Second Board of Ministers of Ceylon

Second Board of Ministers

23rd Cabinet of British Ceylon
Date formedMarch 1936
Date dissolvedJune 1947
People and organisations
Head of stateEdward VIII
George VI
Head of governmentGuy Stanley Wodeman (1940–42)
Robert Drayton
Deputy head of governmentDon Baron Jayatilaka (1936–42)
D. S. Senanayake (1942–47)
Ministers removed5
Total no. of members15
History
Election1936
Outgoing election1947
Legislature term2nd
PredecessorFirst Board of Ministers
SuccessorD. S. Senanayake cabinet
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The Second Board of Ministers was the executive body opposite the State Council of Ceylon between 1936 and 1947. It was formed in March 1936 after the state council election and it ended in June 1947 with dissolution of the 2nd State Council. The Board of Ministers consisted of ten members, three ex-officio British officials (Chief Secretary, Financial Secretary and Legal Secretary) and the chairmen of the State Council's seven executive committees.[1][2] The Chief Secretary was the chairman of the Board of Ministers whilst the Leader of the State Council was its vice-chairman.[3]

  1. ^ Wijeweera, B. S. (12 April 2009). "Re-Visiting the Donoughmore Ex-Co system". The Island.
  2. ^ Guruge, Ananda W. P. (2010). Free at Last in Paradise. AuthorHouse. p. 683. ISBN 978-1-4520-2130-0.
  3. ^ Wilson, A. Jeyaratnam (1988). The Break-up of Sri Lanka: The Sinhalese-Tamil Conflict. C. Hurst & Co. p. 14. ISBN 978-1-85065-033-1.