The D. S. Senanayake cabinet was the central government of Ceylon led by Prime Minister D. S. Senanayake between 1947 and 1952. It was formed in September 1947 after the parliamentary election and it ended in March 1952 with Senanayake's death. The Senanayake cabinet led Ceylon to independence in February 1948.

Cabinet members

NamePortraitPartyOfficeTook officeLeft officeRefs United National Party Prime Minister Minister of Defence and External Affairs United National Party Minister of Trade and Commerce United National Party Minister of Health and Local Government Minister of Industries, Industrial Research and Fisheries Ceylon Labour Party Minister Without Portfolio Minister of Home Affairs and Rural Development Minister Without Portfolio Minister of Labour and Social Services United National Party Minister of Finance United National Party Minister of Transport and Works Minister of Education All Ceylon Tamil Congress Minister of Industries, Industrial Research and Fisheries United National Party Minister of Justice Minister of Food and Cooperative Undertakings United National Party Minister of Agriculture and Lands Independent Minister of Posts and Telecommunication Minister of Industries, Industrial Research and Fisheries Independent Minister of Trade and Commerce Minister of Home Affairs and Rural Development

Parliamentary secretaries

NamePortraitPartyOfficeTook officeLeft officeRefs Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Transport Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Agriculture and Lands Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Justice Ceylon Labour Party Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Labour Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Food Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Posts United National Party Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Home Affairs Independent Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Health Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Industries

See also Cabinet Office (Sri Lanka)

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