Sri Lanka- Background briefing- Issue No.2 (25.02.1986)
In the first Cabinet headed by the leader of the United National Party, Don Stephen Senanayake, sworn in under the Soulbury Constitution on September 26, 1947 prior to the effective transfer of power on February 4 1948, there were four future Prime Ministers – Dudley Senanayake (the son of the Prime Minister) Col. J.L. Kotelawala (later to be knighted as Sir John) S.W.R.D Bandaranaike (later to found the Sri Lanka Freedom Party) and J.R Jayewardene.
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