title: Dahanayake cabinet
text: # Dahanayake cabinet
  
  The Dahanayake Cabinet was the central government of Ceylon led by Prime Minister W. Dahanayake between 1959 and 1960. It was formed in September 1959 after the assassination of Dahanayake's predecessor S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike and it ended in March 1960 after the opposition's victory in the parliamentary election.
  
  ## Cabinet members
  
  | Name | Portrait | Party | Office | Took office | Left office |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | W. Dahanayake | | Sinhala Language Front | Prime Minister | 26 September 1959 | 20 March 1960 |
  | W. Dahanayake | | Sinhala Language Front | Minister of Defence and External Affairs | 26 September 1959 | 20 March 1960 |
  | Henry Abeywickrema | | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Works | 26 September 1959 | 20 March 1960 |
  | C. P. de Silva | | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Agriculture and Lands | | December 1959 |
  | M. P. de Zoysa | | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Labour | 26 September 1959 | 8 December 1959 |
  | Stanley de Zoysa | | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Finance | | 22 November 1959 |
  | T. B. Ilangaratne | | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Home Affairs | 26 September 1959 | 8 December 1959 |
  | Senator A. P. Jayasuriya | | | Minister of Health | 26 September 1959 | 8 December 1959 |
  | Senator Layard Jayasundera | | | Minister for Internal Security | 20 January 1960 | 20 March 1960 |
  | Senator Layard Jayasundera | | | Minister of Local Government and Housing | 26 September 1959 | 31 December 1959 |
  | Senator Valentine S. Jayawickrema | | | Minister of Justice | | |
  | P. B. G. Kalugalla | | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Cultural Affairs and Social Services | | 8 December 1959 |
  | C. A. S. Marikar | C.A.S Marikar | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Posts, Broadcasting and Information | | |
  | M. B. W. Mediwake | | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Local Government and Housing | | |
  | W. J. C. Munasinha | | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Industries and Fisheries | | |
  | M. M. Mustapha | | | Minister of Finance | 22 November 1959 | 5 December 1959 |
  | Maithripala Senanayake | | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Transport and Power | | 8 December 1959 |
  | Robert Edward Jayatilaka | | Independent | Minister of Transport and Works | 9 December 1959 | 20 March 1960 |
  | R. G. Senanayake | | Independent | Minister of Food, Commerce and Trade | | |
  | Vimala Wijewardene | | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Minister of Local Government and Housing | | 21 November 1959 |
  
  ## Parliamentary secretaries
  
  | Name | Office | Left office |
  | - | - | - |
  | M. M. Mustapha | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance | 5 December 1959 |
  | D. S. Goonesekera | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Trade & Commerce | 5 December 1959 |
  | W. P. G. Ariyadasa | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Health | 5 December 1959 |
  