1967 in Malaysia

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1967 in Malaysia
10 years of the nationhood

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
  • Tuanku Jaafar
• Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Penang:
  • Raja Tun Uda (until May)
  • Tun Syed Sheikh Barabakh (from May)
• 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

• 8 February - Tunku Abdul Rahman celebrates his 64th birthday.
• February - The Institut Teknologi MARA (ITM) is established replaced RIDA Training Centre
• March - Batu Tiga Circuit (Shah Alam), the first Malaysian race track circuit is officially opened.
• 2 May - The US made Sikorsky S-61 military transport helicopter renamed Nuri and used for Royal Malaysian Air Force for the first time.
• 12 June - The Malaysian ringgit (Malaysian dollar) is officially introduced replaced British Malaya dollar.
• 1 July - Full immigration control at Malaysia-Singapore border imposed.
• 8 August - Malaysia is fully member of the formation of ASEAN.
• September - Malaysia win the third Thomas Cup.

Sports

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Births

• Sazali Abdul Samad - Malaysian bodybuilding
• Rosyam Nor - Malay actor

Deaths

• Tuanku Munawir ibni Almarhum Tuanku Abdul Rahman -- Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan

See also

• 1967
• 1966 in Malaysia | 1968 in Malaysia
• History of Malaysia