Historical country records
Malaysia historical timeline
Malaysia
| Date or term | Officeholder or event | Category |
|---|---|---|
| 1 Jul 1896 | Federated Malay States (Negeri Sembilan, Pahang, Perak, Selangor) | Leaders |
| Jan 1942 - Sep 1945 | occupied by Japan | Leaders |
| 1 Apr 1946 | Malayan Union (federated and unfederated Malay states plus Malacca and Penang) | Leaders |
| 1 Feb 1948 | Federation of Malaya | Leaders |
| 31 Aug 1957 | independence | Leaders |
| 16 Sep 1963 | Malaysia (accession of Sabah [formerly North Borneo], Sarawak, and Singapore) | Leaders |
| 9 Aug 1965 | withdrawal of Singapore | Leaders |
| 1 Jul 1896 - 1 Apr 1946 | the governors of the Straits Settlements (see Singapore) | High commissioners |
| 1896 - 1901 | Frank Athelstane Swettenham Swettenham) (b. 1850 - d. 1946) | Residents-general |
| 1901 - 1904 | William Hood Treacher | Residents-general |
| 1905 - 1910 | Sir William Thomas Taylor | Residents-general |
| 1910 - 1911 | Arthur Henderson Young | Residents-general |
| 1911 - 1920 | Edward Lewis Brockman | Chief secretaries |
| 1920 - 1926 | George Maxwell (from 1924, Sir George Maxwell) (b. 1871 - d. 1959) | Chief secretaries |
| 1926 - 1930 | William Peel (from 1928, Sir William Peel) (b. 1875 - d. 1945) | Chief secretaries |
| 1930 - 1932 | Charles Walter Hamilton Cochrane | Chief secretaries |
| 1932 - 1934 | Andrew Caldecott | Chief secretaries |
| 1934 - 1935 | Malcolm Bond Shelley | Chief secretaries |
| 1935 - 1936 | Marcus Rex | Chief secretaries |
| 1936 - 1939 | Christopher Dominic Ahearne | Federal secretaries |
| 1939 - Jan 1942 | Hugh Fraser | Federal secretaries |
| 22 May 1946 - 1 May 1948 | Malcolm John MacDonald | Governor-general (of the Malayan Union and Singapore) |
| 1 Apr 1946 - 1 Feb 1948 | Sir Gerard Edward James Gent | Governor |
| 1 Feb 1948 - 4 Jul 1948 | Sir Gerard Edward James Gent | High commissioners |
| 1 Oct 1948 - 6 Oct 1951 | Sir Henry Lovell Goldworthy Gurney | High commissioners |
| 15 Jan 1952 - 31 May 1954 | Sir Gerald Walter Robert Templer | High commissioners |
| 31 May 1954 - 31 Aug 1957 | Sir Donald Charles MacGillivray | High commissioners |
| 31 Aug 1957 - 1 Apr 1960 | Tuanku Abdul Rahman ibni al-Marhum Yamtuan Muhammad (b. 1895 - d. 1960) | Paramount rulers, with the title of yang di-pertuan agong |
| 1 Apr 1960 - 1 Sep 1960 | Tuanku Hisamuddin Alam Shah ibni al-Marhum Sultan Alaeddin Sulaiman Shah (b. 1898 - d. 1960) | Paramount rulers, with the title of yang di-pertuan agong |
| 1 Sep 1960 - 20 Sep 1965 | Syed Harun Putra ibni al-Marhum Syed Hasan Jamalullail (b. 1920 - d. 2000) | Paramount rulers, with the title of yang di-pertuan agong |
| 21 Sep 1965 - 20 Sep 1970 | Tuanku Ismail Nasiruddin Shah ibni al-Marhum Sultan Zainal Abidin Muadzam Shah (b. 1907 - d. 1979) | Paramount rulers, with the title of yang di-pertuan agong |
| 21 Sep 1970 - 20 Sep 1975 | Tuanku Abdul Halim Muadzam Shah ibni al-Marhum Sultan Badishah (b. 1927) | Paramount rulers, with the title of yang di-pertuan agong |
| 21 Sep 1975 - 29 Mar 1979 | Tuanku Yahya Petra ibni al-Marhum Sultan Ibrahim (b. 1917 - d. 1979) | Paramount rulers, with the title of yang di-pertuan agong |
| 29 Mar 1979 - 25 Apr 1984 | Tuanku Ahmad Shah al-Mustain Billah ibni al-Marhum Sultan Abu Bakar Riayatuddin al-Muadzam Shah (b. 1930) | Paramount rulers, with the title of yang di-pertuan agong |
| 26 Apr 1984 - 25 Apr 1989 | Tuanku Mahmud Iskandar ibni al-Marhum Sultan Ismail (b. 1932) | Paramount rulers, with the title of yang di-pertuan agong |
| 26 Apr 1989 - 25 Apr 1994 | Tuanku Azlan Muhibuddin Shah ibni al-Marhum Sultan Yusuf Izzuddin Shah Ghafarullahu-Lah (b. 1928) | Paramount rulers, with the title of yang di-pertuan agong |
| 26 Apr 1994 - 25 Apr 1999 | Tuanku Jaafar ibni al-Marhum Yamtuan Abdul Rahman (b. 1922) | Paramount rulers, with the title of yang di-pertuan agong |
| 26 Apr 1999 - 21 Nov 2001 | Tuanku Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah ibni al-Marhum Sultan Hisamuddin Alam Shah (b. 1926 - d. 2001) | Paramount rulers, with the title of yang di-pertuan agong |
| 21 Nov 2001 - 13 Dec 2001 | Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin ibni al-Marhum Sultan Mahmud (1st time) (b. 1962) | Paramount rulers, with the title of yang di-pertuan agong |
| 13 Dec 2001 - 12 Dec 2006 | Syed Sirajuddin ibni al-Marhum Syed Putra Jamalullail (b. 1943) | Paramount rulers, with the title of yang di-pertuan agong |
| 13 Dec 2006 - | Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin ibni al-Marhum Sultan Mahmud (2nd time) (s.a.) | Paramount rulers, with the title of yang di-pertuan agong |
| 4 Aug 1955 - 28 Aug 1957 | Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Alhaj | Chief minister |
| 28 Aug 1957 - 15 Apr 1959 | Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Alhaj | Prime ministers |
| 15 Apr 1959 - 20 Aug 1959 | Tun Abdul Razak bin Hussein | Prime ministers |
| 21 Aug 1959 - 22 Sep 1970 | Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Alhaj | Prime ministers |
| 22 Sep 1970 - 14 Jan 1976 | Tun Abdul Razak bin Hussein | Prime ministers |
| 15 Jan 1976 - 16 Jul 1981 | Datuk Hussein bin Onn | Prime ministers |
| 16 Jul 1981 - 31 Oct 2003 | Dato' Seri Mahathir bin Mohamad | Prime ministers |
| 31 Oct 2003 - | Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi | Prime ministers |