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The prime minister of Ceylon was the head of the government until 1972. In 1972, the country was renamed as the Free, Sovereign and Independent Republic of Sri Lanka, and the position was known as the prime minister of Sri Lanka from then onwards.
The 1962 Ceylonese coup d'état attempt (also known as the Colonels' coup) was a failed military coup d'état planned in Ceylon ().A group of Christian officers in the military and police planned to topple the government of Prime Minister Sirimavo Bandaranaike during the night of 27 January 1962.
Sri Lanka Freedom Party: Prime Minister: 21 July 1960: 25 March 1965 [1] Minister of Defence and External Affairs: 23 July 1960 [2] Felix Dias Bandaranaike: Sri Lanka Freedom Party: Minister of Finance: 23 July 1960: 27 August 1962 [2] [3] [4] Minister of Agriculture, Food and Co-operative Development: 28 May 1963 [3] C. P. de Silva: Sri Lanka ...
She chaired the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) from 1960 to 1994 and served three terms as prime minister, two times as the chief executive, from 1960 to 1965 and from 1970 to 1977, and once again in a presidential system from 1994 to 2000, governing under the presidency of her daughter Chandrika Kumaratunga.
Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-24. "1960 July General Election Results". LankaNewspapers.com. Archived from the original on 2012-03-10. "Table 35 Parliament Election (1960 July)". Sri Lanka Statistics. 10 February 2009. Rajasingham, K. T. (1 December 2001). "Chapter 17: Assassination of ...
Sri Lanka Freedom Party: 8 Dudley Senanayake cabinet III: 25 March 1965: 29 May 1970: Dudley Senanayake: United National Party: 9 Sirimavo Bandaranaike cabinet II: 29 May 1970: 23 July 1977: William Gopallawa (1972–1978) Sirimavo Bandaranaike: Sri Lanka Freedom Party: 10 Jayewardene cabinet I: 23 July 1977: 7 September 1978: J. R. Jayewardene ...
The S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike cabinet was the central government of Ceylon led by Prime Minister S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike from 1956 to 1959. It was formed in April 1956 after the parliamentary election and ended in September 1959 with Bandaranaike's assassination .
Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-07-13. "1965 General Election Results". LankaNewspapers.com. Archived from the original on 2012-03-10. "Table 36 Parliament Election (1965)". Sri Lanka Statistics. 10 February 2009. Archived from the original on 9 October 2011