1990 in Malaysia
This article is about the year 1990 in Malaysia, which marks 33 years of nationhood for the country.
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Incumbents
Federal level
- Yang di-Pertuan Agong: Sultan Azlan Shah
- Raja Permaisuri Agong: Tuanku Bainun
- Prime Minister: Dato' Sri Dr Mahathir Mohammad
- Deputy Prime Minister: Dato' Ghafar Baba
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
- Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Sabah: Tun Said Keruak
Events
- 1 January - The introduction of unleaded petrol in Malaysia.
- 1 January - Visit Malaysia Year 1990 officially began.
- 1 January - Dataran Merdeka or Merdeka Square (formerly Padang Kelab Selangor) is officially opened.
- 22 January – 17 people including 11 FRU riot police personal were killed in a collision between FRU riot police vehicles, tankers lorry, a passenger bus and 10 cars at kilometre 32.5 of the Kuala Lumpur-Karak Highway not far from Genting Sempah Tunnel in Gombak, Selangor.
- March - The Malaysian General Elections. Kelantan now under PAS party.
- 14 May - Kuala Lumpur celebrates 100 years of local authority. The new federal territory of Kuala Lumpur flag and anthem are introduced.
- 29 May - Tun Hussein Onn, Malaysia's 3rd prime minister dies. His body was interred at Makam Pahlawan, near Masjid Negara, Kuala Lumpur.
- 1 June - The First Non-Aligned Summit Meeting G15 is held for the first time in Kuala Lumpur
- 2 June - P. Ramlee awarded the Darjah Panglima Setia Mahkota (DPSM) highest award with a title Tan Sri
- June - Proton Saga with Megavalve engine is launched.
- 2 July - A stampede inside a pedestrian tunnel (Al-Ma'aisim Tunnel) leading out from Mecca towards Mina and the Plains of Arafat led to the deaths of 1,426 pilgrims including 122 Malaysians.
- 11 July - The Malaysia Agriculture Park (Taman Pertanian Malaysia), Bukit Cahaya Seri Alam is opened to public.
- 1 September - The Lembaga Letrik Negara (National Electricity Board) (LLN) was incorporated as Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB).
- 17 October - The peace treaty between Malaysia government and the second bureau of the North Kalimantan Communist Party are signed in Kuching, Sarawak.
- 7 December - Tunku Abdul Rahman father of Independence dies. His body was brought back to Kedah and laid to rest at Kedah Royal Mausoleum, Langgar.
- December - Jabatan Perkhidmatan Pos Malaysia was incorporated as Pos Malaysia Berhad.
National Day
Main theme
Berjaya
Sports
Births
- Tengku Amir Shah - Raja Muda of Selangor
- Brian Nickson Lomas - Malaysian diving
- Stracie Angie Anam (Stacy) - Malaysian singers
Deaths
See also
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