- 1959 in Malaya
=Incumbents=
Federal level
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Yang di-Pertuan Agong :Tuanku Abdul Rahman ofNegeri Sembilan
*Raja Permaisuri Agong :Tuanku Kurshiah ofNegeri Sembilan
*Prime Minister:Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Al-Haj
*Deputy Prime Minister: Datuk Abdul Razaktate level
*
Sultan of Johor :
**Sultan Ibrahim (until 1959)
**Sultan Ismail (from 1959)
*Sultan ofKedah :Sultan Abdul Halim Muadzam Shah
*Sultan ofKelantan : Sultan Ibrahim
*Raja ofPerlis :Tuanku Syed Putra
*Sultan of Perak :Sultan Yusuf Izzuddin Shah
*Sultan ofPahang :Sultan Abu Bakar
*Sultan of Selangor :Sultan Hisamuddin Alam Shah
*Sultan ofTerengganu :Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah
*Yang di-Pertuan Besar ofNegeri Sembilan :Tengku Munawir (Regent)
*Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) ofPenang :Raja Tun Uda
*Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) ofMalacca :Tun Leong Yew Koh :"(Source: Malaysian Department of Informations)"
Events
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26 January - The Central Bank of Malaya (Bank Negara Tanah Melayu) is founded
*20 February -Sultan Abdul Halim Muadzam Shah is installed asSultan of Kedah
*19 August - The 1959 General Elections is held for the first time since independence on31 August 1957 .ports
Births
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Tengku Abdullah ibni Sultan Ahmad Shah - Tengku Mahkota of PahangDeaths
*Sultan Ibrahim of Johor
See also
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1959
*1958 in Malaysia |1960 in Malaysia
*History of Malaysia
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