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1976 in Malaysia
19 years of the nationhood
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Incumbents
Federal level
- Yang di-Pertuan Agong: Sultan Yahya Petra
- Raja Permaisuri Agong: Raja Perempuan Zainab
- Prime Minister:
- Tun Abdul Razak (until 14 January)
- Tun Hussein Onn (from 15 January)
- Deputy Prime Minister: Dato' Dr Mahathir Mohammad (from 5 March)
State level
- Sultan of Johor: Sultan Ismail
- Sultan of Kedah: Sultan Abdul Halim Muadzam Shah
- Sultan of Kelantan: Tengku Ismail Petra (Regent)
- Raja of Perlis: Tuanku Syed Putra
- Sultan of Perak: Sultan Idris Shah II
- Sultan of Pahang: Sultan Ahmad Shah (Deputy Yang di-Pertuan Agong)
- Sultan of Selangor: Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah
- Sultan of Terengganu: Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah
- Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan: Tuanku Jaafar
- Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Penang: Tun Sardon Jubir
- Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Malacca: Tun Syed Zahiruddin bin Syed Hassan
- Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Sarawak: Tun Tuanku Bujang Tuanku Othman
- Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Sabah: Tun Mohd Hamdan Abdullah
Events
- 14 January - Tun Abdul Razak, second Malaysian prime minister died in London. His body was brought back to Malaysia and laid to rest at Makam Pahlawan near Masjid Negara, Kuala Lumpur.
- 15 January - Tun Hussein Onn replaces Tun Abdul Razak as a prime minister.
- 28 February - Sultan Yahya Petra of Kelantan is installed as the sixth Yang di-Pertuan Agong.
- 5 March - Dr Mahathir was appointed Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia.
- 8 April - The 20 storey Campbell Shopping Complex, Kuala Lumpur's very first highrise shopping complex was completely destroyed in a fire. It was Malaysia's first towering inferno and the worst fire disaster involving a highrise building to date.
- 6 June - Sabah chief ministers and former state Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor), Tun Fuad Stephens was killed in a plane crash near Kota Kinabalu. His body was interred at State Mausoleum near Sabah State Mosque, Kota Kinabalu.
- 14 December - The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (KLSE) was incorporated.
National Day
Main theme
Ketahanan Rakyat, meaning the People's Endurance
Sports
Births
- Khairy Jamaluddin - Malaysians politicians
- Ah Niu - Malaysian Chinese singers
- Choong Tan Fook - Malaysians badminton player (doubles)
- Chew Choon Eng - Malaysians badminton player (doubles)
- Alex Yoong - Malaysian F1 and A1GP driver
- Quzier Ambak - Malaysian equestrian
- Kevin Lim - Malaysian sailing
Deaths
See also
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