The Minister for Internal Security was a

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ministry of the Government of Ceylon that existed from January 1960 to March 1960 during the caretaker government of W. Dahanayake.

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Layard Jayasundera served as Minister for Internal Security and

Sydney de Zoysa Sydney Godfrey de Zoysa (January 15, 1909 - October 20, 1994) was a Sri Lankan senior police officer. A former Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) of Range II and Permanent Secretary to the Minister for Internal Security (Ceylon), Ministry o ...

served as

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. The Ministry had under it the

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which at the time was tasked with

internal security Internal security is the act of keeping peace within the borders of a sovereign state or other Self-governance, self-governing territories, generally by upholding the national law and defending against internal security threats. This task and rol ...

duties and had prior to January 1960, been under the

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briefly after the Bandaranaike assassination. The police had traditionally been under the

Ministry of External Affairs and Defence The Ministry of External Affairs and Defence was a cabinet ministry of the Government of Ceylon that conducted and managed all of Ceylon's relations with other countries and its military matters from 1947 to 1977. History The ministry was for ...

, which was a portfolio retained by the

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Internal Security Internal security is the act of keeping peace within the borders of a sovereign state or other Self-governance, self-governing territories, generally by upholding the national law and defending against internal security threats. This task and rol ...

Ceylon Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, also known historically as Ceylon, is an island country in South Asia. It lies in the Indian Ocean, southwest of the Bay of Bengal, separated from the Indian subcontinent, ...

Ceylon, Internal Security Ceylon, Internal Security

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