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Decades:

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1980s
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Incumbents

Federal level

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: Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah (Deputy Yang di-Pertuan Agong)
Sultan of Terengganu:
- Sultan Mahmud Al-Muktafi Billah Shah (until 14 May)
- Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin (from 15 May)
Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan: Tengku Naquiddin (Regent)
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

7 January – The National Economic Action Council (NEAC) is established.

February

February – The El Nino phenomenon begins.
February–April – The Klang Valley water crisis causes by El Niño phenomenon.

March

7 March – NTV7 was test of transmission by airing music video mostly in Malay and English after 24-days of test of broadcasters.
31 March – NTV7 was content of television broadcast by airing movie bioscope after 7-days of test of broadcasters.

April

7 April – NTV7 was launched as Malaysian's third private commercial free-to-air terrestrial television stations it was opening ceremony of the first programmes to grand launched of national broadcast (on-air/sign-on) programmes its born of company names.
19 April – The Malaysia-Singapore Second Crossing is officially opened.
21 April – Malaysian parachute expedition team with Proton Wira cars lands at North Pole for the first time.

May

14 May – Sultan Mahmud Al-Muktafi Billah Shah of Terengganu dies in Singapore, age of 68. On 15 May, his son, the Yang di-Pertuan Muda of Terengganu, Tengku Mizan Zainal Abidin is elected as a new Sultan of Terengganu with a title Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin.

June

27 June – Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) in Sepang is officially opened as the main international airport in Malaysia replaced Subang International Airport in Subang.

July

1 July – The Kuala Lumpur mini-bus (Bas Mini) service was officially terminated.
11 July – The National Stadium at National Sports Complex in Bukit Jalil is officially opened.

August

1 August – In Singapore, Malaysian CIQ for rail passengers controversially remained at Tanjong Pagar railway station after Singapore relocated its CIQ to Woodlands Train Checkpoint.
1 August – Perodua Kembara, Malaysian first 4WD vehicle is launched.
17 August – The Dewan Filharmonik Petronas (a subsidiary of Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra are played for the first time), Aquaria KLCC and Suria KLCC of the Petronas Twin Towers at Kuala Lumpur City Centre (KLCC) is officially opened.

September

1 September – The PUTRA Light Rail Transit system (LRT), Malaysia's first automated light rail transit system has begun in operations
1 September – The money banking control is introduced. The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (KLSE) Composite Index rose up from 400 points to 500 points.
2 September – Dato' Seri Anwar Ibrahim, the deputy prime minister is sacked from his post, parliament and UMNO.
11–21 September – The 1998 Commonwealth Games is held in Kuala Lumpur for the first time in Asia. Malaysia form 10-gold medals, 14-silver medals and 12-bronze medals in this games.
11 September – The 1998 Commonwealth Games opening ceremony is held in National Stadium at National Sports Complex.
20 September – Anwar Ibrahim addressed a protest gathering of nearly 100,000 people in Kuala Lumpur, after which a number of his supporters marched to Mahathir Mohammad's then official residence "Sri Perdana" demanding reformasi (economic and political reforms) and Mahathir's resignation.
21 September – The 1998 Commonwealth Games closing ceremony is held in National Stadium at National Sports Complex.
29 September – Anwar Ibrahim was appeared in court and pleaded innocent to charges of corruption and sodomy.

October

October – Proton Perdana V6 and Proton Satria GTi are launched at Putra Stadium, Bukit Jalil.

November

17–18 November – The Tenth APEC Ministerial Meeting is held in Kuala Lumpur.
26 November – Miss Malaysia/World 1998, Lina Teoh Pick Lim wins third place in the 1996 Miss World finals in Mahé, Seychelles.

December

12 December – The Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia is officially opened.

National Day

Main theme

Negara Kita Tanggungjawab Kita - Our Country Our Responsibility

National Day Parade

George Town, Penang

Sports

17-19 April – 1998 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix
11 September-21 September — The Kuala Lumpur 1998, XVI Commonwealth Games

Births

Ahmad and Muhammad Rosli — Malaysian siamese twins
Tengku Muhammad Ismail — Yang di-Pertuan Muda of Terengganu
Khairul Idham Pawi — Malaysian motorcycle rider
Nur Shazrin Mohd Latif
Ahmad Firdaus Bin Ismail
Ahmad Ikhwan
Dinesh a/l Rajasingam
Kogileswaran Raj Mohana Raj
Mohamad Ikram Bin Nasiran
Mohd Ramadhan Bin Jalil
Muhamad Hamka Bin Daud
Muhammad Amirul Ashraf Bin Ariffin
Muhammad Asri Bin Muhamad
Muhammad Hafify Haikal Bin Ismail
Muhammad Haziq Bin Nadli
Muhammad Khairul Akmal Bin Rokisham
Muhammad Najmuddin Bin Samat
Muhammad Shahrul Akmal Bin Mohd Adnan
Najib Bin Abdullah
Muhammad Shyamierul Razmee Jasmi
Muhammad Syahmi Bin Safari
Muhammad Syazwan Bin Salihin

Deaths

Haji Anwar bin Abdul Malik — Malayan political
Sultan Mahmud Al-Muktafi Billah Shah of Terengganu
Yusof Latiff – actors
Tun Ismail Mohd Ali — Second Governor of Bank Negara Malaysia
Salleh Kamil — actors

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

1998 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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