First Board of Ministers of Ceylon

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| cabinet_name = First Board of Ministers

| cabinet_number = 22nd

| jurisdiction = British Ceylon

| flag = Flag of Ceylon (1875–1948).svg

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| date_formed = July 1931

| date_dissolved = December 1935

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| deputy_government_head = Don Baron Jayatilaka

| state_head = George V

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| total_number = 10

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| election = 1931

| last_election = 1936

| legislature_term = 1st

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| previous = Thomson executive council

| successor = Second Board of Ministers

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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.{{cite news|last=Wijeweera|first=B. S.|title=Re-Visiting the Donoughmore Ex-Co system|url=http://www.island.lk/2009/04/12/features7.html|newspaper=The Island (Sri Lanka)|date=12 April 2009}}{{cite book|last=Guruge|first=Ananda W. P.|title=Free at Last in Paradise|date=2010|publisher=AuthorHouse|page=683|isbn=978-1-4520-2130-0 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ozhpxGG0VSYC}} The Chief Secretary was the chairman of the Board of Ministers whilst the Leader of the State Council was its vice-chairman.{{cite book|last=Wilson|first=A. Jeyaratnam|title=The Break-up of Sri Lanka: The Sinhalese-Tamil Conflict|date=1988|publisher=C. Hurst & Co.|page=14|isbn=978-1-85065-033-1 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5kfK34Y7mYkC|authorlink=A. Jeyaratnam Wilson}}