1989 in Malaysia

1989 in Malaysia
32 years of the nationhood

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

Incumbents

Federal level

Yang di-Pertuan Agong:
- Sultan Iskandar (until 25 April)
- Sultan Azlan Shah (from 26 April)
Raja Permaisuri Agong:
- Sultanah Zanariah (until 25 April)
- Tuanku Bainun (from 26 April)
Prime Minister: Dato' Sri Dr Mahathir Mohammad
Deputy Prime Minister: Dato' Ghafar Baba

State level

Sultan of Johor: Tunku Ibrahim Ismail (Regent until 25 April)
Sultan of Kedah: Sultan Abdul Halim Muadzam Shah
Sultan of Kelantan: Sultan Ismail Petra
Raja of Perlis: Tuanku Syed Putra
Sultan of Perak: Raja Nazrin Shah (Regent from 26 April)
Sultan of Pahang: Sultan Ahmad Shah
Sultan of Selangor: Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah
Sultan of Terengganu: Sultan Mahmud Al-Muktafi Billah Shah
Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan: Tuanku Jaafar (Deputy Yang di-Pertuan Agong)
Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Penang:
- Tun Dr Awang Hassan (until May)
- Tun Dr Hamdan Sheikh Tahir (from May)
Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Malacca: Tun Syed Ahmad Al-Haj bin Syed Mahmud Shahabuddin
Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Sarawak: Tun Ahmad Zaidi Adruce
Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Sabah: Tun Said Keruak

Events

19 January - Planetarium Sultan Iskandar in Kuching, Sarawak, the first planetarium in Malaysia is officialy opened
March - The Malaysian no.1 singer, Sudirman Arshad won the title " Best Performer" in Asia Music Award 1989 contest at Royal Albert Hall, London.
26 April - Sultan Azlan Shah of Perak is installed as the ninth Yang di-Pertuan Agong.
May - The Amanah Saham Bumiputra scheme is launched.
15 April - Malacca Town become as the historical city and also a sister cities of Kuala Lumpur.
June - Proton Knight, the first Rally, Race, Research (R3) sports car is launched at Johor Circuit.
18-24 October - The Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM 89) is held in Kuala Lumpur.
22 September - Kedah Madrasah fire inferno, About 27 of students were killed including school girls.
2 December - The insurgency war against Communist terrorist has over and the Communist Party of Malaya (CPM) ceased fire. The peace treaty signed at Hat Yai, Thailand. CPM is officially dissolved.
22 December - The 1989 Sumatran Earthquake, Malaysia also affected in earthquake but no damages and casualties had reported.

National Day

Main theme

Bersatu

Sports

20 August - 31 August — The Kuala Lumpur 1989, XV Southeast Asian Games

Births

Nadiah Amirah - Malaysian student who holds the record of most 1As scored in the Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia 2006
Daniel Bego - Malaysian swimmer
Tengku Fairuz Khalisah Tuan Ibrahim - grand niece of Tunku Najihah

Deaths

Ibu Zain — Malay woman political, nationalist and educational
S Sudarmaji — Malay film director

v • d • e Years in Malaysia

Years in Malaya	Malaysia was only formed on September 16, 1963. Prior to that date, Peninsular Malaysia was known as Malaya when it was a British protectorate before independence. 1941 • 1942 • 1943 • 1944 • 1945 • 1946 • 1947 • 1948 • 1949 • 1950 1951 • 1952 • 1953 • 1954 • 1955 • 1956 • 1957 • 1958 • 1959 • 1960 1961 • 1962

Years in Malaysia	1963 • 1964 • 1965 • 1966 • 1967 • 1968 • 1969 • 1970 1971 • 1972 • 1973 • 1974 • 1975 • 1976 • 1977 • 1978 • 1979 • 1980 1981 • 1982 • 1983 • 1984 • 1985 • 1986 • 1987 • 1988 • 1989 • 1990 1991 • 1992 • 1993 • 1994 • 1995 • 1996 • 1997 • 1998 • 1999 • 2000 2001 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009 • 2010

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