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1969 in Malaysia
12 years of the nationhood
Incumbents
Federal level
- Yang di-Pertuan Agong: Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah of Terengganu
- Raja Permaisuri Agong: Tuanku Ampuan Intan 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 II
- 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 Jaafar
- Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Penang: Tun Syed Sheikh Barabakh
- Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Malacca: Tun Haji Abdul Malek bin Yusuf
- Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Sarawak:
- Tun Abang Haji Openg (until February)
- Tun Tuanku Bujang Tuanku Othman (from February)
- Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Sabah: Tun Pengiran Ahmad Raffae
Events
- 10 May – The 1969 Malaysian General Elections
- 13 May – Race riots occur in Kuala Lumpur and several parts of Klang Valley. 196 people were killed between 13 May until 31 July.
- 16 May – May 13th Incident:
- The Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah declared the state of emergency and dissolved the parliament.
- 17 May – May 13th Incident:
- The National Operations Council (NOC) (Majlis Gerakan Negara (MAGERAN)) is established and act as a temporary legislative council.
- 18 May – May 13th Incident:
- The Refugee Centres for race riot victims has been set up in Kuala Lumpur such as Merdeka Stadium, TPCA Stadium, Chinwoo Stadium and Jalan Shaw School.
- 24 July – Communist terrorist killed Chinese woman from her house in the small isolated mining village of Sintok, Kedah.
- 11 October – Radio Malaysia and Television Malaysia merged into one broadcasting service Radio Television Malaysia.
- 25 October – Communist terrorist mined a stretch of the Changlun-Sadao road on the Malaysia-Thailand border and tried unsuccessfully to ambush a Malaysian security forces motorised convoy using the roadm
- 17 November – RTM2 is launched from Angkasapuri, Kuala lumpur.
- 10 December – Communist terrorist launched its first sabotage incident when they blew up the railway bridge at Kok Mak near Malaysian border town of Padang Besar in Perlis.
- 26 December – Pahang warrior, Mat Kilau came out in the open, accompanied by his son, Omar Mat Kilau, and announced his true identity at the Pulau Tawar Mosque near Jerantut.
Births
- Ng Tian Hann - Movie director
- Saiful Apek - Famous comedians
Deaths
- Burhanuddin al-Helmy - politician
See also
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