Kotelawala cabinet

Kotelawala cabinet
3rd Cabinet of Ceylon
Date formed	12 October 1953
Date dissolved	12 April 1956
People and organisations
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Prime Minister	John Kotelawala
Member parties	United National Party   All Ceylon Tamil Congress (1953)
Status in legislature	Majority coalition (1953) 58 / 95 (61%) Majority (1953–56) 54 / 95 (57%)
Opposition party	Sri Lanka Freedom Party
Opposition leader	S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike
History
Outgoing election	1956
Legislature term(s)	2nd
Predecessor	Dudley Senanayake I
Successor	S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike

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 ended in April 1956 after the opposition's victory in the parliamentary election.

Cabinet members

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

Parliamentary secretaries

Name		Portrait	Party	Office	Took office	Left office	Refs
	Senator H. de Z. Siriwardena		United National Party	Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Home Affairs	19 October 1953
	M. D. H. Jayawardena		United National Party	Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance	19 October 1953	1 July 1954
	V. Kumaraswamy		All Ceylon Tamil Congress	Parliamentary Secretary
	V. Nalliah		United National Party	Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Defence and External Affairs	1953	1954
	U. B. Wanninayake		United National Party	Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance	1 July 1954
	C. E. Attygalle		United National Party	Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Health
	Shirley Corea		United National Party	Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Commerce, Trade and Fisheries
	Ivan Dassanayake		United National Party	Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Education
	Captain C. A. Dharmapala		United National Party	Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Industries, Housing and Social Services
	M. M. Ebrahim		United National Party	Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Local Government
	Major T. F. Jayewardene		United National Party	Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Labor
	Major Montague Jayawickrama		United National Party	Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Transport and Works	1953	1954
	Major Montague Jayawickrama		United National Party	Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Defence and External Affairs	1954	1956
	N. H. Keerthiratne		United National Party	Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Posts and Broadcasting
	T. B. Panabokke		United National Party	Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Agriculture and Food
	V. G. W. Ratnayake		United National Party	Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Lands and Land Development