1990 in Malaysia

This article is about the year 1990 in Malaysia, which marks 33 years of nationhood for the country.

Incumbents

Federal level

*Yang di-Pertuan Agong: Sultan Azlan Shah
*Raja Permaisuri Agong: Tuanku Bainun
*Prime Minister: Dato' Sri Dr Mahathir Mohammad
*Deputy Prime Minister: Dato' Ghafar Baba

tate level

*Sultan of Johor: Sultan Iskandar
*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)
*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 Hamdan Sheikh Tahir
*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

*1 January - The introduction of unleaded petrol in Malaysia.
*1 January - Visit Malaysia Year 1990 officially began.
*1 January - Dataran Merdeka or Merdeka Square "(fomerly Padang Kelab Selangor)" is officially opened.
*22 January – 17 people including 11 FRU riot police personal were killed in a collision between FRU riot police vehicles, tankers lorry, a passenger bus and 10 cars at kilometre 32.5 of the Kuala Lumpur-Karak Highway not far from Genting Sempah Tunnel in Gombak, Selangor.
*March - The Malaysian General Elections. Kelantan now under PAS party.
*14 May - Kuala Lumpur celebrates 100 years of local authority. The new federal territory of Kuala Lumpur flag and anthem are introduced.
*29 May - Tun Hussein Onn, Malaysia's 3rd prime minister dies. His body was interred at Makam Pahlawan, near Masjid Negara, Kuala Lumpur.
*1 June - The First Non-Aligned Summit Meeting G15 is held for the first time in Kuala Lumpur
*2 June - P. Ramlee awarded the Darjah Panglima Setia Mahkota (DPSM) highest award with a title Tan Sri
*June - Proton Saga with Megavalve engine is launched.
*2 July - A stampede inside a pedestrian tunnel (Al-Ma'aisim Tunnel) leading out from Mecca towards Mina and the Plains of Arafat led to the deaths of 1,426 pilgrims including 122 Malaysians.
*11 July - The Malaysia Agriculture Park (Taman Pertanian Malaysia), Bukit Cahaya Seri Alam is opened to public.
*1 September - The Lembaga Letrik Negara (National Electricity Board) (LLN) was incorporated as Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB).
*17 October - The peace treaty between Malaysia government and the second bureau of the North Kalimantan Communist Party are signed in Kuching, Sarawak.
*7 December - Tunku Abdul Rahman father of Independence dies. His body was brought back to Kedah and laid to rest at Kedah Royal Mausoleum, Langgar.
*December - Jabatan Perkhidmatan Pos Malaysia was incorporated as Pos Malaysia Berhad.

National Day

Main theme

Berjaya

ports

Births

*Tengku Amir Shah - Raja Muda of Selangor
*Brian Nickson Lomas - Malaysian diving
*Stracie Angie Anam (Stacy) - Malaysian singers

Deaths

See also

* 1990
* 1989 in Malaysia | 1991 in Malaysia
* History of Malaysia