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See also:	Other events of 1991 History of Malaysia  • Timeline  • Years

This article lists important figures and events inMalaysian public affairs during the year 1991, together with births and deaths of notable Malaysians.

• Yang di-Pertuan Agong:Sultan Azlan Shah
• Raja Permaisuri Agong:Tuanku Bainun
• Prime Minister:Dato' Sri Dr Mahathir Mohamad
• Deputy Prime Minister:Dato' Ghafar Baba
• Lord President:Abdul Hamid Omar

• Sultan of Johor:Sultan Iskandar
• Sultan ofKedah:Sultan Abdul Halim Muadzam Shah
• Sultan ofKelantan:Sultan Ismail Petra
• Raja ofPerlis:Tuanku Syed Putra
• Sultan of Perak:Raja Nazrin Shah (Regent)
• Sultan ofPahang:Sultan Ahmad Shah
• Sultan of Selangor:Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah
• Sultan ofTerengganu:Sultan Mahmud Al-Muktafi Billah Shah
• Yang di-Pertuan Besar ofNegeri Sembilan:Tuanku Jaafar (Deputy Yang di-Pertuan Agong)
• Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) ofPenang:Tun Dr Hamdan Sheikh Tahir
• Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) ofMalacca:Tun Syed Ahmad Al-Haj bin Syed Mahmud Shahabuddin
• Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) ofSarawak:Tun Ahmad Zaidi Adruce Mohammed Noor
• Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) ofSabah:Tun Said Keruak

• January – Keretapi Tanah Melayu (Malayan Railway) was incorporated asKeretapi Tanah Melayu Berhad (KTMB).
• February –UMNO party was brought it to state ofSabah byDeputy Prime MinisterTun Ghafar Baba.
• February –1991 Malacca water crisis.
• 6 February –1991 Selangor water crisis.
• March – The1991 Malaysian haze affectedKuala Lumpur andKlang Valley.
• 7 March – The first Malaysian boat show opened inPort Klang,Selangor
• 7 May –The Bright Sparklers Fireworks Factory atSungai Buloh,Selangor caught fire and caused a huge explosion that killed 29 and injured 83 people. It was Malaysia's worst industrial disaster to date.
• June – TheNew Economic Development Programme was launched.
• June – TV host for theKelab Kanak-Kanak Angkasapuri,Intan Yusniza Mohamad Yunos and her foster mother were murdered.
• 1 August – TheLot 10 Kuala Lumpur shopping complex officially opened.
• August – TheVision 2020 (Wawasan 2020) programme was launched.
• 27–29 September – The firstMalaysian motorcycle Grand Prix inBatu Tiga Circuit,Shah Alam,Selangor.
• October – The piling works forKuala Lumpur Tower were completed.

• 21 January –Mohd Fadhli Mohd Shas – Malaysian defender
• 8 February –Syatilla Melvin – Actress and model
• 1 March –Misbun Ramdan Misbun – Badminton player
• 24 May –Iskandar Zulkarnain Zainuddin – Badminton player
• 9 September –Siti Adira Suhaimi – Singer
• 20 September –Khairul Anuar Mohamad – Archer
• 26 September –Mohd Fakhrurazi Musa – Footballer
• 20 October –Zulfahmi Khairuddin – Malaysian Grand Prix Motorcycle racer
• 12 November –Mohd Syukur Saidin – Footballer
• 14 November –Zubir Azmi – Footballer
• 22 November –Diana Danielle – Actress

• 11 July –Mokhtar Dahari – Malaysian footballer^[1]
• 6 September –Tan Sri Mohammad Noah^[2] – Politician andMinister of Home Affairs andSpeaker of the Dewan Rakyat
• 7 November –Ishak Haji Muhammad (Pak Sako) – Malay author and nationalist

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