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1967 in Malaysia

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Decades:
  
1960s 1970s 1980s

See also:
  
Other events of 1967 Timeline of Malaysian history

1967 in Malaysia
10 years of the nationhood

Contents

Federal level

  • Yang di-Pertuan Agong: Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah of Terengganu
  • Raja Permaisuri Agong: Tuanku Ampuan Intan Zaharah of Terengganu
  • Prime Minister: Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Al-Haj
  • Deputy Prime Minister: Datuk Abdul Razak

    • State level

  • Sultan of Johor: Sultan Ismail
  • Sultan of Kedah: Sultan Abdul Halim Muadzam Shah (Deputy Yang di-Pertuan Agong)
  • Sultan of Kelantan: Sultan Yahya Petra
  • Raja of Perlis: Tuanku Syed Putra
  • Sultan of Perak: Sultan Idris Shah
  • Sultan of Pahang: Sultan Abu Bakar
  • Sultan of Selangor: Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah
  • Sultan of Terengganu: Tengku Mahmud (Regent)
  • Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan:
  • Tuanku Munawir
  • Tuanku Jaafar
  • Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Penang:
  • Raja Tun Uda (until May)
  • Tun Syed Sheikh Barabakh (from May)
  • Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Malacca: Tun Haji Abdul Malek bin Yusuf
  • Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Sarawak: Tun Abang Haji Openg
  • Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Sabah: Tun Pengiran Ahmad Raffae

    • Events

  • 8 February – Tunku Abdul Rahman celebrates his 64th birthday.
  • February – The Institut Teknologi MARA (ITM) is established replaced RIDA Training Centre
  • March – Batu Tiga Circuit (Shah Alam), the first Malaysian race track circuit is officially opened.
  • 2 May – The US made Sikorsky S-61 military transport helicopter renamed Nuri and used for Royal Malaysian Air Force for the first time.
  • 10 June – Malaysia win the third Thomas Cup.
  • 12 June – The Malaysian ringgit (Malaysian dollar) is officially introduced replaced Malaya and British Borneo dollar.
  • 1 July – Full immigration control at Malaysia-Singapore border imposed.
  • 8 August – Malaysia is fully member of the formation of ASEAN.
  • 31 August – The 10th anniversary of the Malaysia's independence.
  • 1 September – Bahasa Malaysia (Malay Language) becomes the National Language of Malaysia. The National Language Act 1967 has been gazetted.

    • Births

  • Sazali Abdul Samad - Malaysian bodybuilder
  • Rosyam Nor - Malay actor

    • Deaths

  • Tuanku Munawir ibni Almarhum Tuanku Abdul Rahman -- Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan

    • References

    1967 in Malaysia Wikipedia
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