High Commissioner for Malaya

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colonial office government position

The High Commissioner for Malaya was the chief British colonial administrator and de facto head of government in Malaya during the late colonial period, particularly noted for overseeing policies during the Malayan Emergency.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
High Commissioner for Malaya canonical	2
British High Commissioner for the Federation of Malaya	1
British High Commissioner in Malaya	1
High Commissioner for the Federated Malay States	1

Statements (36)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	colonial office ⓘ government position ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	British Malaya ⓘ Federation of Malaya ⓘ Malayan Union ⓘ
appointedBy	UK government ⓘ surface form: British government Secretary of State for the Colonies ⓘ
category	British Malaya ⓘ Colonial government in Asia ⓘ Defunct government positions ⓘ
country	Federation of Malaya ⓘ surface form: Malaya
hasAuthorityOver	Federation of Malaya Executive Council ⓘ colonial civil service in Malaya ⓘ
hasDuty	coordination of counterinsurgency measures during the Malayan Emergency ⓘ implementation of British colonial policy in Malaya ⓘ maintenance of internal security in Malaya ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver	federal matters in the Federation of Malaya ⓘ
hasPower	to appoint members of the Executive Council of the Federation of Malaya ⓘ to declare and administer emergency regulations in Malaya ⓘ to issue ordinances with legislative force (subject to imperial oversight) ⓘ
historicalPeriod	late British colonial period in Malaya ⓘ
notableFor	administration of Malaya during the late colonial period ⓘ oversight of policies during the Malayan Emergency ⓘ
officeCreatedUnder	British colonial rule in Malaya ⓘ
officeHolderRole	chief British colonial administrator in Malaya ⓘ de facto head of government in Malaya ⓘ
partOf	colonial government of Malaya ⓘ executive branch of the colonial administration in Malaya ⓘ
positionHeldIn	British Empire ⓘ British imperial administration ⓘ surface form: British colonial administration
replacedBy	Prime Minister’s Department of Malaysia ⓘ surface form: office of the Prime Minister of Malaya
reportsTo	Colonial Office ⓘ surface form: Colonial Office in London
residence	King's House, Kuala Lumpur ⓘ Kuala Lumpur ⓘ
supervises	British military and police forces in Malaya (in coordination with service commanders) ⓘ
usedInConflict	Malayan Emergency ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Gerald Templer → positionHeld → High Commissioner for Malaya ⓘ

Governor of the Straits Settlements → alsoHeldOfficeAs → High Commissioner for Malaya ⓘ

this entity surface form: High Commissioner for the Federated Malay States

Governor of the Straits Settlements → alsoHeldOfficeAs → High Commissioner for Malaya ⓘ

this entity surface form: British High Commissioner in Malaya

Federal Legislative Council → subordinateTo → High Commissioner for Malaya ⓘ

this entity surface form: British High Commissioner for the Federation of Malaya

Templer → positionHeld → High Commissioner for Malaya ⓘ

subject surface form: Gerald Templer