1964 in Malaysia

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← 1963 1962 1961 1964 in Malaysia → 1965 1966 1967
Decades:	1960s 1970s 1980s
See also:	Other events of 1964 History of Malaysia  • Timeline  • Years

This article lists important figures and events in Malaysian public affairs during the year 1964, together with births and deaths of significant Malaysians.

Incumbent political figures

Federal level

• Tuanku Syed Putra of Perlis
• Tengku Budriah of Perlis
• Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Al-Haj
• Datuk Abdul Razak
• Lord President: James Beveridge Thomson

State level

• Sultan of Johor: Sultan Ismail
• Sultan Abdul Halim Muadzam Shah
• Sultan Yahya Petra
• Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin
  (Regent)
• Sultan Idris Shah II
• Sultan Abu Bakar
• Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah
• Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah
  (Deputy Yang di-Pertuan Agong)
• Tuanku Munawir
• Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Penang: Tun Raja Uda
• Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Malacca: Tun Haji Abdul Malek bin Yusuf
• Tun Abang Haji Openg
• Tun Datu Mustapha
• Tun Yusof Ishak

Events

• February – Construction of the Pekeliling Flats commenced.
• March – The
  1964 General Elections
  .
• July – Famous Malay film actor, director and songwriter, P. Ramlee and his wife Saloma were moved from Singapore to Kuala Lumpur.
• 21 July – The Singapore Race Riots.^[1]
• 16 September - Malaysia (1st Anniversary) 1964 - Setahun Di Malaysia

First Anniversary of Malaysia day Malaysia's Seyear Day

• 10 October – Eleanor Roosevelt was commemorated on a Malaysian stamp.
• 10–24 October – Malaysia competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. 62 competitors took part in ten sports.

Births

• 2 January – Noriah Kasnon, politician (died 2016)
• 15 April – Bob Lokman – actor, comedian and lyricist
• 30 April –
  Air Asia
  )
• 5 July – Lee Ee Hoe, businessman
• 8 July – Rodziah Ismail, politician
• Unknown date –
  TV3
  newscaster and personality
• Unknown date – Azhar Idrus – Malaysian Islamic preacher and lecturer

Deaths

• 6 May – Zulkifli Muhammad^[2] – Former Deputy President of the Malaysian Islamic Party and MP of Bachok (1959-1964)
• 31 May – Ong Seok Kim – Malaysian Chinese Entrepreneur and Philanthropist

See also

• 1964
• 1963 in Malaysia | 1965 in Malaysia
• History of Malaysia

References