1971 in Malaysia

1971 in Malaysia
14 years of the nationhood

Incumbents

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

tate 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: Tun Syed Sheikh Barabakh
*Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Malacca:
** Tun Haji Abdul Malek bin Yusuf (until August)
** Tun Haji Abdul Aziz bin Abdul Majid (from August)
*Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Sarawak: Tun Tuanku Bujang Tuanku Othman
*Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Sabah: Tun Pengiran Ahmad Raffae

Events

* 5 January - Kuala Lumpur hit by flash floods. 22 people were killed.
* 5 February - The Parliament government is restored after it was suspended during the Incident of 13 May 1969.
*20 February - Tuanku Abdul Halim Muadzam Shah of Kedah is installed as the fifth Yang di-Pertuan Agong.
* 3 April - The Malaysia Airlines Systems (MAS) was founded.
* 11 July - The Malaysian New Economic Policy is launched.
* 9 September - The Star, a Malaysian newspaper, was founded.
*December - The flash floods hit Temerloh, Pahang.

National Day

Theme

Masyarakat Progressif

ports

*6 December - 13 December - 1971 Southeast Asian Peninsular Games

Births

*Tuanku Siti Aishah of Selangor and 11th Raja Permaisuri Agong
*Amy Mastura - Malaysian singers and actress
*Wazi Abdul Hamid - Malaysian motocycle cub prix rider
*Azman Adnan - Malaysian footballer

Deaths

ee also

* 1971
* 1970 in Malaysia | 1972 in Malaysia
* History of Malaysia