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His Excellency
Sir Oliver Goonetilleke
GCMG KCVO KBE KStJ
3rd Governor-General of Ceylon
In office 17 July 1954 – 2 March 1962
Monarch
Elizabeth II
Prime Minister
John Kotelawala S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike Wijeyananda Dahanayake Dudley Senanayake Sirimavo Bandaranaike
Preceded by
Herwald Ramsbotham, 1st Viscount Soulbury
Succeeded by
William Gopallawa
Minister of Finance
In office 14 October 1953 – 23 June 1954
Prime Minister
John Kotelawala
Preceded by
Junius Richard Jayewardene
Succeeded by
M. D. H. Jayawardena
High Commissioner for Ceylon to the United Kingdom
In office 1949–1952
Monarch
Elizabeth II
Prime Minister
DS Senanayake, Dudley Senanayake
Preceded by
Office Created
Succeeded by
Edwin Wijeyeratne
Minister of Home Affairs and Rural Development
In office 26 September 1947 – 22 July 1948
Prime Minister
D. S. Senanayake
Preceded by
Post Created
Succeeded by
Edwin Wijeyeratne
3rd Financial Secretary of Ceylon
In office 16 February 1946 – 3 February 1947
Preceded by
Harold James Huxham
Succeeded by
Abolished
27th Colonial Auditor
In office 25 June 1931 – 16 February 1946
Preceded by
F. G. Morley
Succeeded by
E. Allen Smith
Personal details
Born
(1892-10-20)20 October 1892 Trincomalee, British Ceylon
Died
17 December 1978(1978-12-17) (aged 86) Colombo, Sri Lanka
Nationality
Sri Lankan
Spouse(s)
Esther Goonetilleke (nee Jayawardena), Lady Phyllis Goonetilleke (nee Miller)
Sir Oliver Ernest GoonetillekeGCMG KCVO KBE KStJ (Sinhala: ශ්රිමත් ඔලිවර් ගුණතිලක) (20 October 1892 – 17 December 1978) was a Sri Lankan statesman. Having served as an important figure in the gradual independence of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) from Britain, he became the third Governor-General of Ceylon (1954–1962). He was the first Ceylonese individual to hold the vice-regal post.
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between Kotelawala and Senanayake by senior UNP members including Sir OliverGoonetilleke, Kotelawala agreed to serve in Dudley Senanayake's cabinet, retaining...
served as acting Leader of the Senate. He subsequently succeeded Sir OliverGoonetilleke as Minister of Home Affairs and Rural Development in D. S. Senanayake's...
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took oaths as prime minister in front of the governor general Sir OliverGoonetilleke on 12 April 1956. No other appointments to the post of Head Mudaliyar...
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