Incumbent political figures

Events

8 February – The Treaty of London 1956 was signed to set up the independent Federation of Malaya
20 February – Tunku Abdul Rahman announced in Malacca Town after he returned from London that Malaya would become independent on 31 August 1957.
March – The Rural and Industrial Development Authority (RIDA) Training Centre (Dewan Latehan RIDA) was established.
March – Reid Commission is established for drafting the Constitution of the Federation of Malaya .
22 June – Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka was established as Balai Pustaka in Johor Bahru.
22 June – Pipeline ambush.
1 July – The Federal Land Development Authority (FELDA) was established.^[1]
24 October – Malayan Party was established by Tan Gee Gak.^[2]
22 November-8 December – Malaya competed for the first time in 1956 Olympic Games at Melbourne, Australia. 32 competitors, 31 men and 1 woman, took part in 13 events in 5 sports.
Unknown date – Catholic High School, Malaysia in Petaling Jaya is founded by Rev. Bro. Philippe Wu of the Marist Brothers.

1 January – Mona Fandey – Singer and witchcraft involved in murdering Mazlan Idris in 1993 (died by hanging 2001)
8 February – Raja Iskandar Dzulkarnain – Raja Di-Hilir Perak
2 May – Mohamad bin Hasan – Politician
10 July – K. Rajagopal – Coach and footballer
11 September – Mohd Hatta Ramli – Politician
2 November – Arif Shah Omar Shah – Politician
15 November – Ong Ka Ting – Politician
27 November – Sultan Nazrin Muizuddin Shah – 35th Sultan of Perak
Unknown date – Louisa Chong – Actor

^ "Penubuhan" Archived 2006-01-29 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 19 February 2006.
^ Haruhiro Fukui (1985) Political parties of Asia and the Pacific, Greenwood Press, pp742–743

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