1972 in Malaysia

1972 in Malaysia
15 years of the nationhood

Incumbents

Federal level

• Yang di-Pertuan Agong: Sultan Abdul Halim Muadzam Shah
• Raja Permaisuri Agong: Sultanah Bahiyah
• Prime Minister: Tun Abdul Razak
• Deputy Prime Minister: Tun Dr Ismail

State level

• Sultan of Johor: Sultan Ismail
• Sultan of Kedah: Tengku Abdul Malik (Regent)
• Sultan of Kelantan: Sultan Yahya Petra (Deputy Yang di-Pertuan Agong)
• Raja of Perlis: Tuanku Syed Putra
• Sultan of Perak: Sultan Idris Shah II
• Sultan of Pahang: Sultan Abu Bakar
• Sultan of Selangor: Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah
• Sultan of Terengganu: Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah
• Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan: Tuanku Jaafar
• Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Penang: Tun Syed Sheikh Barabakh
• Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Malacca: Tun Haji Abdul Aziz bin Abdul Majid
• Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Sarawak: Tun Tuanku Bujang Tuanku Othman
• Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Sabah: Tun Pengiran Ahmad Raffae

Events

• 1 February - Kuala Lumpur was accorded city status. Tan Sri Dato' Lokman Yusof became the first Lord Mayor (Datuk Bandar).
• February - Elizabeth II makes her first official visit to Malaysia.
• 19 June - TV Pendidikan, Malaysia's first and the only educational TV programme is officially launched.

National Day

Theme

Masyarakat Adil

Sports

Births

• Victor Wong - Malaysian Chinese singers
• Eja (Siti Shahrizah bt Saifuddin) - Malaysian model and actress
• Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor - first Malaysian angkasawan (Cosmonaut)
• Tan Sri Dato' Lokman Yusof - first Lord Mayor (Datuk Bandar) of Kuala Lumpur,

Deaths

See also

• 1972
• 1971 in Malaysia | 1973 in Malaysia
• History of Malaysia