Kotelawala cabinet

Kotelawala cabinet
Kotelawala cabinet
; 3rd Cabinet of Ceylon
Date formed	12 October 1953
Date dissolved	12 April 1956
People and organisations
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Prime Minister	John Kotelawala
Member parties	United National Party; All Ceylon Tamil Congress (1953);
Status in legislature	Majority coalition (1953) 58 / 95 (61%) Majority (1953–56) 54 / 95 (57%)
Opposition party	Sri Lanka Freedom Party;
Opposition leader	S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike
History
Outgoing election	1956
Legislature term(s)	2nd
Predecessor	Dudley Senanayake I
Successor	S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike

The Kotelawala cabinet was the central government of Ceylon led by Prime Minister John Kotelawala between 1953 and 1956. It was formed in October 1953 after the resignation of Kotelawala's predecessor Dudley Senanayake and ended in April 1956 after the opposition's victory in the parliamentary election.

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