Dudley Senanayake
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Dudley Shelton Senanayake, was a Sri Lankan barrister and statesman who thrice served as Prime Minister of Ceylon, from 1952 to 1953, in 1960, and from 1965 to 1970, and Leader of the Opposition from
The first Cabinet of Ministers of Ceylon in 1947
Dudley Senanayaka in 1965, at Hillwood Girls' College Kandy
Wijeyananda Dahanayake
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Wijeyananda Dahanayake was a Sri Lankan politician. He was the Prime Minister of Ceylon from September 1959 to March 1960.
Dudley Senanayake
…of insurance companies and the Colombo port by Bandaranaike. Following the assassination of Bandaranaike in 1959, the caretaker prime minister Wijeyananda Dahanayake called for elections after a year of turmoil. In March 1960, the UNP managed to form a government after elections and Senanayake became prime minister…
Wijeyananda Dahanayake portrait
The young Wijeyananda Dahanayaka attended the well known Richmond College, in Galle, Sri Lanka.