# First Sirimavo Bandaranaike cabinet

The First Sirimavo Bandaranaike cabinet was the central government of Ceylon led by Prime Minister Sirimavo Bandaranaike between 1960 and 1965. It was formed in July 1960 after the parliamentary election and it ended in March 1965 after the opposition's victory in the parliamentary election.

## Cabinet members

| Name | Party | Office | Took office | Left office |
| Sirimavo Bandaranaike | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Prime Minister | 21 July 1960 | 25 March 1965 |
| Sirimavo Bandaranaike | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Defence and External Affairs | 23 July 1960 | |
| Felix Dias Bandaranaike | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Finance | 23 July 1960 | 27 August 1962 |
| Felix Dias Bandaranaike | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Agriculture, Food and Co-operative Development | 28 May 1963 | |
| C. P. de Silva | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Agriculture, Land, Irrigation and Power | 23 July 1960 | |
| C. P. de Silva | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Finance | 28 August 1962 | 5 November 1962 |
| Senator Sam P. C. Fernando | | Minister of Justice | 23 July 1960 | |
| D. S. Goonesekera | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Labour and Social Services | 28 May 1963 | |
| Cholomondeley Goonewardene | Lanka Sama Samaja Party | Minister of Public Works | 11 June 1964 | |
| T. B. Ilangaratne | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Commerce, Trade, Food and Shipping | 23 July 1960 | |
| T. B. Ilangaratne | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Finance | 29 May 1963 | 10 June 1964 |
| T. B. Ilangaratne | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Internal and External Trade | 11 June 1964 | |
| Senator A. P. Jayasuriya | | Minister of Health | 23 July 1960 | |
| P. B. G. Kalugalla | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Transport and Works | 23 July 1960 | |
| P. B. G. Kalugalla | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Finance | 9 November 1962 | 10 May 1963 |
| P. B. G. Kalugalla | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Education and Cultural Affairs | 28 May 1963 | |
| Badi-ud-din Mahmud | | Minister of Education and Broadcasting | 23 July 1960 | |
| Badi-ud-din Mahmud | | Minister of Health and Housing | 28 May 1963 | |
| Anil Moonesinghe | Lanka Sama Samaja Party | Minister of Communications | 11 June 1964 | |
| N. M. Perera | Lanka Sama Samaja Party | Minister of Finance | 11 June 1964 | 17 December 1964 |
| Mahanama Samaraweera | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Local Government and Housing | 23 July 1960 | |
| Mahanama Samaraweera | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Communications | 28 May 1963 | |
| Maithripala Senanayake | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Industries, Home and Cultural Affairs | 23 July 1960 | |
| Maithripala Senanayake | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Commerce and Trade | 28 May 1963 | |
| Maithripala Senanayake | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Rural and Industrial Development | 11 June 1964 | |
| Senator M. P. de Z. Sriwardene | | Minister of Labour and Nationalised Services | | |
| Senator M. P. de Z. Sriwardene | | Minister of Public Works and Post | 28 May 1963 | |
| Senator Sarath Wijesinghe | | Minister of Labour and Nationalised Services | 23 July 1960 | |

## Parliamentary secretaries

| Name | Party | Office | Took office | Left office |
| Felix Dias Bandaranaike | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Defence and External Affairs | | |
| James Peter Obeyesekere III | | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance | 22 June 1964 | 17 December 1964 |
| Senator R. S. V. Poulier | | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance | 28 August 1962 | 6 May 1963 |
| George Rajapaksa | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance | 29 July 1960 | 20 June 1962 |
| Mudiyanse Tennakoon | | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance | 30 May 1963 | 28 September 1964 |
| S. K. K. Suriarachchi | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance | September 1964 | 25 March 1965 |
| Vivienne Goonewardene | Lanka Sama Samaja Party | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Local Government | September 1964 | 25 March 1965 |