1986 in Malaysia

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1986 in Malaysia
29 years of the nationhood

The vibrant and colourful Central Market.

Incumbents

Federal level

• Yang di-Pertuan Agong: Sultan Iskandar of Johor
• Raja Permaisuri Agong: Sultanah Zanariah of Johor
• Prime Minister: Dato' Sri Dr Mahathir Mohammad
• Deputy Prime Minister:
  • Dato' Musa Hitam (until March)
  • Dato' Ghafar Baba (from March)

State level

• Sultan of Johor: Tunku Ibrahim Ismail (Regent)
• Sultan of Kedah: Sultan Abdul Halim Muadzam Shah
• Sultan of Kelantan: Sultan Ismail Petra
• Raja of Perlis: Tuanku Syed Putra
• Sultan of Perak: Sultan Azlan Shah (Deputy Yang di-Pertuan Agong)
• 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
• Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Penang: Tun Dr Awang Hassan
• 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
• Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Sabah: Tun Mohd Adnan Robert

Events

• 3 January - SMK Lembah Keramat, Selangor was founded and opened to public.
• February - Central Market, Kuala Lumpur's new attractions is officially opened.
• January - Suleiman Courts residential flats is demolished.
• March - Rioters, protesting against the appointment of the Chief Minister and Head of State, detonated bombs and committed arson around major towns in the 1986 Sabah riots.
• March - Johor Circuit (Pasir Gudang), the second Malaysian race track circuit after Batu Tiga Circuit in Shah Alam, Selangor is officially opened.
• March - Tun Ghafar Baba becomes Deputy Prime Minister replacing Tun Musa Hitam who resigned due to differences of opinion with the prime minister.
• April - The 1986 General Elections.
• 12-16 April - The 1986 Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) General Conference is held.
• 15 April - Sudirman Arshad held an open air concert on Chow Kit Road, which was the first time ever that a street concert drew a 100,000 person crowd on a Monday night.
• 27 June - Highway Concessionnaires Berhad, Malaysia's first highway concessionnaires operators is founded.
• 11 July - The P. Ramlee Memorial at Jalan Dedap, Taman P. Ramlee, Setapak, Kuala Lumpur is opened for public.
• 23 October - Pudu Prison hostage drama
• November - Ferry Malaysia is launch in Kuantan Port, Pahang.

National Day

Main theme

Bangsa Tegas Negara Teguh

Academic

• Mohamad Abu Zar bin Abdul Halim, Perak, Malaysia, - University of Malaya Best Surgeon

Births

• Sharifah Amani - Malaysian actress

Deaths

• Kevin Barlow and Brian Chambers - both Australian nationals is hanged to death for the drug trafficking of 141.9g of heroin.

See also

• 1986
• 1985 in Malaysia | 1987 in Malaysia
• History of Malaysia