1995 in Malaysia explained

This article lists important figures and events in Malaysian public affairs during the year 1995, together with births and deaths of notable Malaysians.

Incumbent political figures

Federal level

• Yang di-Pertuan Agong

Tuanku Jaafar

• Raja Permaisuri Agong

Tuanku Najihah

• Prime Minister

Dato' Sri Dr Mahathir Mohamad

• Deputy Prime Minister

Dato' Sri Anwar Ibrahim

• Chief Justice

Eusoff Chin

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
• Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan: Tunku Naquiyuddin (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

• 1 January – The display of cigarette packets in advertisements was banned by the Malaysian federal government.
• 26 January – The Proton Perdana, Malaysia's first luxury car was launched.
• March – The skybridge of the Petronas Twin Towers opened to the public.
• 31 March–2 April – 1995 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix
• 1 April – Malaysian singer, Siti Nurhaliza won Bintang HMI.
• 26 April – The 1995 General Elections. Barisan Nasional (BN) won this election.
• 29 June – 20 people were killed in the landslide at Genting Highlands slip road near the Karak Highway.
• July – The Tengku Tengah Zaharah Mosque in Kuala Terengganu was fully constructed. This was the first floating mosque in Malaysia.
• 10 July – Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad celebrated his 70th birthday.
• 3 August – The KTM Komuter, Malaysia's first electrified commuter train service began operation.
• 15 September – 34 people were killed and 19 survived when Malaysia Airlines Flight 2133, a Fokker 50 plane, crashed near Tawau Airport in Tawau, Sabah after a failed go-around.^{[1] [2]}
• October – Amanah Saham Wawasan 2020 (ASW 2020) was launched.
• 19 October – The new federal administrative centre of Putrajaya was established.
• 20 October – The Sumur City Aerospace Adventure exhibition was held in Sumur City, Shah Alam.
• 29 November – Sabah Air Helicopter carrying eleven Petronas workers crashed into the Samarang Sea.
• 12 December – The STAR Light Rail Transit (LRT) (Light Rail Transit) began operations in Kuala Lumpur. It was the first LRT system in the city.

Births

• 3 January – Muhd Nor Azam Abdul Azih  - Footballer
• 1 February  - Zahirah MacWilson  - Actress
• 15 February  - Adib Zainudin  - Footballer
• 24 February  - Syazwan Zaipol Bahari  - Footballer
• 25 February  - Thanabalan Nadarajah  - Footballer
• 21 April  - Sharifah Aryana  - Actress
• 5 May  - Amirul Hisyam Awang Kechik  - Footballer
• 23 May  - Najwa Latif  - Singer
• 1 June  - Janna Nick  - Actress and singer
• 4 June  - Irfan Zakaria  - Footballer
• 28 June  - Syafiq Ahmad  - Footballer
• 4 August  - Soo Teck Zhi  - Badminton player
• 16 August  - Irfan Shamshuddin  - Discus thrower
• 6 September  - Seow Sin Nee  - Malaysian-born Singaporean Actress
• 16 October  - Chew Yiwei  - Diver
• 20 October  - Amelia Thripura Henderson  - Actress
• 22 December  - Sam Jee Lek  - Dancer
• Unknown date – Aminulrasyid Amzah  - student (died 2010)

Deaths

• 2 January – Mustapha Harun - former state Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) and chief ministers and The Father Of Violin (born 1918)
• 16 February – Tan Sri Dato' Loh Boon Siew ("Mr Honda") - father of Malaysian motorcycles (born 1915)
• 18 March – Tun Ahmad Rafee - 2nd state Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) (1965-1973) (born 1908)
  • • 16 June – Senu Abdul Rahman - Former USM Vice Chancellor and Malaysian ambassador to United Nations (born 1919)
• 17 November – Tun Said Keruak - 7th state Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) (1987-1994) (born 1925)
• Date Unknown
  • Musa Ahmad – Chairman of the Central Committee of the Malayan Communist Party (1955-1968) (born 1921)

See also

• • 1995 1994 in Malaysia | 1996 in Malaysia
• History of Malaysia

Notes and References

1. News: Plane Overshoots Runway, Crashes, Killing 34 People. 7 July 2017. Orlando Sentinel. 2014-03-08. https://web.archive.org/web/20140308182226/http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1995-09-16/news/9509160526_1_shantytown-plane-overshoots-runway-tawau. dead.
2. News: EXPERTS BEGIN PROBE INTO MALAYSIAN PLANE CRASH. 7 July 2017. Associated Press.