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First Board of Ministers of Ceylon

First Board of Ministers of Ceylon

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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]

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  • Rajasingham, K. T. "Chapter 7: State Councils – elections and boycotts". Sri Lanka: The Untold Story. Archived from the original on 2002-02-07.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
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    Wijeweera, B. S. (12 April 2009). "Re-Visiting the Donoughmore Ex-Co system". The Island (Sri Lanka).
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    Guruge, Ananda W. P. (2010). Free at Last in Paradise. AuthorHouse. p. 683.
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    Wilson, A. Jeyaratnam (1988). The Break-up of Sri Lanka: The Sinhalese-Tamil Conflict. C. Hurst & Co. p. 14.
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