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1979 in Malaysia

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1979 in Malaysia 22 years of the nationhood

Contents

Federal level

  • Yang di-Pertuan Agong:
  • Sultan Yahya Petra (until 29 March)
  • Sultan Ahmad Shah (from 29 March)
  • Raja Permaisuri Agong:
  • Raja Perempuan Zainab (until 29 March)
  • Tengku Ampuan Afzan (from 29 March)
  • Prime Minister: Tun Hussein Onn
  • Deputy Prime Minister: Dato' Dr Mahathir Mohammad

    • State level

  • Sultan of Johor: Sultan Ismail
  • Sultan of Kedah: Sultan Abdul Halim Muadzam Shah
  • Sultan of Kelantan:
  • Tengku Ismail Petra (Regent until 29 April)
  • Sultan Ismail Petra (from 29 March)
  • Raja of Perlis: Tuanku Syed Putra
  • Sultan of Perak: Sultan Idris Shah II
  • Sultan of Pahang: Tengku Abdulah (Regent from 29 March)
  • Sultan of Selangor: Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah
  • Sultan of Terengganu:
  • Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah (until 20 September)
  • Sultan Mahmud Al-Muktafi Billah Shah (from 20 September)
  • Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan: Tuanku Jaafar (Deputy Yang di-Pertuan Agong)
  • 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 Mohd Adnan Robert

    • Events

  • February – Malaysian Industrial Development Authority (MIDA) is established.
  • 29 March – Sultan Yahya Petra ibni Almarhum Sultan Ibrahim Petra of Kelantan and the Yang di-Pertuan Agong dies. His body was brought back to Kelantan and laid to rest at Kelantan Royal Mausoleum, Langgar, Kota Bharu.
  • 29 March – Sultan Ahmad Shah of Pahang is elected as the seventh Yang di-Pertuan Agong.
  • April – Malaysia become the world's largest exporter of semiconductor industry.
  • April – Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. of Japan opened its factories in Shah Alam, Selangor.
  • 7 May – RTM2 starts colour television broadcasts.
  • 22 May – The Amanah Saham Nasional Berhad is founded
  • September – Opening of the Karak Highway and Genting Sempah Tunnel.

    • Main theme

    Bersatu Berdisiplin, meaning united and disciplined

    Births

  • Anand Kumar a/l Balakrishna – University of Malaya swimmer.
  • Maya Karin — Malaysian singers and actress
  • Siti Nurhaliza — Malaysian no.1 singers
  • Shahrul Ezam Borhan — Malaysian no.1 physician
  • Que Haidar — Malaysian actors
  • Vince Chong — Malaysian 1st Reality TV Star
  • Yu Heng — Malaysia Famous Composer Singer
  • Daphne Iking — Malaysian celebrities
  • Mohd Hisyam Kamaruzzaman — Malaysian, Shah Alam MetroASEA's Property Manager

    • Deaths

  • Tun V.T Sambanthan — former MIC president and Minister of Works and Communications
  • E. E. C. Thuraisingham — first local Member (Minister) for Education in the Communities Liaison Committee
  • Ibrahim Hj Yaacob — Malayan politician and founder of the Kesatuan Melayu Muda (KMM) (Young Malay Union)
  • Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah of Terengganu and 4th Yang di-Pertuan Agong
  • Sir Gerald Templer — former British High Commissioner in Malaya

    • References

    1979 in Malaysia Wikipedia
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