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1978 in Malaysia
21 years of the nationhood
Incumbents
Federal level
- Yang di-Pertuan Agong: Sultan Yahya Petra
- Raja Permaisuri Agong: Raja Perempuan Zainab
- Prime Minister: Tun Hussein Onn
- Deputy Prime Minister: Dato' Dr Mahathir Mohammad
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 Abang Muhammad Salahuddin
- Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Sabah:
- Tun Datuk Ahmad Koroh (until November)
- Tun Mohd Adnan Robert (from November)
Events
- 8 July – 1978 Malaysian General Elections
- 7 December – Shah Alam becomes the capital of Selangor
- 28 December – Colour television is introduced by Radio Television Malaysia on RTM1
National Day
Main theme
Kebudayaan Sendi Perpaduan (Culture:The heart of Unity)
Births
- 28 March – Shalin Zulkifli, Malaysian bowling queen
- 4 December – Jaclyn Victor, Malaysian singer and winner of Malaysian Idol (season 1)
- Faizal Yusof – Malaysian actor (died 2011)
See also
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