1962 in Malaya
5 years of the nationhood

Incumbents

Federal level

• Yang di-Pertuan Agong: Tuanku Syed Putra of Perlis
• Raja Permaisuri Agong: Tuanku Budririah of Perlis
• Prime Minister: Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Al-Haj
• Deputy Prime Minister: Datuk Abdul Razak

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 Yusuf Izzuddin Shah
• 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: Raja Tun Uda
• Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Malacca: Tun Leong Yew Koh

(Source: Malaysian Department of Informations)

Events

• 19 January - Dato' Onn Jaafar the founder of UMNO dies. His body was laid to rest at Makam Mahmoodiah, Johor Bahru.
• February - The Cobbold Commission is established.
• 10 April - Stadium Negara, Malaya's first indoor stadium is officially opened.

Sports

Births

• Zambry Abdul Kadir - Menteri Besar of Perak (2009 -)
• Michelle Yeoh - International actress
• Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin of Terengganu and 13th Yang di-Pertuan Agong (2006 - current)
• Aznil Nawawi - Famous TV hosts
• Karamjit Singh - Malaysian no.1 rally driver.
• Aziz M. Osman - Malaysian actor and director.

Deaths

See also

• 1962
• 1961 in Malaysia | 1963 in Malaysia
• History of Malaysia