1993 in Malaysia

1993 in Malaysia
36 years of the nationhood

Incumbents

Federal level

*Yang di-Pertuan Agong: Sultan Azlan Shah
*Raja Permaisuri Agong: Tuanku Bainun
*Prime Minister: Dato' Seri Dr Mahathir Mohammad
*Deputy Prime Minister:
**Dato' Ghafar Baba (Until April)
**Dato' Seri Anwar Ibrahim (From April)

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 Malaysian Highway Network Development Plan blueprint is launched
*January - AirAsia, Malaysia's first low cost carrier is established.
*1 March - The Securities Commission (SC) is established.
*March - The Constitutional Amendment Bill to strip the Malay Rulers of their legal immunity from prosecution and other privileges received the royal assent.
*April - Dato Seri Anwar Ibrahim was appointed Deputy Prime Minister replaced Tun Ghafar Baba.
*April - Malaysia sent the Malaysian Battalion (MALBATT) peacekeepers to Bosnia and Herzegovina as part of the United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR).
*May - Proton Wira, the second car in the line of Proton cars, is launched.
*May - Private Mat Aznan Awang, one of Malaysian soldiers was killed in action during Battle of Mogadishu, Somalia.
*June - The breakground ceremony for the new Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) in Sepang.
*July - Dato' Mazlan Idris, an Batu Talam DUN assemblyman for Pahang state was murdered by Maznah Ismail aka Mona Fandey, Mohd Affendi Abdul Rahman and Juraimi Hussin.
*31 August - The Negaraku national anthem is given a new quickmarch version
*11 December - 48 people were killed when a block of the Highland Towers collapsed at Taman Hillview, Ulu Klang, Selangor.

National Day

Main theme

Bersatu Menuju Wawasan

National Day Parade

*Kuching, Sarawak

ports

* The fifteenth edition of the Men's Champions Trophy took place from Saturday July 3 until Sunday July 11 in the Tun Razak Stadium in Kuala Lumpur.

Births

Deaths

*Mohamed Hamzah — Architect of the Malaysian flag
*Sultanah Zainab of Kelantan - sixth Raja Pemaisuri Agong
*Tengku Ampuan Rahimah of Selangor
*Abdullah Chik — Malay singer

See also

* 1993
* 1992 in Malaysia | 1994 in Malaysia
* History of Malaysia