Prime Minister's Office (Sri Lanka) the Parliament. The office of prime minister was formed in 1947 with D. S. Senanayake becoming the first Prime Minister of Ceylon. It consisted of a Secretary (Permanent Secretary) and an Assistant Secretary, who were officers of the Ceylon Civil Service, and a Private Secretary, along with clerical and support staff based at the Senate Building along with the Senate, Cabinet office and the Ministry of External Affairs and Defence. Since 1960 the prime minister's office has been based at Sirimathipaya Mansion on Sir Ernest de Silva Mawatha (formerly Flower Road), Colombo which was the former residence of philanthropist Sir
First Person Singular: Pearson – The Memoirs of a Prime Minister First Person Singular: Pearson – The Memoirs of a Prime Minister First Person Singular: Pearson – The Memoirs of a Prime Minister was a Canadian biographical television miniseries which aired on CBC Television from 1973 to 1975. Bernard Ostry interviewed and former Canadian Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson in this series. Episodes featured this interview footage combined with historic photographs and other film footage of Pearson. This half-hour series was broadcast on Sundays at 10:00 p.m. (Eastern) from 27 May to 19 August 1973. It was rebroadcast Wednesdays at 10:30 p.m. from 23 October 1974 to 15 January 1975. The