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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

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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: Mohamed Azmi Mohamed




= State level

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Sultan of Johor: Sultan Ismail
Sultan of Kedah: Tengku Abdul Malik (Regent)
Sultan of Kelantan: Sultan Yahya Petra (Deputy Yang di-Pertuan Agong)
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: Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah
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 Aziz bin Abdul Majid
Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Sarawak: Tun Tuanku Bujang Tuanku Othman
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. 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 June - Uthaya Sankar SB, Malaysian writer
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 May – Tan Sri Dato' Lokman Yusof – first Lord Mayor (Datuk Bandar) of Kuala Lumpur,




See also


1972
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History of Malaysia




References

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