| Cabinet Name: | Kotelawala cabinet |
| Cabinet Number: | 3rd |
| Jurisdiction: | Ceylon |
| Flag: | Flag of Ceylon (1951–1972).svg |
| Flag Border: | true |
| Date Formed: | 12 October 1953 |
| Date Dissolved: | 12 April 1956 |
| Government Head Title: | Prime Minister |
| Government Head: | John Kotelawala |
| State Head Title: | Monarch |
| State Head: | Elizabeth II |
| Legislature Status: | Majority coalition (1953) Majority (1953–56) |
| Opposition Leader: | S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike |
| Last Election: | 1956 |
| Legislature Term: | 2nd |
| Previous: | Dudley Senanayake I |
| Successor: | S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike |
The Kotelawala cabinet was the central government of Ceylon led by Prime Minister John Kotelawala between 1953 and 1956. It was formed in October 1953 after the resignation of Kotelawala's predecessor Dudley Senanayake and ended in April 1956 after the opposition's victory in the parliamentary election.
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| !align="center" style="background:;" | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Home Affairs | ||||||||||||
| !align="center" style="background:;" | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance | ||||||||||||
| !align="center" style="background:;" | Parliamentary Secretary | ||||||||||||
| !align="center" style="background:;" | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Defence and External Affairs | 1953 | 1954 | ||||||||||
| !align="center" style="background:;" | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance | ||||||||||||
| !align="center" style="background:;" | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Health | ||||||||||||
| !align="center" style="background:;" | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Commerce, Trade and Fisheries | ||||||||||||
| !align="center" style="background:;" | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Education | ||||||||||||
| !align="center" style="background:;" | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Industries, Housing and Social Services | ||||||||||||
| !align="center" style="background:;" | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Local Government | ||||||||||||
| !align="center" style="background:;" | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Labor | ||||||||||||
| !align="center" style="background:;" | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Transport and Works | 1953 | 1954 | ||||||||||
| !align="center" style="background:;" | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Defence and External Affairs | 1954 | 1956 | ||||||||||
| !align="center" style="background:;" | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Posts and Broadcasting | ||||||||||||
| !align="center" style="background:;" | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Agriculture and Food | ||||||||||||
| !align="center" style="background:;" | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Lands and Land Development |