1966 in Malaysia

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1966 in Malaysia
9 years of the nationhood

Tugu Negara, the Malaysian National Monument

Incumbents

Federal level

• Yang di-Pertuan Agong: Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah of Terengganu
• Raja Permaisuri Agong: Tengku Tengah Zaharah of Terengganu
• Prime Minister: Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Al-Haj
• Deputy Prime Minister: Datuk Abdul Razak

State level

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

Events

• January - Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah of Terengganu is installed as the fourth Yang di-Pertuan Agong.
• 8 February - The National Monument or Tugu Negara is opened.
• 28 May - The Malaysian and Indonesian governments declared that the confrontation was over. The peace treaty signed in Bangkok, Thailand.
• June - US President Lyndon B. Johnson visit Malaysia for the first time.
• September - The governor of Sarawak declared a state of emergency in Sarawak during the 1966 Sarawak constitutional crisis

Sports

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Births

• Mohd Redzuan bin A. Samah - Managing Director of Metroasea Services Sdn Bhd (2003–present), Vice President Ericsson (1993–2003)
• 2 April - Din Beramboi (real name Mior Ahmad Fuad Mior Badri) – actor, comedian and Era FM DJ

Deaths

• Richard O. Winstedt - Famous historians

See also

• 1966
• 1965 in Malaysia | 1967 in Malaysia
• History of Malaysia