First Dudley Senanayake cabinet | |
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2nd cabinet of Ceylon |
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Date formed | 26 March 1952 |
Date dissolved | 12 October 1953 |
People and organisations | |
Head of state | Elizabeth II |
Head of government | Dudley Senanayake |
Member party |
All Ceylon Tamil Congress United National Party |
Opposition party |
Lanka Sama Samaja Party (1952) Sri Lanka Freedom Party (1952–53) |
Opposition leader |
N. M. Perera (1952) S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike (1952–53) |
History | |
Election(s) | 1952 |
Legislature term(s) | 1st, 2nd |
Predecessor | D. S. Senanayake cabinet |
Successor | Kotelawala cabinet |
The First Dudley Senanayake cabinet was the central government of Ceylon led by Prime Minister Dudley Senanayake between 1952 and 1953. It was formed in March 1952 after the death of Senanayake's predecessor D. S. Senanayake and it ended in October 1953 with Senanayake's resignation.