1992 in Malaysia

1992 in Malaysia
35 years of nationhood

Incumbents

Federal level

*Yang di-Pertuan Agong: Sultan Azlan Shah
*Raja Permaisuri Agong: Tuanku Bainun
*Prime Minister: Dato' Sri Dr Mahathir Mohammad
*Deputy Prime Minister: Dato' Ghafar Baba

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

* January - The Selangor Pewter Sdn Bhd company changed its name to Royal Selangor.
* 16 March - The former Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) building in Jalan Raja, Kuala Lumpur was destroyed on fire.
* 7 May - Malaysia's men badminton team win the fourth Thomas Cup at Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur since 1967.
* May - The new slogan "Malaysia Boleh" is introduced.
* 20 June - 13 die in tanker blast and 24-hour blaze at Port Klang, Selangor.
* July - Proton Saga Iswara is launched.
* 25 July-9 August - Malaysia competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. Malaysian badminton, men's doubles player, Razif Sidek and Jalani Sidek won its first ever Olympic medal at these Games.
* August - Kuala Lumpur was chosen as the host of the 1998 Commonwealth Games. It was the first time in history that a city in Asia was chosen as a host of the Commonwealth Games.
* 23 August - The last horse race at the old Selangor Turf Club, Kuala Lumpur took place before it was moved to the new location at Sungai Besi.
* 29 September - The 1992 Peninsular Malaysia electricity blackout crisis.
* September - The groundbreaking ceremony for the National Sports Complex in Bukit Jalil
*15 October - A fire at the Subang Airport, six months after a major blaze destroyed the South Wing of Terminal One in April.

National Day

Main theme

Wawasan Asas Kemajuan

ports

*26 April - 7 May — Rothmans Thomas Cup and Uber Cup, Malaysia 1992

Births

*Elizabeth Jimie — Malaysian diver
*Jazeman Jaafar — Malaysian Formula BMW driver

Deaths

*Sudirman Arshad — Popular Malay singer (Death:February 22)
*Kamaludin Ahmad (Keris Mas) — Malay author
*Tan Sri Abdul Kadir Yusuf — Minister of Law and Judiciary, Attorney-General, Solicitor-General and Lord President of the Supreme Court

See also

* 1992
* 1991 in Malaysia | 1993 in Malaysia
* History of Malaysia