1973 in Malaysia

1973 in Malaysia
16 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 (until 2 August)
**Dato' Hussein Onn (from 3 August)

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 Aziz bin Abdul Majid
*Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Sarawak: Tun Tuanku Bujang Tuanku Othman
*Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Sabah:
**Tun Pengiran Ahmad Raffae (until March)
**Tun Fuad Stephens (from March)

Events

*February - KFC Malaysia open its first restaurant at Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman, Kuala Lumpur.
*29 May - P. Ramlee the Malaysian singer and actor dies.
*2 August - Tun Dr Ismail the deputy prime minister dies. He was buried in Makam Pahlawan, near Masjid Negara, Kuala Lumpur. He was the first national leader to be laid to rest here.
*3 August - Dato' Hussein Onn is elected as the deputy prime minister.

National Day

Theme

Masyarakat Berkebudayaan Malaysia

ports

Births

*Tuanku Zara Salim Davidson - Raja Puan Muda Perak
*Roslin Hashim - Malaysian badminton player
*Z-Chen - Malaysian Chinese singers
*Sultanah Nur Zahirah of Terengganu and 13th Raja Permaisuri Agong
*Angie Cheung- Malaysian actress and former Miss Chinese Malaysia

Deaths

*Tun Mohd Salleh Ismail — Inspector General of Police
*AR Tompel — Malay comedy actors
*Tengku Ampuan Jemaah of Selangor — Second Raja Permaisuri Agong
*Zaaba — Malay writers

See also

* 1973
* 1972 in Malaysia | 1974 in Malaysia
* History of Malaysia