- 1981 in Malaysia
1981 in Malaysia
24 years of the nationhoodIncumbents
Federal level
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Yang di-Pertuan Agong :Sultan Ahmad Shah
*Raja Permaisuri Agong :Tengku Ampuan Afzan
*Prime Minister:
**Tun Hussein Onn (until16 July )
**Dato' Sri Dr Mahathir Mohammad (from17 July )
*Deputy Prime Minister: Dato' Musa Hitamtate level
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Sultan of Johor :
**Sultan Ismail (untilMay )
**Sultan Iskandar (fromMay )
*Sultan ofKedah :Sultan Abdul Halim Muadzam Shah
*Sultan ofKelantan :Sultan Ismail Petra
*Raja ofPerlis :Tuanku Syed Putra
*Sultan of Perak :Sultan Idris Shah II
*Sultan ofPahang :Tengku Abdulah (Regent)
*Sultan of Selangor :Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah
*Sultan ofTerengganu :Sultan Mahmud Al-Muktafi Billah Shah
*Yang di-Pertuan Besar ofNegeri Sembilan :Tuanku Jaafar (Deputy Yang di-Pertuan Agong)
*Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) ofPenang :
**Tun Sardon Jubir (untilMay )
**Tun Dr Awang Hassan (fromMay )
*Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) ofMalacca :Tun Syed Zahiruddin bin Syed Hassan
*Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) ofSarawak :
**Tun Abang Muhammad Salahuddin (untilFebruary )
**Tun Abdul Rahman Ya'kub (fromFebruary )
*Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) ofSabah :Tun Mohd Adnan Robert Events
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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 MinisterS. Samy Vellu announced that thePenang Bridge ,Penang would be constructed using the cable-stayed concrete girder of theSan Francisco Golden Gate Bridge instead of the steel-tied arch in the style of theSydney Harbour Bridge .National Day
Main theme
Berdisiplin Berharmoni
ports
Births
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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 footballerDeaths
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Sultan Ismail ofJohor
*Temenggong Jugah Anak Barieng — first Sarawak minister in federal cabinetSee also
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*1980 in Malaysia |1982 in Malaysia
*History of Malaysia
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