1959 in Malaya

1959 in Malaya
2 years of the nationhood

Incumbents

Federal level

• Yang di-Pertuan Agong: Tuanku Abdul Rahman of Negeri Sembilan
• Raja Permaisuri Agong: Tuanku Kurshiah of Negeri Sembilan
• Prime Minister: Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Al-Haj
• Deputy Prime Minister: Datuk Abdul Razak

State level

• Sultan of Johor:
  • Sultan Ibrahim (until 1959)
  • Sultan Ismail (from 1959)
• Sultan of Kedah: Sultan Abdul Halim Muadzam Shah
• Sultan of Kelantan: Sultan Ibrahim
• Raja of Perlis: Tuanku Syed Putra
• Sultan of Perak: Sultan Yusuf Izzuddin Shah
• Sultan of Pahang: Sultan Abu Bakar
• Sultan of Selangor: Sultan Hisamuddin Alam Shah
• Sultan of Terengganu: Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah
• Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan: Tengku Munawir (Regent)
• Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Penang: Raja Tun Uda
• Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Malacca: Tun Leong Yew Koh

(Source: Malaysian Department of Informations)

Events

• 26 January - The Central Bank of Malaya (Bank Negara Tanah Melayu) is founded
• 19 February - Election Offences (Amendment) Ordinance 1959 was enacted.
• 20 February - Sultan Abdul Halim Muadzam Shah is installed as Sultan of Kedah
• 11 March - The Malayan Federation Royal Police Memorial Monument at Police Training Academy (now PULAPOL) Kuala Lumpur was officialized.
• 24 April - The last meeting of the Federal Legislative Council before being replaced by the Malayan Parliament.
• 19 August - The 1959 General Elections is held for the first time since independence on 31 August 1957.
• 12 September - The first Malayan Parliament opens by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong.

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Births

• Tengku Abdullah ibni Sultan Ahmad Shah - Tengku Mahkota of Pahang

Deaths

• Sultan Ibrahim of Johor
• William George Maxwell - British Resident of Perak

See also

• 1959
• 1958 in Malaysia | 1960 in Malaysia
• History of Malaysia