Dudley Shelton Senanayake
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The Honourable Dudley Senanayake MP |
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1965, At Hillwood Girls' College Kandy.
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| Prime Minister of Ceylon | |
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In office 26 March 1952 – 12 October 1953 |
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| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Preceded by | Don Stephen Senanayake |
| Succeeded by | John Kotelawala |
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In office 21 March 1960 – 21 July 1960 |
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| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Preceded by | Wijeyananda Dahanayake |
| Succeeded by | Sirimavo Bandaranaike |
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In office 25 March 1965 – 29 May 1970 |
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| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Preceded by | Sirimavo Bandaranaike |
| Succeeded by | Sirimavo Bandaranaike |
| Leader of the Opposition | |
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In office 5 August 1960 – 17 December 1964 |
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| Prime Minister | Sirimavo Bandaranaike |
| Preceded by | C. P. de Silva |
| Succeeded by | Sirimavo Bandaranaike |
| Member of the Ceylon Parliament for Dedigama |
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In office 14 October 1947 – 10 April 1956 |
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| Succeeded by | Maitripala Herath |
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In office 19 March 1960 – 13 April 1973 |
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| Preceded by | Maitripala Herath |
| Succeeded by | Rukman Senanayake |
| Personal details | |
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19 June 1911 Ceylon |
| Died | 13 April 1973 (aged 61) Colombo, Sri Lanka |
| Nationality |
 Sri Lankan
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| 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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