# D. S. Senanayake cabinet

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

| Name | Party | Office | Took office | Left office |
| D. S. Senanayake | United National Party | Prime Minister | 24 September 1947 | 22 March 1952 |
| D. S. Senanayake | United National Party | Minister of Defence and External Affairs | 24 September 1947 | 22 March 1952 |
| H. W. Amarasuriya | United National Party | Minister of Trade and Commerce | 14 December 1948 | |
| S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike | United National Party | Minister of Health and Local Government | 26 September 1947 | 12 July 1951 |
| George E. de Silva | | Minister of Industries, Industrial Research and Fisheries | 26 September 1947 | 1948 |
| A. E. Goonesinha | Ceylon Labour Party | Minister Without Portfolio | 1948 | |
| Senator Oliver Goonetilleke | | Minister of Home Affairs and Rural Development | 26 September 1947 | 1948 |
| Senerat Gunewardene | | Minister Without Portfolio | 26 September 1947 | 1948 |
| T. B. Jayah | | Minister of Labour and Social Services | 26 September 1947 | 1950 |
| J. R. Jayewardene | United National Party | Minister of Finance | 26 September 1947 | |
| John Kotelawala | United National Party | Minister of Transport and Works | 26 September 1947 | |
| E. A. Nugawela | | Minister of Education | 26 September 1947 | |
| G. G. Ponnambalam | All Ceylon Tamil Congress | Minister of Industries, Industrial Research and Fisheries | 3 September 1948 | |
| Senator Lalita Rajapaksa | United National Party | Minister of Justice | 26 September 1947 | |
| A. Ratnayake | | Minister of Food and Cooperative Undertakings | 26 September 1947 | |
| Dudley Senanayake | United National Party | Minister of Agriculture and Lands | 26 September 1947 | 26 March 1952 |
| C. Sittampalam | Independent | Minister of Posts and Telecommunication | 26 September 1947 | |
| C. Sittampalam | Independent | Minister of Industries, Industrial Research and Fisheries | 1948 | 1948 |
| C. Suntharalingam | Independent | Minister of Trade and Commerce | 26 September 1947 | December 1948 |
| Senator Edwin Wijeyeratne | | Minister of Home Affairs and Rural Development | 1948 | |

## Parliamentary secretaries

| Name | Party | Office | Took office | Left office |
| Simon Abeywickrema | | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Transport | 1947 | 2 May 1948 |
| P. B. Bulankulame | | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Agriculture and Lands | 1947 | |
| George R. de Silva | | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Justice | 1947 | |
| A. E. Goonesinha | Ceylon Labour Party | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Labour | 1947 | |
| L. L. Hunter | | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance | 20 September 1950 | |
| Hameed Hussain Sheikh Ismail | | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Food | 1947 | |
| Senator Herbert Eric Jansz | | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance | 17 May 1948 | 10 September 1950 |
| A. P. Jayasuriya | | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Posts | 1947 | |
| M. S. Kariapper | United National Party | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Home Affairs | 1947 | |
| V. Nalliah | Independent | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Health | 1947 | |
| H. de Z. Siriwardena | | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Industries | 1947 | |