1983 in Malaysia

1983 in Malaysia
26 years of the nationhood

Incumbents

Federal level

• Yang di-Pertuan Agong: Sultan Ahmad Shah
• Raja Permaisuri Agong: Tengku Ampuan Afzan
• Prime Minister: Dato' Sri Dr Mahathir Mohammad
• Deputy Prime Minister: Dato' Musa Hitam

State 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: Sultan Idris Shah II
• Sultan of Pahang: Tengku Abdullah (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 Dr Awang Hassan
• Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Malacca: Tun Syed Zahiruddin bin Syed Hassan
• Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Sarawak: Tun Abdul Rahman Ya'kub
• Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Sabah: Tun Mohd Adnan Robert

Events

• 23 January - The VIP platform in Batu Caves, Selangor collapsed during Thaipusam.
• February - Malaysia officially occupied Layang-Layang Islands or "Swallow Reefs" atolls, one of the Spratly Islands. A naval base and resort was later built at this location.
• 10 May - The International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) is established.
• 7 May - The Perusahan Otomobil Nasional Berhad (PROTON) is established.
• 1 July - Bank Islam Malaysia (BIMB), Malaysia's first Islamic bank is founded.
• 18 December - An Airbus A300 (OY-KAA) leased from Scandinavian Airlines as Malaysia Airlines Flight 684, crashed 2 km short of the runway in Subang Airport on a flight from Singapore. There were no fatalities, but the aircraft was written-off.

National Day

Main theme

Bersama Ke Arah Kemajuan

Sports

Births

• Nicol Ann David — Malaysian no.1 squash player
• Wong Mew Choo - Malaysian badminton player
• Che'Nelle - Malaysian R&B singers
• Yeoh Ken Nee - Malaysian diving

Deaths

• Ahmad Boestamam — Malay author and nationalism
• Salmah Ismail (Saloma) — Wife and widow of Malaysian film actor, director singer, and songwriter P. Ramlee
• Sir James Thompson — first Lord President of Malaysia

See also

• 1983
• 1982 in Malaysia | 1984 in Malaysia
• History of Malaysia