1976 in Malaysia

1976 in Malaysia
19 years of the nationhood

Incumbents

Federal level

*Yang di-Pertuan Agong: Sultan Yahya Petra
*Raja Permaisuri Agong: Raja Perempuan Zainab
*Prime Minister:
**Tun Abdul Razak (until 14 January)
**Tun Hussein Onn (from 15 January)
*Deputy Prime Minister: Dato' Dr Mahathir Mohammad (from 5 March)

tate level

*Sultan of Johor: Sultan Ismail
*Sultan of Kedah: Sultan Abdul Halim Muadzam Shah
*Sultan of Kelantan: Tengku Ismail Petra (Regent)
*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 Sardon Jubir
*Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Malacca: Tun Syed Zahiruddin bin Syed Hassan
*Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Sarawak: Tun Tuanku Bujang Tuanku Othman
*Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Sabah: Tun Mohd Hamdan Abdullah

Events

*14 January - Tun Abdul Razak, second Malaysian prime minister died in London. His body was brought back to Malaysia and laid to rest at Makam Pahlawan near Masjid Negara, Kuala Lumpur.
*15 January - Tun Hussein Onn replaces Tun Abdul Razak as a prime minister.
*28 February - Sultan Yahya Petra of Kelantan is installed as the sixth Yang di-Pertuan Agong.
*5 March - Dr Mahathir was appointed Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia.
*8 April - The 20 storey Campbell Shopping Complex, Kuala Lumpur's very first highrise shopping complex was completely destroyed in a fire. It was Malaysia's first towering inferno and the worst fire disaster involving a highrise building to date.
*6 June - Sabah chief ministers and former state Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor), Tun Fuad Stephens was killed in a plane crash near Kota Kinabalu. His body was interred at State Mausoleum near Sabah State Mosque, Kota Kinabalu.
*14 December - The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (KLSE) was incorporated.

National Day

Main theme

Ketahanan Rakyat, meaning the People's Endurance

ports

Births

*Khairy Jamaluddin - Malaysians politicians
*Ah Niu - Malaysian Chinese singers
*Choong Tan Fook - Malaysians badminton player (doubles)
*Chew Choon Eng - Malaysians badminton player (doubles)
*Alex Yoong - Malaysian F1 and A1GP driver
*Quzier Ambak - Malaysian equestrian
*Kevin Lim - Malaysian sailing

Deaths

See also

* 1976
* 1975 in Malaysia | 1977 in Malaysia
* History of Malaysia