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Decades:

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Incumbents

Federal level

Yang di-Pertuan Agong:
- Sultan Azlan Shah (until 25 April)
- Tuanku Jaafar (from 26 April)
Raja Permaisuri Agong:
- Tuanku Bainun (until 25 April)
- Tuanku Najihah (from 26 April)
Prime Minister: Dato' Sri Dr Mahathir Mohammad
Deputy Prime Minister: Dato' Sri Anwar Ibrahim

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 until 25 April)
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: Tengku Naquiddin (Regent from 26 April)
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 (Until 31 December)

Events

1 January – Visit Malaysia Year 1994 officially begins.
1 January – Johor Bahru is granted city status.
15 January – Tun Mohamed Haniff Omar retires, after 20 years, as the Inspector General of Police.
January – Construction of the Bakun Dam in Sarawak commences.
February – Proton Saga Iswara cars are used as taxicabs in Kuala Lumpur, replacing Isuzu taxicabs.
7 February – The Planetarium Negara (National Planetarium) in Kuala Lumpur officially opens.
1 March – TV1 and TV3 began their official daytime transmissions 7 days a week.
26 April – Tuanku Jaafar of Negeri Sembilan is elected as the Yang di-Pertuan Agong.
May – The Perodua Kancil, Malaysia's first compact car, is launched.
13 May – Two Malaysian peacekeeper Major Ariffin Zakaria and Major Ramli Shaari were killed in action (KIA) in the former Yugoslavia.
June – The piling work for the Petronas Twin Towers is completed.
1 June – TV3 celebrates its 10th anniversary.
16 July – The Shah Alam Stadium, the biggest stadium in Malaysia, is officially opened by Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah of Selangor.
August – Proton Satria, Malaysia's hatchback car, is launched.
September – The Rakan Muda youth program is launched.
8 September – All sections of North-South Expressway are opened to traffic.
18 October – Mega TV, Malaysian's first subscription-based cable television channel was trial of broadcaster before 14 days, 12 months a subsidiary of TV3 was owner by STMB.
21 October – The Al-Arqam Islamic religious movement is banned by the federal government. More than 5 Al-Arqam members including Ashaari Mohammad (leader of movement) are arrested under Internal Security Act (ISA) in the main camp at Kampung Sungai Penchala, Kuala Lumpur.
November – Puspakom, Malaysia's first computerized vehicle test centre, is introduced.
10 November – The Tunku Abdul Rahman Memorial is officially opened.
17 November – TV2 celebrated its 25th anniversary.
December – Internet is introduced in Malaysia for the first time.

National Day

Main theme

Nilai Murni Jayakan Wawasan

Sports

8-10 April – 1994 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix

Births

Nurul Elfira Loy - Malaysian actress
Erin Malik - Malaysian actress
Nelydia Senrose (full name Nik Zaris Nelydia Senrose Nik Sen) – actress
Ahmad Danial Hazly
Hadin Azman
Ashmen Iskandar Weiss
Mohamad Faizat Bin Mohamad Ghazli
Mohd Firdaus Muhamad
Mohd Ridzuan Abdunloh
Muhammad Syazwan Tajuddin
Nazmi Faiz Mansor
Raja Ahmad Nazim Azlan Shah
Shafiq Shaharuddin
Nik Adruce
Lim Yin Fun – badminton player

Deaths

Zain Mahmood — Author and screenwriter of Malay film Fenomena
Tan Sri Mubin Sheppard — Malaysian cultural, heritage and historians
Tunku Osman Tunku Mohammad Jewa — First Malaysian armed forces 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

1994 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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