President of the Senate of Ceylon
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The President of the Senate of Ceylon, was the presiding officer and the highest ranking-official of the Senate of Ceylon
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as the upper house with the House of Representatives of Ceylon
as the lower house.
Senate of Ceylon
The Senate of Ceylon was the upper chamber of the parliament of Ceylon established in 1947 by the Soulbury Commission. The Senate was appointed/indirectly elected rather than directly elected. The Senate was housed in the old Legislative Council building in Colombo Fort and met for the first time...
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List of Senate Presidents
The Senate was created on 1947 with the abolition of the Soulbury CommissionSoulbury Commission
The Soulbury Commission, announced in 1944 was, like its predecessor, the Donoughmore Commission, a prime instrument of constitutional reform in Sri Lanka. The immediate basis for the appointment of a commission for constitutional reforms was the 1944 draft constitution of the Board of Ministers,...
as the upper house with the House of Representatives of Ceylon
House of Representatives of Ceylon
The House of Representatives of Ceylon was the lower chamber of the parliament of Ceylon established in 1947 by the Soulbury Constitution. The House was housed in the old State Council building in Galle Face Green, Colombo and met for the first time on 14 October 1947...
as the lower house.
| # | Portrait | Senate President | Took office | Left office | Party | Deputy President |
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| 1 | Gerard Wijeyekoon Gerard Wijeyekoon Sir Gerard Wijeyekoon was a Ceylonese politician. He was the first President of the Senate of Ceylon. His son Major General H.W.G. Wijeyekoon was the second Ceylonese Commander of the Ceylon Army.-References:... |
1947 | 1953 | Peri Sundaram | ||
| 2 | Nicholas Attygalle Nicholas Attygalle Sir Nicholas Attygalle, FRCS was a Ceylonese academic, surgeon and a Senator. He was the President of the Senate of Ceylon from 1953 to 1960 and the first Ceylonese Vice Chancellor of the University of Ceylon, where he was known as the "Iron Vice Chancellor".-Early life and education:He was born... |
1953 | 1960 | |||
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Cyril de Zoysa Cyril de Zoysa Sir Cyril de Zoysa was a Sri Lankan industrialist, Senator and a philanthropist. The President of the Senate of Ceylon from 1960 to 1965, he was a leader in the Buddhist revival movement in Ceylon in the 20th century... |
1960 | 1963 | ||
| 4 | Thomas Amarasuriya | 1963 | 1965 | D. A. Rajapahse | ||
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Abeyratne Ratnayaka | 1965 | 1971 | S. D. S. Somaratne | |