1989 in Malaysia

1989 in Malaysia
32 years of the nationhood

Incumbents

Federal level

*Yang di-Pertuan Agong:
**Sultan Iskandar (until 25 April)
**Sultan Azlan Shah (from 26 April)
*Raja Permaisuri Agong:
**Sultanah Zanariah (until 25 April)
**Tuanku Bainun (from 26 April)
*Prime Minister: Dato' Sri Dr Mahathir Mohammad
*Deputy Prime Minister: Dato' Ghafar Baba

tate level

*Sultan of Johor: Tunku Ibrahim Ismail (Regent until 25 April)
*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 from 26 April)
*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 Awang Hassan (until May)
** Tun Dr Hamdan Sheikh Tahir (from May)
*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

*19 January - Planetarium Sultan Iskandar in Kuching, Sarawak, the first planetarium in Malaysia is officialy opened
* March - The Malaysian no.1 singer, Sudirman Arshad won the title " Best Performer" in Asia Music Award 1989 contest at Royal Albert Hall, London.
* 26 April - Sultan Azlan Shah of Perak is installed as the ninth Yang di-Pertuan Agong.
* May - The Amanah Saham Bumiputra scheme is launched.
* 15 April - Malacca Town become as the historical city and also a sister cities of Kuala Lumpur.
* June - Proton Knight, the first Rally, Race, Research (R3) sports car is launched at Johor Circuit.
* 18-24 October - The Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM 89) is held in Kuala Lumpur.
* 22 September - Kedah Madrasah fire inferno, About 27 of students were killed including school girls.
* 2 December - The insurgency war against Communist terrorist has over and the Communist Party of Malaya (CPM) ceased fire. The peace treaty signed at Hat Yai, Thailand. CPM is officially dissolved.
* 22 December - The 1989 Sumatran Earthquake, Malaysia also affected in earthquake but no damages and casualties had reported.

National Day

Main theme

Bersatu

ports

*20 August - 31 August — The Kuala Lumpur 1989, XV Southeast Asian Games

Births

*Nadiah Amirah - Malaysian student who holds the record of most 1As scored in the Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia 2006
*Daniel Bego - Malaysian swimmer
*Tengku Fairuz Khalisah Tuan Ibrahim - grand niece of Tunku Najihah

Deaths

*Ibu Zain — Malay woman political, nationalist and educational
*S Sudarmaji — Malay film director

See also

* 1989
* 1988 in Malaysia | 1990 in Malaysia
* History of Malaysia