1975 in Malaysia

1975 in Malaysia
18 years of the nationhood

Incumbents

Federal level

*Yang di-Pertuan Agong:
**Sultan Abdul Halim Muadzam Shah (until 21 September)
**Sultan Yahya Petra (from 21 September)
*Raja Permaisuri Agong:
**Sultanah Bahiyah (until 21 September)
**Raja Perempuan Zainab (from 21 September)
*Prime Minister: Tun Abdul Razak
*Deputy Prime Minister: Dato' Hussein Onn

tate level

*Sultan of Johor: Sultan Ismail
*Sultan of Kedah: Tengku Abdul Malik (Regent until 21 September)
*Sultan of Kelantan: Tengku Ismail Petra (Regent from 21 September)
*Raja of Perlis: Tuanku Syed Putra
*Sultan of Perak: Sultan Idris Shah II
*Sultan of Pahang: Sultan Ahmad Shah (Deputy Yang di-Pertuan Agong)
*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 (until April)
**Tun Sardon Jubir (from April)
*Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Malacca:
**Tun Haji Abdul Aziz bin Abdul Majid (until May)
**Tun Syed Zahiruddin bin Syed Hassan (from May)
*Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Sarawak: Tun Tuanku Bujang Tuanku Othman
*Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Sabah:
**Tun Fuad Stephens (until June)
**Tun Mohd Hamdan Abdullah (from June)

Events

*31 March - Tun Abdul Razak visits China and meet the premier Mao Zedong.
*June - The pilling works for the Kompleks Tun Abdul Razak (KOMTAR) in Penang are completed.
*5 August - The AIA building hostage crisis occurred, led by Japanese Red Army.
*27 August - The Tugu Negara (National Monument) was bombed by the communist terrorist.
*21 September - Sultan Yahya Petra of Kelantan is elected as the sixth Yang di-Pertuan Agong.

National Day

Theme

Masyarakat Berdikari

ports

*1 July — Don King World Boxing Tour 1975 in Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur. Muhammad Ali vs Joe Bugner

Births

*Lee Wan Wah - Malaysians badminton player (doubles)
*Hidayat Hamidon - Malaysian weightlifting
*Janet Khoo - Malaysian Chinese teen actress
*Abdul Malik Mydin - Malaysian solo swimmer

Deaths

*Tun Syed Sheikh Barabakh - Penang state governor "(Yang di-Pertua Negeri)"

See also

* 1975
* 1974 in Malaysia | 1976 in Malaysia
* History of Malaysia