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This article lists important figures and events in Malayan public affairs during the year 1953, together with births and deaths of significant Malayans.
Incumbent political figures
Central level
State level
Perlis :
Johore :
Kedah :
Kelantan :
- Sultan of Kelantan : Sultan Ibrahim
- Menteri Besar of Kelantan :
- Nik Ahmad Kamil Nik Mahmud (until unknown date)
- Tengku Muhammad Hamzah Raja Muda Long Zainal Abidin (from unknown date)
Trengganu :
Selangor :
- Sultan of Selangor : Sultan Sir Hishamuddin Alam Shah Al-Haj
- Menteri Besar of Selangor :
- Raja Uda Raja Muhammad (until March)
- Othman Mohamad (from March)
Penang :
- Malacca :
- Monarchs : Queen Elizabeth II
- Residents-Commissioner :
Negri Sembilan :
- Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negri Sembilan : Tuanku Abdul Rahman ibni Almarhum Tuanku Muhammad
- Menteri Besar Negri Sembilan :
- Abdul Malek Yusuf (until 1 October)
- Shamsuddin Naim (from 1 OCtober)
Pahang :
Perak :
Events
- 26 March – Opening of Connaught Bridge Power Station by Sir Gerald Templer in Klang, Selangor.
- 10 April – The People's Progressive Party was founded by D. R. Seenivasagam.
- 3 June – St. Gabriel's Secondary School was established by Brother Louis Gonzaga.
- 5 December – Local municipal election were held in George Town, Kuala Lumpur and Malacca.
- Unknown date – Dato' Onn Jaafar dissolved the Independence of Malaya Party (formed Parti Negara in 1954).
- Unknown date – Beatty Secondary School was established.
- Unknown date – Johor Bahru Tengah Municipal Council was established.
- Unknown date – The Malaya and British Borneo dollar was introduced.
- Unknown date – The Olympic Council of Malaysia was established as Federation of Malaya Olympic Council.
- Unknown date – Tanjong Katong Girls' School was established.
- Unknown date – The Betting Act 1953 was enacted.
- Unknown date – The Common Gaming Houses Act 1953 was enacted.
- Unknown date – The Criminal Justice Act 1953 was enacted.
Births
- 1 January – Azmil Mustapha – Actor
- 2 January – Mustaffa Noor – Actor (died 1990)
- 4 January – Ahmad Zahid Hamidi – Politician and 11th Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia (2015–present)
- 17 January – Nasir Ali – Actor (died 2008)
- 31 January – R. Arumugam – Footballer (died 1988)
- 14 February – Raja Nong Chik Raja Zainal Abidin – Politician
- 1 April – S. Subramaniam – Politician
- 17 May – Ismail Omar – 9th Inspector General of Police
- 22 June – Santokh Singh – Footballer
- 26 June – Fauziah Nawi – Actor
- 2 July – Sharifah Aini – Singer (died 2014)
- 16 July – Ahmad Fuad Ismail – Mayor of Kuala Lumpur
- 23 July – Najib Razak – Sixth and current Prime Minister of Malaysia, also son of second Prime Minister Tun Abdul Razak
- 20 October – Awang Sariyan – Linguist
- 26 October – Maximus Ongkili – Politician
- 13 November – Mokhtar Dahari – Footballer
- 16 November – Anifah Aman – Politician
- 23 November – Nasir P. Ramlee – Actor and son of P.Ramlee.
- Unknown date – Julie Dahlan – Actor (died 2015)
- Unknown date – Pandikar Amin Mulia – Politician and former Parliament speaker
- Unknown date – Roslan Md. Yusof – Politician
Deaths
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