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Incumbents

Federal level

Yang di-Pertuan Agong:
- Tuanku Jaafar (until 25 April)
- Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah (from 26 April)
Raja Permaisuri Agong:
- Tuanku Najihah (until 25 April)
- Tuanku Siti Aishah (from 26 April)
Prime Minister: Dato' Sri Dr Mahathir Mohammad
Deputy Prime Minister:
- Dato' Sri Anwar Ibrahim (until February)
- Dato' Sri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi (from February)

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: Sultan Azlan Shah
Sultan of Pahang: Sultan Ahmad Shah
Sultan of Selangor: Tengku Idris Shah (Regent from 26 April)
Sultan of Terengganu: Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin (Deputy Yang di-Pertuan Agong)
Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan: Tengku Naquiddin (Regent until 25 April)
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 Mohammed Noor
Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Sabah: Tun Sakaran Dandai

Events

January

1 January – Visit Negeri Sembilan Year 1999 officially began
January – Malaysia exited from economic crisis
15 January – Tan Sri Abdul Rahim Noor resigned as the Inspector General of Police after taking full responsibility for injuries suffered by former Deputy Prime Minister, Anwar Ibrahim while in police custody.

February

February – Abdullah Ahmad Badawi become as Deputy Prime Minister replaced Dato' Seri Anwar Ibrahim.

March

3 March – Many federal administration sections are moved to the new federal administrative centre Putrajaya but Kuala Lumpur still as the capital.
4 March – Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin is crowned as Sultan of Terengganu.
10 March – Baby dugong, Si Tenang is found dead by a fisherman in Pasir Gudang, Johor.
15 March – The Smart TAG on-board unit (OBU) is launched replaced PLUS TAG

April

4 April – Parti Keadilan Nasional (Keadilan) is launched.
14 April – Dato' Seri Anwar Ibrahim found guilty of corruption and sentenced to six years in jail.
19 April – Two brothers, Justin Read, 19 and Gerald Read, 25 were the first Malaysians who reached the North Pole after facing a very great weather.
20 April – The Sepang International Circuit, Malaysia's home of motorsports is officially opened.
26 April – Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah of Selangor is elected as the 11th Yang di-Pertuan Agong.

May

May – Menara Alor Star, Alor Star first landmarks is officially opened.
15 May – A landslide near Bukit Antarabangsa, Ulu Klang, Selangor. Most of the Bukit Antarabangsa civilians were trapped.
21 May – Sun Cruises' liner SS Galileo Galilei or also known as SS Sun Vista sunks at Straits of Malacca near Penang after the vessel suffered an engine room fire, which cut all power. All 1,090 passengers and crew were safely evacuated.

June

1 June – TV3 celebrates its 15th anniversary.
21 June – Prime Minister, Mahathir Mohammad moves into new office, Perdana Putra building in the new federal administrative centre Putrajaya.

July

8 July – The official opening ceremony for the Multimedia Super Corridor (MSC) centre in Cyberjaya.

August

10 August – Azhar Mansor becomes the first Malaysian solo sailor crossed around the world by Jalur Gemilang sail ship.
23 August – The establishment of University of Selangor in Selangor.
26 August – The Institut Teknologi MARA (ITM) has given its university status and renamed Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM).
31 August – The Petronas Twin Towers are officially opened.

September

September – Opening of the Istana Budaya in Kuala Lumpur.
September – The Bintang Walk at Bukit Bintang is officially opened.
11 September – Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah of Selangor is installed as Yang di-Pertuan Agong.

October

1 October – Bank of Commerce merges with Bank Bumiputra Malaysia Berhad and changes its name to Bumiputra-Commerce Bank Berhad.
10 October – Opening of the Port of Tanjung Pelepas in Johor.
17 October – The first Formula One Petronas Malaysian Grand Prix held in Sepang International Circuit.
25 October – Barisan Nasional celebrates its 25th anniversary.

November

1 November – MetroVision ceases transmission. The channel will be relaunched as 8TV in 2004.
18 November – Mid Valley Megamall, the largest shopping complex in Malaysia is officially opened.
29 November – The 1999 General Elections. Terengganu fall to PAS party.

December

22 December – A Mutiara express bus caught fire after plunging into a ravine at Kampung Bayu in Paloh, near Gua Musang, Kelantan killing three passengers and injuring eight.

National Day

Main theme

Bersatu Ke Alaf Baru - Unity For New Millennium

Sports

16-18 April – 1999 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix
18–21 November - World Cup Golf Malaysia 1999

Births

September 11 - Nurin Jazlin — Murder victim (died 2007)
Nur Fathiah Diaz
Nur Dhabitah Sabri – Malaysian divers

Deaths

M. Shariff — Malay guitarist and singers
Siput Sarawak — Malay actress
Along (Spoon) — members of Spoon pop music group was murdered to death
Mohammad Abdullah (Pak Busu) — actor in the TV3 sitcom series Pi Mai Pi Mai Tang Tu & RTM TV1's longest-running drama series Opah
Tunku Kurshiah binti Almarhum Tunku Besar Burhanuddin — Tengku Ampuan Besar Negeri Sembilan and first Raja Permaisuri Agong
Dato' Alexander Lee Yu Lung — Former National Unity and Social Development Deputy Minister

Years in Malaysia

Malaysia was only formed on September 16, 1963. Prior to that date, Peninsular Malaysia was known as Malaya.

Years in Malaya	1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962

Years in Malaysia	1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020

1999 in Asia

Sovereign states	Afghanistan Armenia Azerbaijan Bahrain Bangladesh Bhutan Brunei Cambodia China Cyprus East Timor (Timor-Leste) Egypt Georgia India Indonesia Iran Iraq Israel Japan Jordan Kazakhstan North Korea South Korea Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon Malaysia Maldives Mongolia Myanmar Nepal Oman Pakistan Philippines Qatar Russia Saudi Arabia Singapore Sri Lanka Syria Tajikistan Thailand Turkey Turkmenistan United Arab Emirates Uzbekistan Vietnam Yemen

States with limited recognition	Abkhazia Nagorno-Karabakh Northern Cyprus Palestine South Ossetia Taiwan

Dependencies and other territories	British Indian Ocean Territory Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Hong Kong Macau

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