1955 in Malaya
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1955 in Malaya
Incumbents
Central Level
State Level
- Raja of Perlis : Syed Harun Putra Jamalullail
- Menteri Besar of Perlis : Raja Ahmad Raja Endut
- Sultan of Johor : Sultan Ibrahim Al-Masyhur
- Menteri Besar of Johor :
- Syed Abdul Kadir Mohamed (until 5 June)
- Vacant (from 5 June to 1 October)
- Wan Idris Ibrahim (from 1 October)
- Sultan of Kedah : Sultan Badlishah
- Menteri Besar of Kedah : Tunku Ismail Tunku Yahya
- Sultan of Kelantan : Sultan Ibrahim
- Menteri Besar of Kelantan : Tengku Muhammad Hamzah Raja Muda Long Zainal Abidin
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- Sultan of Trengganu : Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah
- Menteri Besar of Terengganu : Raja Kamaruddin Idris
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- Sultan of Selangor : Sultan Sir Hishamuddin Alam Shah Al-Haj
- Menteri Besar of Selangor :
- Raja Uda Raja Muhammad (until August)
- Abdul Aziz Abdul Majid (from August)
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- Monarchs : Queen Elizabeth II
- Residents-Commissioner : Robert Porter Bingham
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- Monarchs : Queen Elizabeth II
- Residents-Commissioner : Maurice John Hawyard (Acting)
- Sultan of Pahang : Sultan Abu Bakar
- Menteri Besar of Pahang :
- Tengku Mohamad Sultan Ahmad (until 1 February)
- Abdul Razak Hussein (from 1 February to 15 June)
- Tengku Mohamad Sultan Ahmad (from 15 June)
- British Adviser of Perak : Ian Blelloch
- Sultan of Perak : Sultan Yusuf Izzuddin Shah
- Menteri Besar of Perak : Abdul Wahab Toh Muda Abdul Aziz
Events
- Unknown date - Central Provident Fund is established.
- Unknown date - The International School of Penang (Uplands) was founded.
- Unknown date - Kolej Islam Malaya was established before change name to Universiti Islam Malaysia.
- Unknown date - Ministry of Education (Malaysia) is formed.
- Unknown date - YTL Corporation Berhad was founded by Yeoh Tiong Lay.
- 8 January - Sabak Bernam declared as a white area (free from the communist insurgency) during the Malayan Emergency.
- 12 January - Setapak High School was founded.
- 4 April - Sultan Alam Shah Islamic College was founded.
- May - Malacca state declared as a white area (free from the communist insurgency) during the Malayan Emergency.
- 4–5 June - 1955 Thomas Cup. Malaya winner this edition defeated Denmark.
- 27 July - First General Elections in Malaya. Alliance Party (Parti Perikatan) won 51 parliament seats of 52.
- 9 August - Tunku Abdul Rahman formed the first Rahman cabinet after being invited to begin a new government following the 27 July general election
- 11 August - A Rhodesian soldier named Shaweleka Fungabelo killed six people and wounded at least twelve people on a mail train travelling from Kuala Lumpur to Singapore before committing suicide.
- 11 November - The Malayan People's Party was formed.
- 27 November - A rally is held in Kuala Lumpur to urge CPM members to surrender and end the Malayan Emergency.
- 5 December - Federal Reserve Unit (FRU) is established.
Births
- 14 January - Raja Kamarul Bahrin Shah Raja Ahmad – Architect and construction expert
- 25 January - SM Nasimuddin SM Amin – Entrepreneur and founder of Naza group (died 2008)
- 30 May - Rosnah Mat Aris - Actor
- 21 July - Danial Zainal Abidin - Motivator and muslim clerics
- 14 August - Jamilah Anu - Politician and Adenan Satem wife.
- 24 September - Rahim Maarof – Singer
- 6 October - Abdul Gani Patail – Former Attorney General of Malaysia
- 15 November - Idris bin Jusoh – Politician
Unknown date
- Hail Amir – Singer
- Kartina Aziz – Actor
- Rehman Rashid – Writer and journalist (dies 2017)
See also
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