1925 in Malaya

This article lists important figures and events in the public affairs of British Malaya during the year 1925, together with births and deaths of prominent Malayans.

Central level

 * Governor of Federated Malay States and Unfederated Malay States :
 * Laurence Nunns Guillemard
 * Governor of Straits Settlements :
 * Laurence Nunns Guillemard

State level

 * Perlis :
 * Raja of Perlis : Syed Alwi Syed Saffi Jamalullail
 * Johore :
 * Sultan of Johor : Sultan Ibrahim Al-Masyhur
 * Kedah :
 * Sultan of Kedah : Sultan Abdul Hamid Halim Shah
 * Kelantan :
 * Sultan of Kelantan : Sultan Ismail
 * Terengganu :
 * Sultan of Terengganu : Sultan Sulaiman Badrul Alam Shah
 * Selangor :
 * British Residents of Selangor : Oswald Francis Gerard Stonor
 * Sultan of Selangor : Sultan Alaeddin Sulaiman
 * Penang :
 * Residents-Councillor : William Peel
 * Malacca :
 * Residents-Councillor : Ralph Scott
 * Negri Sembilan :
 * British Residents of Negri Sembilan :
 * Edward Shaw Hose (until unknown date)
 * Ernest Charteris Holford Wolff (from unknown date)
 * Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan : Tuanku Muhammad Shah ibni Almarhum Tuanku Antah
 * Pahang :
 * British Residents of Pahang : Henry Wagstaffe Thomson
 * Sultan of Pahang : Sultan Abu Bakar
 * Perak :
 * British Residents of Perak :
 * Cecil William Chase Parr (until 20 December)
 * Oswald Francis Gerard Stonor (from 20 December)
 * Sultan of Perak : Sultan Abdul Aziz Al-Mutasim Billah Shah Ibni Almarhum Raja Muda Musa I

Events

 * 29 June – The Rubber Research Institute of Malaysia is founded.
 * July – The British government agrees to suppress the Kuomintang in Malaya.
 * Unknown date – Toh Allang Chinese Tin Ltd. is the first all-Chinese limited liability company established in Perak.

Births

 * 1 January – Ahmad Koroh, fifth governor of Sabah (died 1978)
 * 18 February – Ghafar Baba, former 6th Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia (died 2006)
 * 10 July – Mahathir Mohamad, former 4th and 7th Prime Minister of Malaysia
 * 8 August – Aziz Sattar, actor and comedian (died 2014)
 * 22 December - Harun Idris, former 8th Chief Minister of Selangor (died 2003)

Deaths

 * 5 September – Lionel Mabbot Woodward, Chief Judicial Commissioner of the Federated Malay States (1920-1925) (born 1864)