayake</a></span></span></span></td> <td align="center"></td> <td><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">United National Party</a></td> <td>Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance</td> <td align="center"><span data-sort-value="000000001954-07-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">1 July 1954</span></td> <td align="center"></td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-MoF_4-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MoF-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#07AF14;"></td> <td><span data-sort-value="Attygalle, C. E."><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/C._E._Attygalle" title="C. E. Attygalle">C. E. Attygalle</a></span></span></span></td> <td align="center"></td> <td><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">United National Party</a></td> <td>Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Health</td> <td align="center"></td> <td align="center"></td> <td align="center"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#07AF14;"></td> <td><span data-sort-value="Corea, Shirley"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Shirley_Corea" title="Shirley Corea">Shirley Corea</a></span></span></span></td> <td align="center"></td> <td><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">United National Party</a></td> <td>Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Commerce, Trade and Fisheries</td> <td align="center"></td> <td align="center"></td> <td align="center"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#07AF14;"></td> <td><span data-sort-value="Dassanayake, Ivan"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Ivan_Dassanayake" title="Ivan Dassanayake">Ivan Dassanayake</a></span></span></span></td> <td align="center"></td> <td><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">United National Party</a></td> <td>Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Education</td> <td align="center"></td> <td align="center"></td> <td align="center"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#07AF14;"></td> <td><span data-sort-value="Dharmapala, Captain C. A."><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/C._A._Dharmapala" title="C. A. Dharmapala">Captain C. A. Dharmapala</a></span></span></span></td> <td align="center"></td> <td><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">United National Party</a></td> <td>Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Industries, Housing and Social Services</td> <td align="center"></td> <td align="center"></td> <td align="center"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#07AF14;"></td> <td><span data-sort-value="Ebrahim, M. M."><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/M._M._Ebrahim" title="M. M. Ebrahim">M. M. Ebrahim</a></span></span></span></td> <td align="center"></td> <td><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">United National Party</a></td> <td>Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Local Government</td> <td align="center"></td> <td align="center"></td> <td align="center"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#07AF14;"></td> <td><span data-sort-value="Jayewardene, Major T. F."><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/T._F._Jayewardene" title="T. F. Jayewardene">Major T. F. Jayewardene</a></span></span></span></td> <td align="center"></td> <td><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">United National Party</a></td> <td>Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Labor</td> <td align="center"></td> <td align="center"></td> <td align="center"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#07AF14;"></td> <td><span data-sort-value="Jayawickrama, Major Montague"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Montague_Jayawickrama" title="Montague Jayawickrama">Major Montague Jayawickrama</a></span></span></span></td> <td align="center"></td> <td><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">United National Party</a></td> <td>Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Transport and Works</td> <td align="center">1953</td> <td align="center">1954</td> <td align="center"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#07AF14;"></td> <td><span data-sort-value="Jayawickrama, Major Montague"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Montague_Jayawickrama" title="Montague Jayawickrama">Major Montague Jayawickrama</a></span></span></span></td> <td align="center"></td> <td><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">United National Party</a></td> <td>Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Defence and External Affairs</td> <td align="center">1954</td> <td align="center">1956</td> <td align="center"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#07AF14;"></td> <td><span data-sort-value="Keerthiratne, N. H."><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/N._H._Keerthiratne" title="N. H. Keerthiratne">N. H. Keerthiratne</a></span></span></span></td> <td align="center"></td> <td><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">United National Party</a></td> <td>Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Posts and Broadcasting</td> <td align="center"></td> <td align="center"></td> <td align="center"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#07AF14;"></td> <td><span data-sort-value="Panabokke, T. B."><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/T._B._Panabokke" class="mw-redirect" title="T. B. Panabokke">T. B. Panabokke</a></span></span></span></td> <td align="center"></td> <td><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">United National Party</a></td> <td>Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Agriculture and Food</td> <td align="center"></td> <td align="center"></td> <td align="center"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#07AF14;"></td> <td><span data-sort-value="Ratnayake, V. G. W."><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/V._G._W._Ratnayake" title="V. G. W. Ratnayake">V. G. W. Ratnayake</a></span></span></span></td> <td align="center"></td> <td><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">United National Party</a></td> <td>Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Lands and Land Development</td> <td align="center"></td> <td align="center"></td> <td align="center"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kotelawala_cabinet&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output 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href="#cite_ref-previous_3-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-previous_3-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-previous_3-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-previous_3-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-previous_3-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Continuation of same office held in previous cabinet.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kotelawala_cabinet&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a 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