1991 in Malaysia

1991 in Malaysia
34 years of the 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 - Keretapi Tanah Melayu (Malayan Railway) was incorporated as Keretapi Tanah Melayu Berhad (KTMB).
*February - UMNO party was brought it to state of Sabah by Deputy Prime Minister Tun Ghafar Baba.
*February - 1991 Malacca water crisis.
*March - The 1991 Malaysian haze affected in Kuala Lumpur and Klang Valley.
*7 May - The Bright Sparklers Fireworks Factory at Sungai Buloh, Selangor caught fire and caused a huge explosion killing and injuring many people. It was the worst industrial disaster to date.
*June - The New Economic Development Programme was launched.
*1 August – The Lot 10 Kuala Lumpur shopping complex is officially opened.
*August - The Vision 2020 (Wawasan 2020) programme was launched.
*29 September - The first Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix in Batu Tiga Circuit, Shah Alam, Selangor.
*October - The pilling works for Kuala Lumpur Tower are completed.

National Day

Main theme

Wawasan 2020

ports

Births

Deaths

*Tan Sri Mohammad Noah — Minister of Home Affairs and Speaker of the Dewan Rakyat
*Ishak Haji Muhammad (Pak Sako) — Malay author and nationalism
*Mokhtar Dahari — Malaysian footballer

See also

* 1991
* 1990 in Malaysia | 1992 in Malaysia
* History of Malaysia