1981 in Malaysia

1981 in Malaysia
24 years of the nationhood

Incumbents

Federal level

*Yang di-Pertuan Agong: Sultan Ahmad Shah
*Raja Permaisuri Agong: Tengku Ampuan Afzan
*Prime Minister:
**Tun Hussein Onn (until 16 July)
**Dato' Sri Dr Mahathir Mohammad (from 17 July)
*Deputy Prime Minister: Dato' Musa Hitam

tate level

*Sultan of Johor:
**Sultan Ismail (until May)
**Sultan Iskandar (from May)
*Sultan of Kedah: Sultan Abdul Halim Muadzam Shah
*Sultan of Kelantan: Sultan Ismail Petra
*Raja of Perlis: Tuanku Syed Putra
*Sultan of Perak: Sultan Idris Shah II
*Sultan of Pahang: Tengku Abdulah (Regent)
*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 Sardon Jubir (until May)
** Tun Dr Awang Hassan (from May)
*Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Malacca: Tun Syed Zahiruddin bin Syed Hassan
*Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Sarawak:
** Tun Abang Muhammad Salahuddin (until February)
** Tun Abdul Rahman Ya'kub (from February)
*Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Sabah: Tun Mohd Adnan Robert

Events

*March - Kota Darul Ehsan the biggest arch in Malaysia is opened.
*April - The Amanah Saham Nasional scheme is launched.
*June - The new Amanah Saham Nasional Berhad building at Jalan Tun Razak, Kuala Lumpur is officially opened.
*16 July - Tun Hussein Onn resigns as prime minister.
*17 July - Tun Dr Mahathir Mohammad officially became the fourth Malaysian prime minister.
*18 July - Tun Musa Hitam was appointed Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia.
*23 July - Work Minister S. Samy Vellu announced that the Penang Bridge, Penang would be constructed using the cable-stayed concrete girder of the San Francisco Golden Gate Bridge instead of the steel-tied arch in the style of the Sydney Harbour Bridge.

National Day

Main theme

Berdisiplin Berharmoni

ports

Births

*Anita and Aniza — First Malaysian siamese twins
*Shahrol Yuzy — Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix rider
*Nicholas Teo — Malaysian Chinese singer
*Wong Pei Tty — Malaysian woman badminton player (doubles)
*Mawi — Malaysian singer
*Indra Putra Mahayuddin — Malaysian footballer
*Akmal Rizal Ahmad Rakhli — Malaysian footballer

Deaths

*Sultan Ismail of Johor
*Temenggong Jugah Anak Barieng — first Sarawak minister in federal cabinet

See also

* 1981
* 1980 in Malaysia | 1982 in Malaysia
* History of Malaysia