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.
Cabinet members
NamePortraitPartyOfficeTook officeLeft officeRefs Sinhala Language Front Prime Minister Minister of Defence and External Affairs Sri Lanka Freedom Party Minister of Works Sri Lanka Freedom Party Minister of Agriculture and Lands Sri Lanka Freedom Party Minister of Labour Sri Lanka Freedom Party Minister of Finance Sri Lanka Freedom Party Minister of Home Affairs Minister of Health Minister for Internal Security Minister of Local Government and Housing Minister of Justice Sri Lanka Freedom Party Minister of Cultural Affairs and Social Services Sri Lanka Freedom Party Minister of Posts, Broadcasting and Information Sri Lanka Freedom Party Minister of Local Government and Housing Sri Lanka Freedom Party Minister of Industries and Fisheries Minister of Finance Sri Lanka Freedom Party Minister of Transport and Power Independent Minister of Transport and Works Independent Minister of Food, Commerce and Trade Sri Lanka Freedom Party Minister of Local Government and Housing
Parliamentary secretaries NamePortraitPartyOfficeTook officeLeft officeRefs Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Trade & Commerce Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Health
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