| Cabinet Name: | First Dudley Senanayake cabinet |
| Cabinet Number: | 2nd |
| Jurisdiction: | Ceylon |
| Flag: | Flag of Ceylon (1951–1972).svg |
| Flag Border: | true |
| Date Formed: | 26 March 1952 |
| Date Dissolved: | 12 October 1953 |
| Government Head Title: | Prime Minister |
| Government Head: | Dudley Senanayake |
| State Head Title: | Monarch |
| State Head: | Elizabeth II |
| Opposition Leader: | N. M. Perera (1952) S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike (1952–53) |
| Election: | 1952 |
| Legislature Term: | 1st, 2nd |
| Previous: | D. S. Senanayake |
| Successor: | Kotelawala |
The First Dudley Senanayake cabinet was the central government of Ceylon led by Prime Minister Dudley Senanayake between 1952 and 1953. It was formed in March 1952 after the death of Senanayake's predecessor D. S. Senanayake and it ended in October 1953 with Senanayake's resignation.
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| !align="center" style="background:;" | Ceylon Labour Party | Minister Without Portfolio | |||||||||||
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| align=center rowspan=2 | Minister of Food and Cooperative Undertakings | ||||||||||||
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| Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Health | |||||||||||||
| align=center rowspan=2 | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance | ||||||||||||
| Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance | |||||||||||||
| Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Local Government | |||||||||||||
| Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Labour | |||||||||||||
| Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Defence and External Affairs | |||||||||||||
| !align="center" style="background:;" | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Posts and Information | ||||||||||||
| !align="center" style="background:;" | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Agriculture and Food | ||||||||||||
| Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Justice | |||||||||||||
| Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Lands and Land Development | |||||||||||||
| Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Home Affairs |