1972 in Malaysia
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This article lists important figures and events in Malaysian public affairs during the year 1972, together with births and deaths of notable Malaysians.
Incumbent political figures
Federal level
- Sultan Abdul Halim Muadzam Shah
- Raja Permaisuri Agong: Sultanah Bahiyah
- Tun Abdul Razak
- Tun Dr Ismail
- Lord President: Mohamed Azmi Mohamed
State level
- Sultan of Johor: Sultan Ismail
- Sultan of Kedah: Tengku Abdul Malik (Regent)
- Sultan Yahya Petra(Deputy Yang di-Pertuan Agong)
- Tuanku Syed Putra
- Sultan Idris Shah II
- Sultan Abu Bakar
- Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah
- Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah
- Tuanku Jaafar
- Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Penang: Tun Syed Sheikh Barabakh
- Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Malacca: Tun Haji Abdul Aziz bin Abdul Majid
- Tun Tuanku Bujang Tuanku Othman
- Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Sabah: Tun Pengiran Ahmad Raffae
Events
- 31 January – Pacific Area Tourist AssociationConference was held in Kuala Lumpur.
- 1 February – Kuala Lumpur was accorded city status.[1] Tan Sri Dato' Lokman Yusof became the first Mayor of Kuala Lumpur (Datuk Bandar Kuala Lumpur).
- February – Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom made her first official visit to Malaysia. She visited General Hospital at Kota Kinabalu. The hospital was then renamed in her honour (Hospital Queen Elizabeth). It is the only hospital in Malaysia named after her.
- March – Lee Kuan Yew's first visit to Malaysia after Singapore's separation from Malaysia on August 9 1965.
- 18 April – The Sarawak Communist Insurgency.
- 19 June – TV Pendidikan, Malaysia's first and only educational TV network was officially launched.
- 2–11 August – Malaysia Summer Paralympics in Heidelberg, West Germany, with a team of four.
- 13 September – About 27 people were killed in a river ferry disaster on Kerian River at the Perak-Kedah border.
Births
- 18 January – Eja (Siti Shahrizah bt Saifuddin) – Malaysian model and actress
- 26 February – Victor Wong – Malaysian Chinesesinger
- 10 July – Rosnah Shirlin, Malaysian politician
- 27 July – Cosmonaut)
- 28 November – Islamicconsultant
Deaths
- 15 May – Tan Sri Dato' Lokman Yusof – first Lord Mayor (Datuk Bandar) of Kuala Lumpur,
See also
References
- ^ "Destinations: Kuala Lumpur". Tourism Malaysia. Archived from the original on 2 January 2008. Retrieved February 22, 2024.