1972 in Malaysia

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1972 in Malaysia
15 years of the nationhood

Contents 1 Incumbents 1.1 Federal level 1.2 State level 2 Events 3 National Day 3.1 Theme 4 Sports 5 Births 6 Deaths 7 See also

[edit] Incumbents

[edit] Federal level

• Yang di-Pertuan Agong: Sultan Abdul Halim Muadzam Shah
• Raja Permaisuri Agong: Sultanah Bahiyah
• Prime Minister: Tun Abdul Razak
• Deputy Prime Minister: Tun Dr Ismail

[edit] State level

• Sultan of Johor: Sultan Ismail
• Sultan of Kedah: Tengku Abdul Malik (Regent)
• Sultan of Kelantan: Sultan Yahya Petra (Deputy Yang di-Pertuan Agong)
• Raja of Perlis: Tuanku Syed Putra
• Sultan of Perak: Sultan Idris Shah II
• Sultan of Pahang: Sultan Abu Bakar
• 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:
• Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Malacca:
• Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Sarawak:
• Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Sabah:

[edit] Events

• 1 February - Kuala Lumpur was accorded city status. Tan Sri Lokman Yusof became the first mayor.
• February - Queen Elizabeth II make its first official visit to Malaysia for the first time.
• 19 June - TV Pendidikan, Malaysia's first and the only educational TV programme is officially launched.

[edit] National Day

[edit] Theme

Masyarakat Adil

[edit] Sports

[edit] Births

• Victor Wong - Malaysian Chinese singers
• Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor - first Malaysian angkasawan (Cosmonaut)

[edit] Deaths

[edit] See also

• 1972
• 1971 in Malaysia | 1973 in Malaysia
• History of Malaysia

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