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1959 in Malaya

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1959 in Malaya
2 years of the nationhood

Contents

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.
  • 8 May – Sultan Ibrahim Al-Masyhur of Johor died at the age of 86 in London, England. His body was brought back to Johor and laid to rest at Mahmoodiah Royal Mausoleum, Johor Bahru. His son, Tunku Ismail was proclaimed as the 23th Sultan of Johor and 3rd in the modern Sultan of Johor.
  • 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.

    • Births

  • Adnan Abu Hassan - Composer and record producer
  • Jamal Abdillah - Singer
  • Tengku Abdullah ibni Sultan Ahmad Shah - Tengku Mahkota of Pahang

    • Deaths

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

    • References

    1959 in Malaya Wikipedia
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