The First Board of Ministers was the executive body opposite the State Council of Ceylon between 1931 and 1936. It was formed in July 1931 after the state council election and it ended in December 1935 with dissolution of the first 1st 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]
First Board of Ministers | |
|---|---|
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| Date formed | July 1931 |
| Date dissolved | December 1935 |
| People and organisations | |
| Head of state | George V |
| Deputy head of government | Don Baron Jayatilaka |
| Total no. of members | 10 |
| History | |
| Election | 1931 |
| Outgoing election | 1936 |
| Legislature term | 1st |
| Predecessor | Thomson executive council |
| Successor | Second Board of Ministers |
Members
edit| Minister | Office | Took office | Left office |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bernard Henry Bourdillon | Chief Secretary | 1931 | 1935 |
| Edward St John Jackson | Legal Secretary | 1931 | 1935 |
| Wilfrid Wentworth Woods | Financial Secretary | 1931 | 1935 |
| Charles Batuwantudawe | Minister of Local Administration | 1931 | 1935 |
| Don Baron Jayatilaka | Minister of Home Affairs | 1931 | 1935 |
| C. W. W. Kannangara | Minister of Education | 1931 | 1935 |
| Mohamed Macan Markar | Minister of Communications & Works | 1931 | 1935 |
| T. B. Panabokke | Minister of Health | 1931 | 1936 |
| D. S. Senanayake | Minister of Agriculture & Lands | 1931 | 1935 |
| Peri Sundaram | Minister of Labour, Industry & Commerce | 1931 | 1935 |
References
edit- Rajasingham, K. T. "Chapter 7: State Councils – elections and boycotts". Sri Lanka: The Untold Story. Archived from the original on 2002-02-07.
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- ^ Wijeweera, B. S. (12 April 2009). "Re-Visiting the Donoughmore Ex-Co system". The Island (Sri Lanka).
- ^ Guruge, Ananda W. P. (2010). Free at Last in Paradise. AuthorHouse. p. 683. ISBN 978-1-4520-2130-0.
- ^ 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.