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1964 in Malaysia
7 years of the nationhood
Incumbents
Federal level
- Yang di-Pertuan Agong: Tuanku Syed Putra of Perlis
- Raja Permaisuri Agong: Tengku Budriah of Perlis
- Prime Minister: Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Al-Haj
- Deputy Prime Minister: Datuk Abdul Razak
- Lord President: James Beveridge Thomson
State level
Sultan of Johor: Sultan Ismail
Sultan of Kedah: Sultan Abdul Halim Muadzam Shah
Sultan of Kelantan: Sultan Yahya Petra
Raja of Perlis: Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin (Regent)
Sultan of Perak: Sultan Idris Shah II
Sultan of Pahang: Sultan Abu Bakar
Sultan of Selangor: Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah
Sultan of Terengganu: Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah (Deputy Yang di-Pertuan Agong)
Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan: Tuanku Munawir
Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Penang: Tun Raja Uda
Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Malacca: Tun Haji Abdul Malek bin Yusuf
Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Sarawak: Tun Abang Haji Openg
Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Sabah: Tun Datu Mustapha
Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Singapore: Yusof bin Ishak
Events
- February – Construction of the Pekeliling Flats commenced.
- March – The 1964 General Elections.
- July – Famous Malay film actor, director and songwriter, P. Ramlee and his wife Saloma were moved from Singapore to Kuala Lumpur.
- 21 July – The Singapore Race Riots.
- 10 October – Eleanor Roosevelt is commemorated in Malaysian stamp.
- 10–24 October – Malaysia competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. Sixty-two competitors took part in ten sports.
Sports
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Births
- Tony Fernandes – Malaysian entrepreneur and the founder of Tune Air Sdn. Bhd (Air Asia)
- Azhar Idrus – Malaysian Islamic preacher and lecturer
Deaths
- Aminuddin Baki – Father of the Malaysian educations