- 1978 in Malaysia
1978 in Malaysia
21 years of the nationhoodIncumbents
Federal level
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Yang di-Pertuan Agong :Sultan Yahya Petra
*Raja Permaisuri Agong :Raja Perempuan Zainab
*Prime Minister:Tun Hussein Onn
*Deputy Prime Minister: Dato' Dr Mahathir Mohammadtate level
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Sultan of Johor :Sultan Ismail
*Sultan ofKedah :Sultan Abdul Halim Muadzam Shah
*Sultan ofKelantan :Tengku Ismail Petra (Regent)
*Raja ofPerlis :Tuanku Syed Putra
*Sultan of Perak :Sultan Idris Shah II
*Sultan ofPahang :Sultan Ahmad Shah (Deputy Yang di-Pertuan Agong)
*Sultan of Selangor :Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah
*Sultan ofTerengganu :Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah
*Yang di-Pertuan Besar ofNegeri Sembilan :Tuanku Jaafar
*Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) ofPenang :Tun Sardon Jubir
*Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) ofMalacca :Tun Syed Zahiruddin bin Syed Hassan
*Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) ofSarawak :Tun Abang Muhammad Salahuddin
*Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) ofSabah :
**Tun Datuk Ahmad Koroh (untilNovember )
**Tun Mohd Adnan Robert (fromNovember )Events
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8 July - 1978 Malaysian General Elections
*7 December -Shah Alam becomes the capital ofSelangor
*28 December -Colour television is introduced byRadio Television Malaysia onRTM1 National Day
Main theme
Kebudayaan Sendi Perpaduan (Culture:The heart of Unity)
ports
Births
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Shalin Zulkifli - Malaysian bowling queen
*Jaclyn Victor - Malaysian singersDeaths
See also
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1978
*1977 in Malaysia |1979 in Malaysia
*History of Malaysia
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