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{{Infobox government cabinet
| cabinet_name            = First Dudley Senanayake cabinet
| cabinet_number          = 2nd
| jurisdiction            = [[Dominion of Ceylon|Ceylon]]
| flag                    = Flag of Ceylon (1951–1972).svg
| flag_border             = true
| flag_caption            =
| incumbent               =
| image                   = Sri Lanka Cabinet 1952.jpg
| image_width             =
| caption                 = The cabinet in June 1952
| date_formed             = 26 March 1952
| date_dissolved          = 12 October 1953
| government_head_title   = Prime Minister
| government_head         = [[Dudley Senanayake]]
| government_head_history =
| deputy_government_head  =
| state_head_title        = Monarch
| state_head              = [[Elizabeth II]]
| current_number          =
| former_members_number   =
| total_number            =
| political_parties       = {{Unbulleted list|{{Color box| {{party color|United National Party}}|border=darkgray}} [[United National Party]]|{{Color box|{{party color|All Ceylon Tamil Congress}}|border=darkgray}} [[All Ceylon Tamil Congress]]|{{Color box|red|border=darkgray}} Ceylon Labour Party}}
| legislature_status      = [[Majority government|Majority]] [[Coalition government|coalition]] {{Composition bar|49|95|{{party color|United National Party}}|background-color=|border border-color=darkgray|width=|per=1}}
| opposition_cabinet      =
| opposition_party        = {{Unbulleted list| {{Color box|{{party color|Lanka Sama Samaja Party}}|border=darkgray}} [[Lanka Sama Samaja Party]]  <small>(1952)</small><br>|{{Color box| {{party color|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}}|border=darkgray}} [[Sri Lanka Freedom Party]] <small>(1952–53)</small>}}
| opposition_leader       = [[N. M. Perera]] (1952)<br />[[S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike]] (1952–53)
| election                = [[1952 Ceylonese parliamentary election|1952]]
| last_election           =
| legislature_term        = [[1st Parliament of Ceylon|1st]], [[2nd Parliament of Ceylon|2nd]]
| budget                  =
| advice_and_consent1     =
| advice_and_consent2     =
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| incoming_formation      =
| outgoing_formation      =
| previous                = [[D. S. Senanayake cabinet|D. S. Senanayake]]
| successor               = [[Kotelawala cabinet|Kotelawala]]
}}
The '''First Dudley Senanayake cabinet''' was the central government of [[Dominion of Ceylon|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 [[1953 Ceylonese Hartal#Aftermath|resignation]].
==Cabinet members==
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|-
! scope=col colspan="2"|Name
! scope=col class=unsortable|Portrait
! scope=col|Party
! scope=col width=300px|Office
! scope=col|Took office
! scope=col|Left office
! scope=col width=50px class=unsortable|Refs
|-
| !align="center" style="background:{{party color|United National Party}};" rowspan=3| || rowspan=3|{{Sortname|Dudley|Senanayake}} || align=center rowspan=3|[[File:Dudley Shelton Senanayaka (1911-1973).jpg|100x100px]] || rowspan=3|[[United National Party]] || [[Prime Minister of Ceylon|Prime Minister]] || align=center|{{Dts|1952-03-26|format=dmy}} || align=center|{{Dts|1953-10-12|format=dmy}} || align=center|<ref>{{cite web|title=Prime Ministers|url=http://www.parliament.lk/en/prime-ministers|publisher=[[Parliament of Sri Lanka]]}}</ref><ref name=Rajasingham14>{{cite book|last=Rajasingham|first=K. T.|title=Sri Lanka: The Untold Story|url=http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/CK10Df03.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020103152932/http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/CK10Df03.html|url-status=unfit|archive-date=2002-01-03|chapter=Chapter 14: Post-colonial realignment of political forces}}</ref><ref name=YB1951>{{cite book|title=Ceylon Year Book 1951|publisher=Department of Census and Statistics, Ceylon|pages=27–28|url=http://noolaham.net/project/119/11882/11882.pdf}}</ref>
|-
| [[Minister of Defence and External Affairs (Ceylon)|Minister of Defence and External Affairs]] || align=center|{{Dts|1952-03-26|format=dmy}} || align=center| || align=center|<ref name=Rajasingham14/><ref name=YB1951/>
|-
| [[Minister of Health and Local Government (Ceylon)|Minister of Health and Local Government]] || align=center|{{Dts|1952-03-26|format=dmy}} || align=center|{{Dts|1952|format=dmy}} || align=center|<ref name=Rajasingham14/>
|-
| !align="center" style="background:{{party color|United National Party}};"| || {{Sortname|H. W.|Amarasuriya}} || align=center| || [[United National Party]] || [[Minister of Trade and Commerce (Ceylon)|Minister of Trade and Commerce]] || align=center|{{Efn|name=previous|Continuation of same office held in previous cabinet.}}  || align=center|{{Dts|1952|format=dmy}} || align=center|<ref name=Rajasingham14/>
|-
| !align="center" style="background:{{party color|United National Party}};"| || {{Sortname|M. D.|Banda}} || align=center| || || [[Minister of Education (Ceylon)|Minister of Education]] || align=center|{{Dts|1952|format=dmy}} || align=center| || align=center|<ref name=YB1951/>
|-
| rowspan=2| || rowspan=2|{{Sortname|P. B.|Bulankulame}} || align=center rowspan=2| || rowspan=2| || [[Minister of Agriculture and Lands (Ceylon)|Minister of Agriculture and Lands]] || align=center|{{Dts|1952-03-26|format=dmy}} || align=center|{{Dts|1952|format=dmy}} || align=center|<ref name=Rajasingham14/>
|-
| [[Minister of Lands and Land Development (Ceylon)|Minister of Lands and Land Development]] || align=center|{{Dts|1952-06-19|format=dmy}} ||  || align=center|<ref name=Rajasingham14/><ref name=YB1951/>
|-
| !align="center" style="background:{{party color|Ceylon Labour Party}};"| || {{Sortname|A. E.|Goonesinha}} || align=center| || Ceylon Labour Party || Minister Without Portfolio || align=center|{{Efn|name=previous}} || align=center|{{Dts|1952|format=dmy}} || align=center|<ref name=Rajasingham14/>
|-
|  || {{Sortname|Senator Oliver|Goonetilleke|Oliver Goonetilleke|Goonetilleke, Oliver}} || align=center|[[File:Sir Oliver Goonetilleke.gif|100x100px]] ||  || [[Minister of Agriculture and Food (Ceylon)|Minister of Agriculture and Food]] || align=center|{{Dts|1952-06-19|format=dmy}} ||  || align=center|<ref name=Rajasingham14/><ref name=YB1951/>
|-
| !align="center" style="background:{{party color|United National Party}};"| || {{Sortname|J. R.|Jayewardene}} || align=center|[[File:Junius Richard Jayawardana (1906-1996).jpg|100x100px]] || [[United National Party]] || [[Minister of Finance (Ceylon)|Minister of Finance]] || align=center|{{Efn|name=previous}} || align=center|{{Dts|1953-10-13|format=dmy}} || align=center|<ref name=Rajasingham14/><ref name=YB1951/><ref name=MoF>{{cite web|title=List of Ministers and Deputy Ministers|url=http://www.treasury.gov.lk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=43&Itemid=221|publisher=[[Ministry of Finance (Sri Lanka)|Ministry of Finance]]|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150927171716/http://www.treasury.gov.lk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=43&Itemid=221|archive-date=27 September 2015|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
|-
|  || {{Sortname|M. C. M.|Kaleel}} || align=center| ||  || [[Minister of Labour (Ceylon)|Minister of Labour]] || align=center|{{Dts|1952|format=dmy}}  ||  || align=center|<ref name=YB1951/><ref>{{cite news|last=Amit|first=M. H.|title=Dr. M. C. M. Kaleel's 103rd birth anniversary|url=http://www.dailynews.lk/2002/02/02/fea08.html|newspaper=[[Daily News (Sri Lanka)|Daily News]]|date=2 February 2002|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030829212234/http://dailynews.lk/2002/02/02/fea08.html|archive-date=29 August 2003|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
|-
|  || {{Sortname|C. W. W.|Kannangara}} || align=center|[[File:Official Photographic Portrait of C. W. W. Kannangara (1884-1969).jpg|100x100px]] ||  || [[Minister of Local Government (Ceylon)|Minister of Local Government]] || align=center|{{Dts|1952-06-19|format=dmy}} || align=center| || align=center|<ref name=YB1951/>
|-
| !align="center" style="background:{{party color|United National Party}};"| || {{Sortname|John|Kotelawala}} || align=center| || [[United National Party]] || [[Minister of Transport and Works (Ceylon)|Minister of Transport and Works]] || align=center|{{Efn|name=previous}} ||  || align=center|<ref name=Rajasingham14/><ref name=YB1951/>
|-
| !align="center" style="background:{{party color|United National Party}};"| || {{Sortname|V.|Nalliah}} || align=center| || [[United National Party]] || [[Minister of Posts and Information (Ceylon)|Minister of Posts and Information]] || align=center|{{Dts|1952-06-19|format=dmy}} || align=center|{{Dts|1952-07-12|format=dmy}} || align=center|<ref name=Rajasingham14/>
|-
| !align="center" style="background:{{party color|United National Party}};"| || {{Sortname|S.|Natesan}} || align=center| || [[United National Party]] || [[Minister of Posts and Information (Ceylon)|Minister of Posts and Information]] || align=center|{{Dts|1952|format=dmy}} || align=center| || align=center|<ref name=Rajasingham14/><ref name=YB1951/>
|-
| rowspan=2| || rowspan=2|{{Sortname|E. A.|Nugawela}} || align=center rowspan=2| || rowspan=2| || [[Minister of Education (Ceylon)|Minister of Education]] || align=center|{{Efn|name=previous}} || align=center|{{Dts|1952|format=dmy}} || align=center|<ref name=Rajasingham14/>
|-
| [[Minister of Health (Ceylon)|Minister of Health]] || align=center|{{Dts|1952|format=dmy}} || align=center| || align=center|<ref name=YB1951/>
|-
| !align="center" style="background:{{party color|All Ceylon Tamil Congress}};"| || {{Sortname|G. G.|Ponnambalam}} || align=center| || [[All Ceylon Tamil Congress]] || [[Minister of Industries and Fisheries (Ceylon)|Minister of Industries and Fisheries]] || align=center|{{Efn|name=previous}} ||  || align=center|<ref name=Rajasingham14/><ref name=YB1951/>
|-
|  || {{Sortname|Senator Lalita|Rajapaksa|Lalita Rajapaksa|Rajapaksa, Lalita}} || align=center| ||  || [[Minister of Justice (Ceylon)|Minister of Justice]] || align=center|{{Efn|name=previous}} ||  || align=center|<ref name=Rajasingham14/><ref name=YB1951/>
|-
|  rowspan=2| ||  rowspan=2|{{Sortname|A.|Ratnayake}} || align=center rowspan=2| || rowspan=2| || Minister of Food and Cooperative Undertakings || align=center|{{Efn|name=previous}} || align=center|{{Dts|1952|format=dmy}} || align=center|<ref name=Rajasingham14/>
|-
|  [[Minister of Home Affairs (Ceylon)|Minister of Home Affairs]] || align=center|{{Dts|1952|format=dmy}} || align=center| || align=center|<ref name=YB1951/>
|-
|  || {{Sortname|R. G.|Senanayake}} || align=center| ||  || [[Minister of Commerce and Trade (Ceylon)|Minister of Commerce and Trade]] || align=center|{{Dts|1952-06-19|format=dmy}} ||  || align=center|<ref name=Rajasingham14/><ref name=YB1951/>
|-
| !align="center" style="background:{{party color|Independent (politician)}};"| || {{Sortname|C.|Sittampalam}} || align=center| || [[Independent politician|Independent]] || [[Minister of Posts and Telecommunication (Ceylon)|Minister of Posts and Telecommunication]] || align=center|{{Efn|name=previous}} || align=center|{{Dts|1952|format=dmy}} || align=center|<ref name=Rajasingham14/>
|-
|  || {{Sortname|Senator Edwin|Wijeyeratne|Edwin Wijeyeratne|Wijeyeratne, Edwin}} || align=center| ||  || [[Minister of Home Affairs and Rural Development (Ceylon)|Minister of Home Affairs and Rural Development]] || align=center|{{Efn|name=previous}} || align=center|{{Dts|1952|format=dmy}} || align=center|<ref name=Rajasingham14/>
|}
==Parliamentary secretaries==
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{|class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="font-size:90%; text-align:left;"
|-
! scope=col colspan="2"|Name
! scope=col class=unsortable|Portrait
! scope=col|Party
! scope=col width=300px|Office
! scope=col|Took office
! scope=col|Left office
! scope=col width=50px class=unsortable|Refs
|-
|  || {{Sortname|C. E.|Attygalle}} || align=center| ||  || Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Health || align=center| || align=center| || align=center|<ref name=YB1951/>
|-
| rowspan=2| || rowspan=2|{{Sortname|L. L.|Hunter}} || align=center rowspan=2| || rowspan=2| || Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance || align=center|{{Efn|name=previous}} || align=center|{{Dts|1952-04-02|format=dmy}} || align=center|<ref name=YB1951/><ref name=MoF/>
|-
| Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance || align=center|{{Dts|1952-06-02|format=dmy}} || align=center|{{Dts|1953-04-29|format=dmy}} || align=center|<ref name=MoF/>
|-
|  || {{Sortname|M. N.|Ibrahim}} || align=center| ||  || Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Local Government || align=center| || align=center| || align=center|<ref name=YB1951/>
|-
|  ||{{Sortname|T. F.|Jayawardena}} || align=center| ||  || Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Labour || align=center| || align=center| || align=center|<ref name=YB1951/>
|-
|  || {{Sortname|Montague|Jayawickrama}} || align=center| ||  || Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Defence and External Affairs || align=center| || align=center| || align=center|<ref name=YB1951/>
|-
| !align="center" style="background:{{party color|United National Party}};"| || {{Sortname|N. H.|Keerthiratne}} || align=center|[[File:NHKeerthiratne.jpg|100x100px]] || [[United National Party]] || Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Posts and Information || align=center| || align=center| || align=center|<ref name=YB1951/>
|-
| !align="center" style="background:{{party color|All Ceylon Tamil Congress}};"| || {{Sortname|V.|Kumaraswamy}} || align=center| || [[All Ceylon Tamil Congress]] || Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Agriculture and Food || align=center| || align=center| || align=center|<ref name=YB1951/>
|-
|  || {{Sortname|T. B.|Panabokke}} || align=center| ||  || Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Justice || align=center| || align=center| || align=center|<ref name=YB1951/>
|-
|  || {{Sortname|V. G. W.|Ratnayake}} || align=center| ||  || Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Lands and Land Development || align=center| || align=center| || align=center|<ref name=YB1951/>
|-
|  || {{Sortname|Maithripala|Senanayake}} || align=center|[[File:Hon. Maithripala Senanayake.jpg|100x100px]] ||  || Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Home Affairs || align=center| || align=center|{{Dts|1952-09|format=dmy}} || align=center|<ref name=YB1951/>
|}
==See also==
* [[Cabinet Office (Sri Lanka)]]
* [[Hartal 1953]]
==Notes==
{{Notelist}}
==References==
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