1972 in Malaysia

none February 2024 1972 This article lists important figures and events in Malaysian public affairs during the year 1972, together with births and deaths of notable Malaysians. Incumbent political figures Federal level Yang di-Pertuan Agong: Sultan Abdul Halim Muadzam Shah Raja Permaisuri Agong: Sultanah Bahiyah Prime Minister: Tun Abdul Razak Deputy Prime Minister: Tun Dr Ismail Lord President: Azmi Mohamed State level Johor Sultan of Johor: Sultan Ismail Kedah Sultan of Kedah: Tunku Abdul Malik (Regent) Kelantan Sultan of Kelantan: Sultan Yahya Petra (Deputy Yang di-Pertuan Agong) Perlis Raja of Perlis: Tuanku Syed Putra Perak Sultan of Perak: Sultan Idris Shah II Pahang Sultan of Pahang: Sultan Abu Bakar Selangor Sultan of Selangor: Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah Terengganu Sultan of Terengganu: Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah 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 Aziz bin Abdul Majid Sarawak 1963 Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Sarawak: Tun Tuanku Bujang Tuanku Othman Sabah 1963 Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Sabah: Tun Pengiran Ahmad Raffae Events 31 January – Pacific Area Tourist Association Conference was held in Kuala Lumpur. 1 February – Kuala Lumpur was accorded city status.http://travel.tourism.gov.my/consumer/destinations/history.asp?state=kl Destinations: Kuala Lumpur Tourism Malaysia February 22, 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20080102232810/http://travel.tourism.gov.my/consumer/destinations/history.asp?state=kl 2 January 2008 dead Tan Sri Dato' Lokman Yusof became the first Mayor of Kuala Lumpur (Datuk Bandar Kuala Lumpur). February – Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom made her first official visit to Malaysia. She visited General Hospital at Kota Kinabalu. The hospital was then renamed in her honour (Hospital Queen Elizabeth). It is the only hospital in Malaysia named after her. March – Lee Kuan Yew's first visit to Malaysia after Singapore's separation from Malaysia on August 9 1965. 18 April – The Rajang Area Security Command (RASCOM) was established during the Sarawak Communist Insurgency. 19 June – TV Pendidikan, Malaysia's first and only educational TV network was officially launched. 2–11 August – Malaysia competed for the first time at the Summer Paralympics in Heidelberg, West Germany, with a team of four. 13 September – About 27 people were killed in a river ferry disaster on Kerian River at the Perak-Kedah border. Births 18 January – Eja (Siti Shahrizah bt Saifuddin) – Malaysian model and actress 26 February – Victor Wong – Malaysian Chinese singer 10 July – Rosnah Shirlin, Malaysian politician 27 July – Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor – first Malaysian angkasawan (Cosmonaut) 28 November – Kazim Elias – Malaysian preacher and Islamic consultant Deaths 15 April – Khaw Kai Boh, Deputy President of the Malaysian Chinese Association and former Minister for Housing and Local Government (b. 1918).18 April 1972 KHAW KAI BOH DIES IN LONDON https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19720418-1.2.47 7 February 2026 NewspaperSG 9 May – Sulaiman Mohamed Attas, UMNO Member of Parliament for Rembau–Tampin (b. 1912).30 May 1972 MP, 60. dies https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19720530-1.2.62?qt=%22alliance%20mp%22&q=%22Alliance%20MP%22 15 February 2026 NewspaperSG 15 May – Tan Sri Dato' Lokman Yusof, 1st Mayor of Kuala Lumpur (b. 1910). 13 December – Abu Bakar Baginda, 8th Menteri Besar of Selangor (b. 1899). See also 1972 1971 in Malaysia | 1973 in Malaysia History of Malaysia References 1972 in Category:Years of the 20th century in Malaysia Malaysia Malaysia Category:1970s in Malaysia