1969 in Malaysia

Incumbent political figures

Federal level

• Yang di-Pertuan Agong: Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah of Terengganu
• Raja Permaisuri Agong: Tuanku Ampuan Intan Zaharah of Terengganu
• Prime Minister: Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Al-Haj
• Deputy Prime Minister: Datuk Abdul Razak
• Lord President: Mohamed Azmi Mohamed

State level

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

Events

• 8 February – Solidarity Week was commemorated on a Malaysian stamp.
• 10 May – The 1969 Malaysian General Elections
• 13 May – Race riots in Kuala Lumpur and several parts of Klang Valley. 196 people were killed between 13 May and 31 July.
• 16 May – May 13th Incident:
  • The Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah declared a state of emergency and dissolved parliament.
• 17 May – May 13th Incident:
  • The National Operations Council (NOC) (Majlis Gerakan Negara (MAGERAN)) was established to act as a temporary legislative council.
• 18 May – May 13th Incident:
  • The Refugee Centres for race riot victims were set up in Kuala Lumpur at Merdeka Stadium, TPCA Stadium, Chinwoo Stadium and Jalan Shaw School.
• 24 July – Communist terrorist killed Chinese woman leaving her house in the small isolated mining village of Sintok, Kedah.
• 11 October – Radio Malaysia and Television Malaysia merged into a single broadcasting service Radio Television Malaysia.
• 25 October – Communist terrorist mined a stretch of the Changlun-Sadao road on the Malaysia-Thailand border and tried unsuccessfully to ambush a Malaysian security forces motorised convoy.
• 17 November – RTM2 was launched from Angkasapuri, Kuala lumpur.
• 8 December – National Rice Year was commemorated on a Malaysian stamp.
• 10 December – Communist terrorists launched their first sabotage operation when they blew up the railway bridge at Kok Mak near the Malaysian border town of Padang Besar in Perlis.
• 26 December – Pahang warrior, Mat Kilau came out into the open, accompanied by his son, Omar Mat Kilau, and announced his true identity at the Pulau Tawar Mosque near Jerantut.

Births

• 1 January – Ng Tian Hann, movie director
• 12 May – Saiful Apek, comedian
• 6 October – Sultan Muhammad V, 15th Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia

Deaths

• 31 January – Syed Sheh Shahabudin, 2nd Yang di-Pertua Negeri of Penang (b. 1912)
• 15 March – D. R. Seenivasagam, prominent leader of the People's Progressive Party (b. 1925)
• 25 March
  • Yang Chu Chung, Commander-in-chief of the Sarawak People's Guerilla Force (b. 1935)
  • Yap Choon Hau, Political Commissar of the Sarawak People's Guerilla Force (b. 1935)
• 28 March – Abang Openg, 1st Yang di-Pertua Negeri of Sarawak (b. 1905)
• 25 October – Burhanuddin al-Helmy, 3rd President of the Malaysian Islamic Party (b. 1911)
• 24 November – Tunku Ismail Tunku Yahya, 2nd Menteri Besar of Kedah (b. 1907)

References

References

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