1967 in Malaysia

1967 in Malaysia
10 years of the nationhood

Incumbents

Federal level

*Yang di-Pertuan Agong: Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah of Terengganu
*Raja Permaisuri Agong: Tengku Tengah Zaharah of Terengganu
*Prime Minister: Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Al-Haj
*Deputy Prime Minister: Datuk Abdul Razak

tate level

*Sultan of Johor: Sultan Ismail
*Sultan of Kedah: Sultan Abdul Halim Muadzam Shah (Deputy Yang di-Pertuan Agong)
*Sultan of Kelantan: Sultan Yahya Petra
*Raja of Perlis: Tuanku Syed Putra
*Sultan of Perak: Sultan Idris Shah
*Sultan of Pahang: Sultan Abu Bakar
*Sultan of Selangor: Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah
*Sultan of Terengganu: Tengku Mahmud (Regent)
*Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan:
**Tuanku Munawir
**Tuanku Jaafar
*Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Penang:
** Raja Tun Uda (until May)
** Tun Syed Sheikh Barabakh (from May)
*Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Malacca: Tun Haji Abdul Malek bin Yusuf
*Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Sarawak: Tun Abang Haji Openg
*Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Sabah: Tun Pengiran Ahmad Raffae

Events

*8 February - Tunku Abdul Rahman celebrates his 64th birthday.
*February - The Institut Teknologi MARA (ITM) is established replaced RIDA Traning Centre
*February - The insurgency war against Communist terrorist has begun.
*March - Batu Tiga Circuit (Shah Alam), the first Malaysian race track circuit is officially opened.
*2 May - The US made Sikorsky S-61 military transport helicopter renamed Nuri and used for Royal Malaysian Air Force for the first time.
*12 June - The Malaysian ringgit (Malaysian dollar) is officially introduced replaced British Malaya dollar.
*8 August - Malaysia is fully member of the formation of ASEAN.
*September - Malaysia win the third Thomas Cup.

ports

Births

*Sazali Abdul Samad - Malaysian bodybuilding
*Rosyam Nor - Malay actor

Deaths

*Tuanku Munawir ibni Almarhum Tuanku Abdul Rahman -- Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan

See also

* 1967
* 1966 in Malaysia | 1968 in Malaysia
* History of Malaysia