The S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike cabinet was the central government of Ceylon led by Prime Minister S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike from 1956 to 1959. It was formed in April 1956 after the parliamentary election and ended in September 1959 with Bandaranaike's assassination.
Cabinet members
NamePortraitPartyOfficeTook officeLeft officeRefs Sri Lanka Freedom Party Prime Minister Minister of Defence and External Affairs Sinhala Language Front Minister of Education Sri Lanka Freedom Party Minister of Lands and Land Development Minister of Agriculture Minister of Justice Viplavakari Lanka Sama Samaja Party Minister of Industries and Fisheries Sri Lanka Freedom Party Minister of Finance Viplavakari Lanka Sama Samaja Party Minister of Agriculture and Food Sri Lanka Freedom Party Minister of Labour, Housing and Social Services Minister of Home Affairs Minister of Justice Sri Lanka Freedom Party Minister of Cultural Affairs and Social Services Sri Lanka Freedom Party Minister of Local Government and Cultural Affairs Sri Lanka Freedom Party Minister of Posts, Broadcasting and Information Sri Lanka Freedom Party Minister of Industries and Fisheries Sri Lanka Freedom Party Minister of Transport and Works Independent Minister of Commerce and Trade Minister of Nationalised Services and Road Transport Sri Lanka Freedom Party Minister of Health Minister of Local Government and Housing
Parliamentary secretaries
NamePortraitPartyOfficeTook officeLeft officeRefs Sri Lanka Freedom Party Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Transport and Works Sri Lanka Freedom Party Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Posts, Broadcasting and Information Sri Lanka Freedom Party Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Local Government and Cultural Affairs Sri Lanka Freedom Party Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Labour, Housing and Social Services Sri Lanka Freedom Party Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Nationalised Services and Shipping1959 Independent Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Agriculture and Food Independent Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Home Affairs Sri Lanka Freedom Party Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Health Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Justice Sri Lanka Freedom Party Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance Sri Lanka Freedom Party Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Local Government and Cultural Affairs Sri Lanka Freedom Party Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Nationalised Services and Road Transport Sri Lanka Freedom Party Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Industries and Fisheries Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance Sri Lanka Freedom Party Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Lands and Land Development Viplavakari Lanka Sama Samaja Party Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Commerce and Trade National Liberation Front Parliamentary Secretary Sri Lanka Freedom Party Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Justice Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Home Affairs Independent Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Defence and External Affairs Sri Lanka Freedom Party Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Education Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance
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