1959 in Malaya

=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

tate 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
*20 February - Sultan Abdul Halim Muadzam Shah is installed as Sultan of Kedah
*19 August - The 1959 General Elections is held for the first time since independence on 31 August 1957.

ports

Births

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

Deaths

*Sultan Ibrahim of Johor

See also

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