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Decades:

1970s
1980s
1990s
2000s
2010s

Incumbents

Federal level

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: 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 Mohammed Noor
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.
June – TV host for the Kelab Kanak-Kanak Angkasapuri, Intan Yusniza Mohd Yunus and her mother were murdered to death.
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

Deaths

Tan Sri Mohammad Noah — Minister of Home Affairs and Speaker of the Dewan Rakyat
Ishak Haji Muhammad (Pak Sako) — Malay author and nationalism
Intan Yusniza Mohd Yunus — TV host for the Kelab Kanak-Kanak Angkasapuri
Mokhtar Dahari — Malaysian footballer

Years in Malaysia

Malaysia was only formed on September 16, 1963. Prior to that date, Peninsular Malaysia was known as Malaya.

Years in Malaya	1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962

Years in Malaysia	1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020

1991 in Asia

Sovereign states	Afghanistan Armenia Azerbaijan Bahrain Bangladesh Bhutan Brunei Cambodia China Cyprus East Timor (Timor-Leste) Egypt Georgia India Indonesia Iran Iraq Israel Japan Jordan Kazakhstan North Korea South Korea Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon Malaysia Maldives Mongolia Myanmar Nepal Oman Pakistan Philippines Qatar Russia Saudi Arabia Singapore Sri Lanka Syria Tajikistan Thailand Turkey Turkmenistan United Arab Emirates Uzbekistan Vietnam Yemen

States with limited recognition	Abkhazia Nagorno-Karabakh Northern Cyprus Palestine South Ossetia Taiwan

Dependencies and other territories	British Indian Ocean Territory Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Hong Kong Macau

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