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Decades:

1960s
1970s
1980s
1990s
2000s

Incumbents

Federal level

Yang di-Pertuan Agong:
- Sultan Iskandar (until 25 April)
- Sultan Azlan Shah (from 26 April)
Raja Permaisuri Agong:
- Sultanah Zanariah (until 25 April)
- Tuanku Bainun (from 26 April)
Prime Minister: Dato' Sri Dr Mahathir Mohammad
Deputy Prime Minister: Dato' Ghafar Baba

State level

Sultan of Johor: Tunku Ibrahim Ismail (Regent until 25 April)
Sultan of Kedah: Sultan Abdul Halim Muadzam Shah
Sultan of Kelantan: Sultan Ismail Petra
Raja of Perlis: Tuanku Syed Putra
Sultan of Perak: Raja Nazrin Shah (Regent from 26 April)
Sultan of Pahang: Sultan Ahmad Shah
Sultan of Selangor: Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah
Sultan of Terengganu: Sultan Mahmud Al-Muktafi Billah Shah
Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan: Tuanku Jaafar (Deputy Yang di-Pertuan Agong)
Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Penang:
- Tun Dr Awang Hassan (until May)
- Tun Dr Hamdan Sheikh Tahir (from May)
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 Said Keruak

Events

19 January – Planetarium Sultan Iskandar in Kuching, Sarawak, the first planetarium in Malaysia is officially opened
1 February – The Malaysian National Speed Limit was enforced.
19 February – A Boeing 747 owned by Flying Tiger Line crashed 12 kilometres from the Subang International Airport while on approach. The pilots misinterpreted the controller's instructions to descend, causing the aircraft to fly below minimum altitude and crash into a hillside on the outskirts of Puchong (the flight crew mistook the descent altitude to be 400 feet, when the controller actually meant 2400 feet). All 4 flight crew were killed.
March – The Malaysian no.1 singer, Sudirman Arshad won the title " Best Performer" in Asia Music Award 1989 contest at Royal Albert Hall, London.
26 April – Sultan Azlan Shah of Perak is installed as the ninth Yang di-Pertuan Agong.
May – The Amanah Saham Bumiputra (ASB) scheme is launched.
15 April – Malacca Town become as the historical city and also a sister cities of Kuala Lumpur.
June – Proton Knight, the first Rally, Race, Research (R3) sports car is launched at Johor Circuit.
1 June – TV3 celebrates its 5th anniversary.
18–24 October – The eleventeenth Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting is held in Kuala Lumpur.
22 September – About 27 of students including school girls were killed in the Madrasah fire tragedy in Guar Chempedak, Kedah.
2 December – The insurgency war against Communist terrorist has over and the Malayan Communist Party (MCP) ceased fire. The peace agreement signed at Hat Yai, Thailand between MCP, the Malaysian and Thai government. MCP is officially dissolved.

National Day

Main theme

Bersatu

Sports

20 August - 31 August — The Kuala Lumpur 1989, XV Southeast Asian Games

Births

Nadiah Amirah – Malaysian student who holds the record of most 1As scored in the Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia 2006
Daniel Bego – Malaysian swimmer
Tengku Fairuz Khalisah Tuan Ibrahim – grand niece of Tunku Najihah

Deaths

Ibu Zain — Malay woman political, nationalist and educational
S Kadarisman — Malay actor
S Sudarmaji — Malay film director
Jimmy Chuah — Notorious criminal during hostage drama siege was hanged in Pudu Prison, Kuala Lumpur

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

1989 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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