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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: Raja Nazrin Shah (Regent)
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 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 Said Keruak

Events

1 January – The Selangor Pewter Sdn Bhd company changed its name to Royal Selangor.
1 January – Jabatan Perkhidmatan Pos Malaysia was incorporated as Pos Malaysia Berhad.
22 February – Sudirman Arshad, popular singer and Asian No.1 Singer dies at the age 39 at his sister house in Bangsar, Kuala Lumpur. His body was brought back to his hometown in Temerloh, Pahang and laid to rest at Chengal Muslim Cemetery.
16 March – The former Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) building in Jalan Raja, Kuala Lumpur was destroyed on fire.
17 May – Malaysia's men badminton team win the fifth Thomas Cup at Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur since 1967 after beating Indonesia with the aggregate of 3-2.
17 May – The new slogan "Malaysia Boleh" is introduced.
20 June – 13 die in tanker blast and 24-hour blaze at Port Klang, Selangor.
25 July - 9 August – Malaysia competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. Malaysian badminton, men's doubles player, Razif Sidek and Jalani Sidek won its first ever Olympic medal at these Games.
15 August – Proton Saga Iswara is launched.
August – Kuala Lumpur was chosen as the host of the 1998 Commonwealth Games. It was the first time in history that a city in Asia was chosen as a host of the Commonwealth Games.
23 August – The last horse race at the old Selangor Turf Club, Kuala Lumpur took place before it was moved to the new location at Sungai Besi.
29 September – The 1992 Peninsular Malaysia electricity blackout crisis.
September – The groundbreaking ceremony for the National Sports Complex in Bukit Jalil
15 October – A fire at the Subang Airport, six months after a major blaze destroyed the South Wing of Terminal One in April.
30 November – An assault incident involving Sultan Iskandar of Johor and Douglas Gomez, a hockey coach led to a media frenzy and the subsequent 1993 amendments to the Constitution of Malaysia.

National Day

Main theme

Wawasan Asas Kemajuan

Sports

17-19 April – 1992 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix
26 April - 7 May — Rothmans 1992 Thomas & Uber Cup

Births

February 2 - Khairul Anuar Khalid — Malaysian footballer
March 17 - Ayda Jebat — singer, actress and former Akademi Fantasia alumna.
March 27 - Emma Maembong — actress.
June 21 - Mohd Ferris Danial — Malaysian footballer
June 28 - Elizabeth Jimie — Malaysian diver
July 27 - Ruhainies — actress
September 27 - Izara Aishah — actress.
November 4 - D. Saarvindran — Malaysian footballer
November 13 - Jazeman Jaafar — Malaysian Formula BMW driver
November 14 - Tengku Iezahdiyana Nurhanie Tengku Alaudin — Malaysian actress
December 7 - Syafiq Yusof — director

Deaths

22 February – Sudirman Arshad — Popular Malay singer and Asian No.1 Singer
9 March – Kamaluddin Muhamad (Keris Mas) — Malay author
18 April – Tan Sri Abdul Kadir Yusuf — Minister of Law and Judiciary, Attorney-General and Solicitor-General

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

1992 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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