Republic of Malaya, 1941-1945

The Republic of Malaya (Malay: Republik Tanah Melayu) was a World War II puppet state of Japanese Empire, established on a part of Axis-occupied British Malaya. The republic was founded on 24 December 1941, with the help of radical nationalist movement on Malaya, Young Malay Union (Malay: Kesatuan Melayu Muda) after the invasion of Ipoh, the capital of the Perak state of British Malaya. All of Malay Peninsula except Singapore was annexed to the Republic. and the sultans and Malay chiefs are removed from their positions. Ibrahim Haji Yaakob, leader of KMM was declared as a first (and only President of Malaya) from 1941 until the defeat of the Republic in 1945.