Prime Minister of Ceylon

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The Prime Minister of Ceylon was the head of government of the former British Dominion of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), leading the executive branch before the country became a republic.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Prime Minister of Ceylon canonical 12
Prime Minister of Sri Lanka 9

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf head of government
political office
abolishedOn 1972-05-22
appliesToJurisdiction Dominion of Ceylon
Sri Lanka
appointedBy Governor-General
surface form: Governor-General of Ceylon
associatedWithEvent independence of Ceylon
associatedWithYear 1948
branch executive branch of Ceylon
constitutingInstrument Ceylon (Constitution) Order in Council 1946
surface form: Constitution of Ceylon
country Sri Lanka
surface form: Ceylon
countryNowKnownAs Sri Lanka
countryTypeDuringExistence constitutional monarchy
createdBy Soulbury Constitution
endTime 1972
firstHolder D. S. Senanayake
surface form: Don Stephen Senanayake
formationDate 1947-09-24
inception 1947
jurisdictionStatusDuringExistence British Dominions
surface form: British Dominion
lastHolder Sirimavo Bandaranaike
memberOf Cabinet of Ceylon
monarchsDuringExistenceInclude Elizabeth II
George VI
nativeNameLanguage en
nominatedBy Parliament of Ceylon
officeHoldersInclude C. P. de Silva (acting)
D. S. Senanayake
surface form: Don Stephen Senanayake

Dudley Senanayake
Sir John Kotelawala
surface form: John Kotelawala

M. D. Banda (acting)
S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike
Sirimavo Bandaranaike
W. Dahanayake
officeHolderTitle The Honourable
officeLocation Colombo
officeType prime ministership
partOf Government of Ceylon
precededBy Leader of the State Council of Ceylon
reasonForAbolition proclamation of the Republic of Sri Lanka in 1972
replacedBy Prime Minister of Sri Lanka
reportsTo Parliament of Ceylon
residence Temple Trees
role head of government of Ceylon
seat Colombo
status defunct office
style The Honourable
successorOffice Prime Minister of Ceylon self-linksurface differs
surface form: Prime Minister of Sri Lanka
titleUsedInLanguage Prime Minister of Ceylon self-link

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Referenced by (21)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Dudley Senanayake positionHeld Prime Minister of Ceylon
Sirimavo Bandaranaike positionHeld Prime Minister of Ceylon
1972 republican constitution of Sri Lanka headOfGovernment Prime Minister of Ceylon
subject surface form: 1972 Republican Constitution of Sri Lanka
this entity surface form: Prime Minister of Sri Lanka
Prime Minister of Ceylon titleUsedInLanguage Prime Minister of Ceylon self-link
Prime Minister of Ceylon successorOffice Prime Minister of Ceylon self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Prime Minister of Sri Lanka
Soulbury Constitution headOfGovernment Prime Minister of Ceylon
Government of Ceylon executive Prime Minister of Ceylon
Tintagel, Colombo associatedWith Prime Minister of Ceylon
Government of Sri Lanka cabinetIncludes Prime Minister of Ceylon
this entity surface form: Prime Minister of Sri Lanka
Sir John Kotelawala positionHeld Prime Minister of Ceylon
Woodlands, Colombo positionHeld Prime Minister of Ceylon
subject surface form: D. S. Senanayake
this entity surface form: Prime Minister of Sri Lanka
Queen of Ceylon executivePowerExercisedBy Prime Minister of Ceylon
National State Assembly relatedOffice Prime Minister of Ceylon
this entity surface form: Prime Minister of Sri Lanka
Don Stephen positionHeld Prime Minister of Ceylon
subject surface form: Don Stephen Senanayake
Sirima Ratwatte Dias Bandaranaike positionHeld Prime Minister of Ceylon
subject surface form: Sirimavo Bandaranaike
1978 Constitution of Sri Lanka establishesOffice Prime Minister of Ceylon
this entity surface form: Prime Minister of Sri Lanka
J. R. Jayewardene (as Prime Minister in 1977) positionHeld Prime Minister of Ceylon
subject surface form: J. R. Jayewardene
this entity surface form: Prime Minister of Sri Lanka
Chandrika Kumaratunga (as Prime Minister in 1994) positionHeld Prime Minister of Ceylon
subject surface form: Chandrika Kumaratunga
this entity surface form: Prime Minister of Sri Lanka
J. R. Jayewardene positionHeld Prime Minister of Ceylon
this entity surface form: Prime Minister of Sri Lanka