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Incumbent political figures

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: Sultan Azlan Shah
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: Tunku Naquiyuddin (Regent)
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 Sakaran Dandai

Events

1 January – The display of cigarette packets in advertisements was banned by the Malaysian federal government.
26 January – The Proton Perdana, Malaysia's first luxury car was launched.
March – The skybridge of the Petronas Twin Towers opened to the public.
31 March–2 April – 1995 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix
1 April – Malaysian singer, Siti Nurhaliza won Bintang HMI.
26 April – The 1995 General Elections. Barisan Nasional (BN) won this election.
29 June – 20 people were killed in the landslide at Genting Highlands slip road near the Karak Highway.
July – The Tengku Tengah Zaharah Mosque in Kuala Terengganu was fully constructed. This was the first floating mosque in Malaysia.
10 July – Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad celebrated his 70th birthday.
3 August – The KTM Komuter, Malaysia's first electrified commuter train service began operation.
15 September – 34 people were killed and 19 survived when Malaysia Airlines Flight 2133, a Fokker 50 plane, crashed near Tawau Airport in Tawau, Sabah after a failed go-around.
October – Amanah Saham Wawasan 2020 (ASW 2020) was launched.
19 October – The new federal administrative centre of Putrajaya was established.
20 October – The Sumur City Aerospace Adventure exhibition was held in Sumur City, Shah Alam.
29 November – Sabah Air Helicopter carrying eleven Petronas workers crashed into the Samarang Sea.
12 December – The STAR Light Rail Transit (LRT) (Light Rail Transit) began operations in Kuala Lumpur. It was the first LRT system in the city.

Births

3 January – Muhd Nor Azam Abdul Azih – Footballer
1 February – Zahirah MacWilson – Actress
15 February – Adib Zainudin – Footballer
24 February – Syazwan Zaipol Bahari – Footballer
25 February – Thanabalan Nadarajah – Footballer
21 April – Sharifah Aryana – Actress
5 May – Amirul Hisyam Awang Kechik – Footballer
23 May – Najwa Latif – Singer
1 June – Janna Nick – Actress and singer
4 June – Irfan Zakaria – Footballer
28 June – Syafiq Ahmad – Footballer
4 August – Soo Teck Zhi – Badminton player
16 August – Irfan Shamshuddin – Discus thrower
6 September – Seow Sin Nee – Malaysian-born Singaporean Actress
16 October – Chew Yiwei – Diver
20 October – Amelia Thripura Henderson – Actress
22 December – Sam Jee Lek – Dancer
Unknown date – Aminulrasyid Amzah – student (died 2010)

Deaths

2 January – Mustapha Harun — former Sabah state Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) and chief ministers and The Father Of Violin (born 1918)
16 February – Tan Sri Dato' Loh Boon Siew ("Mr Honda") — father of Malaysian motorcycles (born 1915)
18 March – Tun Ahmad Rafee — 2nd Sabah state Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) (1965-1973) (born 1908)
16 June – Senu Abdul Rahman — Former USM Vice Chancellor and Malaysian ambassador to United Nations (born 1919)
17 November – Tun Said Keruak — 7th Sabah state Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) (1987-1994) (born 1925)
Date Unknown
- Musa Ahmad – Chairman of the Central Committee of the Malayan Communist Party (1955-1968) (born 1921)

References

"Plane Overshoots Runway, Crashes, Killing 34 People". Orlando Sentinel. Archived from the original on 2014-03-08. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
"EXPERTS BEGIN PROBE INTO MALAYSIAN PLANE CRASH". Associated Press. Retrieved 7 July 2017.

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