| Cabinet Name: | S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike cabinet |
| Cabinet Number: | 4th |
| Jurisdiction: | Ceylon |
| Flag: | Flag of Ceylon (1951–1972).svg |
| Flag Border: | true |
| Date Formed: | 12 April 1956 |
| Date Dissolved: | 26 September 1959 |
| Government Head Title: | Prime Minister |
| Government Head: | S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike |
| State Head Title: | Monarch |
| State Head: | Elizabeth II |
| Legislature Status: | Majority government (1956–59) Minority government (1959) |
| Opposition Leader: | N. M. Perera |
| Election: | 1956 |
| Legislature Term: | 3rd |
| Previous: | Kotelawala |
| Successor: | Dahanayake |
The S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike cabinet was the central government of Ceylon led by Prime Minister S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike between 1956 and 1959. It was formed in April 1956 after the parliamentary election and it ended in September 1959 with Bandaranaike's assassination.
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| !align="center" style="background:;" | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Transport and Works | ||||||||||||
| !align="center" style="background:;" | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Posts, Broadcasting and Information | ||||||||||||
| !align="center" style="background:;" | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Local Government and Cultural Affairs | ||||||||||||
| !align="center" style="background:;" | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Labour, Housing and Social Services | ||||||||||||
| !align="center" style="background:;" | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Nationalised Services and Shipping | 1959 | |||||||||||
| !align="center" style="background:;" | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Agriculture and Food | ||||||||||||
| !align="center" style="background:;" | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Home Affairs | ||||||||||||
| !align="center" style="background:;" | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Health | ||||||||||||
| Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Justice | |||||||||||||
| !align="center" style="background:;" | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance | ||||||||||||
| !align="center" style="background:;" | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Local Government and Cultural Affairs | ||||||||||||
| !align="center" style="background:;" | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Nationalised Services and Road Transport | ||||||||||||
| !align="center" style="background:;" | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Industries and Fisheries | ||||||||||||
| Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance | |||||||||||||
| !align="center" style="background:;" | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Lands and Land Development | ||||||||||||
| !align="center" style="background:;" | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Commerce and Trade | ||||||||||||
| !align="center" style="background:;" | National Liberation Front | Parliamentary Secretary | |||||||||||
| !align="center" style="background:;" rowspan=2 | align=center rowspan=2 | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Justice | |||||||||||
| Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Home Affairs | |||||||||||||
| !align="center" style="background:;" | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Defence and External Affairs | ||||||||||||
| !align="center" style="background:;" | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Education | ||||||||||||
| Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance |