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Dudley Shelton Senanayake

The Honourable
Dudley Senanayake
MP
Dudley Shelton Senanayaka As The Prime Minister of Ceylon.jpg
Prime Minister of Ceylon
In office
26 March 1952 – 12 October 1953
Monarch Elizabeth II
Preceded by Don Stephen Senanayake
Succeeded by John Kotelawala
In office
21 March 1960 – 21 July 1960
Monarch Elizabeth II
Preceded by Wijeyananda Dahanayake
Succeeded by Sirimavo Bandaranaike
In office
25 March 1965 – 29 May 1970
Monarch Elizabeth II
Preceded by Sirimavo Bandaranaike
Succeeded by Sirimavo Bandaranaike
Leader of the Opposition
In office
5 August 1960 – 17 December 1964
Prime Minister Sirimavo Bandaranaike
Preceded by C. P. de Silva
Succeeded by Sirimavo Bandaranaike
Member of the Ceylon Parliament
for Dedigama
In office
14 October 1947 – 10 April 1956
Succeeded by Maitripala Herath
In office
19 March 1960 – 13 April 1973
Preceded by Maitripala Herath
Succeeded by Rukman Senanayake
Personal details
Born (1911-06-19)19 June 1911
Ceylon
Died 13 April 1973(1973-04-13) (aged 61)
Colombo, Sri Lanka
Nationality Sri Lanka Sri Lankan
Political party United National Party
Profession Politician, Barrister
Religion Theravada Buddhism

Dudley Shelton Senanayake (Sinhala:ඩඩ්ලි ශෙල්ටන් සේනානායක|Tamil:டட்லி சேனநாயக்கா); 19 June 1911 – 13 April 1973) was a Ceylonese (now Sri Lanka) politician, who became the second Prime Minister of Ceylon and went on to become Prime Minister two more times.

Dudley was born on 19 June 1911 as the eldest son to Molly Dunuwila and Don Stephen Senanayake, who would become the first Prime Minister of Ceylon and found the United National Party which is still one of the main political parties in Sri Lanka and of which Dudley would become a lifelong member. Dudley received his secondary education at the prestigious S. Thomas' College, where he excelled in his studies and sports.

He became the Head Prefect, captained the college team at cricket at the Royal-Thomian and gained colours in Hockey, Boxing, and Athletics. Senanayake then went on to Corpus Christi College, Cambridge to read for Natural Science Tripos and later was admitted to Middle Temple as a Barrister.

After returning to Ceylon, Dudley was elected a member of the State Council while his father was Minister of Agriculture and served as a back-bencher for 10 years. He succeeding his father as Minister of Agriculture in 1946 and held the post after Independence. He was still serving as agriculture minister when his father died unexpectedly. Four days later, on 26 March 1952, to the surprise of many, Dudley was chosen as prime minister by the Governor-General Lord Soulbury over his cousin Sir John Kotelawala.


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