1978 in Malaysia

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Decades: 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s See also: Other events of 1978 Timeline of Malaysian history

1978 in Malaysia
21 years of the nationhood

Federal level

Yang di-Pertuan Agong: Sultan Yahya Petra

Raja Permaisuri Agong: Raja Perempuan Zainab

Prime Minister: Tun Hussein Onn

Deputy Prime Minister: Dato' Dr Mahathir Mohammad

Sultan of Johor: Sultan Ismail

Sultan of Kedah: Sultan Abdul Halim Muadzam Shah

Sultan of Kelantan: Tengku Ismail Petra (Regent)

Raja of Perlis: Tuanku Syed Putra

Sultan of Perak: Sultan Idris Shah II

Sultan of Pahang: Sultan Ahmad Shah (Deputy Yang di-Pertuan Agong)

Sultan of Selangor: Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah

Sultan of Terengganu: Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah

Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan: Tuanku Jaafar

Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Penang: Tun Sardon Jubir

Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Malacca: Tun Syed Zahiruddin bin Syed Hassan

Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Sarawak: Tun Abang Muhammad Salahuddin

Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Sabah:

Tun Datuk Ahmad Koroh (until November)

Tun Mohd Adnan Robert (from November)

8 July – 1978 Malaysian General Elections

7 December – Shah Alam becomes the capital of Selangor

28 December – Colour television is introduced by Radio Television Malaysia on RTM1

Kebudayaan Sendi Perpaduan (Culture:The heart of Unity)

28 March – Shalin Zulkifli, Malaysian bowling queen

4 December – Jaclyn Victor, Malaysian singer and winner of Malaysian Idol (season 1)

Faizal Yusof – Malaysian actor (died 2011)

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