# S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike cabinet

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

| Name | Party | Office | Took office | Left office |
| S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Prime Minister | 12 April 1956 | 26 September 1959 |
| S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Defence and External Affairs | 12 April 1956 | 26 September 1959 |
| W. Dahanayake | Sinhala Language Front | Minister of Education | | |
| C. P. de Silva | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Lands and Land Development | | |
| C. P. de Silva | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Agriculture | 9 June 1959 | |
| Senator M. W. H. de Silva | | Minister of Justice | | June 1959 |
| William de Silva | Viplavakari Lanka Sama Samaja Party | Minister of Industries and Fisheries | | 18 May 1959 |
| Stanley de Zoysa | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Finance | 12 April 1956 | |
| Philip Gunawardena | Viplavakari Lanka Sama Samaja Party | Minister of Agriculture and Food | 12 April 1956 | 18 May 1959 |
| T. B. Ilangaratne | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Labour, Housing and Social Services | 12 April 1956 | |
| Senator A. P. Jayasuriya | | Minister of Home Affairs | 12 April 1956 | |
| Senator Valentine S. Jayawickrema | | Minister of Justice | June 1959 | |
| P. B. G. Kalugalla | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Cultural Affairs and Social Services | 9 June 1959 | |
| Jayaweera Kuruppu | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Local Government and Cultural Affairs | | |
| C. A. S. Marikar | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Posts, Broadcasting and Information | 12 April 1956 | |
| W. J. C. Munasinha | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Industries and Fisheries | 9 June 1959 | |
| Maithripala Senanayake | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Transport and Works | 12 April 1956 | |
| R. G. Senanayake | Independent | Minister of Commerce and Trade | 12 April 1956 | |
| Senator Sarath Wijesinha | | Minister of Nationalised Services and Road Transport | | |
| Vimala Wijewardene | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Health | 12 April 1956 | |
| Vimala Wijewardene | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Local Government and Housing | 9 June 1959 | |

## Parliamentary secretaries

| Name | Party | Office | Took office | Left office |
| Henry Abeywickrema | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Transport and Works | | |
| W. P. G. Ariyadasa | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Posts, Broadcasting and Information | | |
| C. R. Beligammana | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Local Government and Cultural Affairs | | |
| M. P. de Zoysa | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Labour, Housing and Social Services | | |
| Andrew Dissanayake | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Nationalised Services and Shipping | 1959 | |
| Hugh Fernando | Independent | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Agriculture and Food | | |
| I. M. R. A. Iriyagolla | Independent | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Home Affairs | | |
| P. B. G. Kalugalla | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Health | | |
| M. S. Kariapper | | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Justice | | |
| Nimal Karunatilake | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance | 18 November 1958 | 19 May 1959 |
| M. B. W. Mediwake | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Local Government and Cultural Affairs | | |
| D. B. Monnekulama | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Nationalised Services and Road Transport | | |
| W. J. C. Munasinha | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Industries and Fisheries | | |
| M. M. Mustapha | | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance | 25 June 1959 | |
| D. A. Rajapaksa | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Lands and Land Development | | |
| Lakshman Rajapaksa | Viplavakari Lanka Sama Samaja Party | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Commerce and Trade | | |
| K. M. P. Rajaratna | National Liberation Front | Parliamentary Secretary | | |
| Mahanama Samaraweera | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Justice | | |
| Mahanama Samaraweera | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Home Affairs | | |
| T. B. Subasinghe | Independent | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Defence and External Affairs | | |
| P. B. A. Weerakoon | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Education | | |
| Senator Sarath Wijesinha | | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance | 25 April 1956 | 10 September 1958 |