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2017 In Malaysia
2017 in Malaysia is Malaysia's 60th anniversary of its independence and 54th anniversary of its formation of Malaysia. The following lists events from 2017 in Malaysia. Incumbents Federal level * Yang di-Pertuan Agong: ** Sultan Muhammad V of Kelantan * Raja Permaisuri Agong: ** Vacant * Deputy Yang di-Pertuan Agong : ** Sultan Nazrin Muizzuddin Shah of Perak * Prime Minister: Najib Razak * Deputy Prime Minister: Ahmad Zahid Hamidi * Chief Justice: Arifin Zakaria then Md Raus Sharif State level * : ** Sultan of Johor: Sultan Ibrahim Ismail ** Menteri Besar of Johor: Mohamed Khaled Nordin * : ** Sultan of Kedah: *** Sultan Abdul Halim Muadzam Shah (until 11 September) *** Sultan Sallehuddin (from 12 September) ** Menteri Besar of Kedah: Ahmad Bashah Md Hanipah * : ** Sultan of Kelantan: Tengku Muhammad Faiz Petra (regent) ** Menteri Besar of Kelantan: Ahmad Yaakob * : ** Raja of Perlis: Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin ** Menteri Besar of Perlis: Azlan Man * : ** Sultan of Perak ...
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2017
File:2017 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The War Against ISIS at the Battle of Mosul (2016-2017); aftermath of the Manchester Arena bombing; The Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017 ("Great American Eclipse"); North Korea tests a series of missiles in the face of international condemnation; The 2017 Puebla earthquake strikes Central Mexico; Spain rejects the result of the 2017 Catalan independence referendum; 2017 Las Vegas shooting, the deadliest mass shooting in American history; The Cassini-Huygens spacecraft ends its mission, 300x300px, thumb rect 0 0 200 200 Battle of Mosul (2016-2017) rect 200 0 400 200 Manchester Arena bombing rect 400 0 600 200 Solar Eclipse of August 21st, 2017 rect 0 200 300 400 Cassini-Huygens rect 300 200 600 400 2017 North Korean missile test rect 0 400 200 600 2017 Las Vegas shooting rect 200 400 400 600 2017–2018 Spanish constitutional crisis rect 400 400 600 600 2017 Puebla earthquake 2017 was designated as Internation ...
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Menteri Besar Of Johor
The Menteri Besar of Johor or Chief Minister of Johor is the head of government in the Malaysian state of Johor. According to convention, the Menteri Besar is the leader of the majority party or largest coalition party of the Johor State Legislative Assembly. The 19th and current Menteri Besar of Johor is Onn Hafiz Ghazi, who took office on 15 March 2022. Appointment According to the state constitution, the Sultan of Johor shall first appoint the Menteri Besar to preside over the Executive Council and requires such Menteri Besar to be a member of the Legislative Assembly who in His Majesty's judgment is likely to command the confidence of the majority of the members of the Assembly, must be an ethnic Malay who professes the religion of Islam and must not a Malaysian citizen by naturalisation or by registration. The Sultan on the Menteri Besar's advice shall appoint not more than ten nor less than four members from among the members of the Legislative Assembly. The member of the ...
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Menteri Besar Of Perlis
The Menteri Besar of Perlis or First Minister of Perlis is the head of government in the Malaysian state of Perlis. According to convention, the Menteri Besar is the leader of the majority party or largest coalition party of the Perlis State Legislative Assembly. The 10th and current Menteri Besar of Perlis is Mohd Shukri Ramli, who took office on 22 November 2022. Appointment According to the state constitution, the Raja of Perlis shall first appoint the Menteri Besar to preside over the Executive Council and requires such Menteri Besar to be a member of the Legislative Assembly who in his judgment is likely to command the confidence of the majority of the members of the Assembly, must be an ethnic Malay who professes the religion of Islam and must not a Malaysian citizen by naturalisation or by registration. The Raja on the Menteri Besar's advice shall appoint not more than ten nor less than four members from among the members of the Legislative Assembly. The member of the Exec ...
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Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin
Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin ibni Almarhum Tuanku Syed Putra Jamalullail ( Jawi: توانكو سيد سراج الدين ابن المرحوم توانكو سيد ڤوترا جمال الليل; born 17 May 1943) is the 7th and current Raja of Perlis, reigning since 17 April 2000. He served as the 12th Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia from 13 December 2001 to 12 December 2006. Early life and education Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin was born in Arau, Perlis, the second of ten children of Almarhum Tuanku Syed Putra Jamalullail and Tengku Budriah binti Almarhum Tengku Ismail. He studied at the Arau Malay School until standard two, then from 5 January 1950 he continued his primary education at Wellesley Primary School in Penang followed by Westland Primary School until the end of 1955. Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin began his secondary education at Penang Free School on 9 January 1956 and later left for England to study at Wellingborough School for four years until 1963. He underwent training as ...
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Raja Of Perlis
''Raja'' (; from , IAST ') is a royal title used for South Asian monarchs. The title is equivalent to king or princely ruler in South Asia and Southeast Asia. The title has a long history in South Asia and Southeast Asia, being attested from the Rigveda, where a ' is a ruler, see for example the ', the "Battle of Ten Kings". Raja-ruled Indian states While most of the Indian salute states (those granted a gun salute by the British Crown) were ruled by a Maharaja (or variation; some promoted from an earlier Raja- or equivalent style), even exclusively from 13 guns up, a number had Rajas: ; Hereditary salutes of 11-guns : * the Raja of Pindrawal * the Raja of Morni * the Raja of Rajouri * the Raja of Ali Rajpur * the Raja of Bilaspur * the Raja of Chamba * the Raja of Faridkot * the Raja of Jhabua * the Raja of Mandi * the Raja of Manipur * the Raja of Narsinghgarh * the Raja of Pudukkottai * the Raja of Rajgarh * the Raja of Sangli * the Raja of Sailana * the Raja ...
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Ahmad Yaakob
Ahmad bin Yakob (born 1 February 1950) is a Malaysian politician and teacher who has served as the 19th Menteri Besar of Kelantan since May 2013 and Member of the Kelantan State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Pasir Pekan since April 1995. He is a member, Deputy Spiritual Leader and State Commissioner of Kelantan of the Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS), a component party of the ruling Perikatan Nasional (PN) coalition. Family Born on 1 February 1950 in Kampung Berangan, Tumpat, Kelantan to Islamic religious figures, namely Yakob Ishak, a senior activist of Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) cum village religious teacher and Cik Zainab Cik Hussin, a housewife, who is a fellow PAS activist. He tied the knot with a teacher, Siti Zubaidah Abdul Hamid (born 1961) in 1981 and the couple were blessed with 12 children. Education Ahmad got his elementary education at Berangan Primary School and Bustanul Ariffin Islamic School, Tumpat, before he furthered his secondary education at Isla ...
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Menteri Besar Of Kelantan
The Menteri Besar of Kelantan or Chief Minister of Kelantan is the head of government in the Malaysian state of Kelantan. According to convention, the Menteri Besar is the leader of the majority party or largest coalition party of the Kelantan State Legislative Assembly. The 17th and current Menteri Besar of Kelantan is Ahmad Yaakob, who took office on 6 May 2013. Appointment According to the state constitution, the Sultan of Kelantan shall first appoint the Menteri Besar to preside over the Executive Council and requires such Menteri Besar to be a member of the Legislative Assembly who in his judgment is likely to command the confidence of the majority of the members of the Assembly, must be an ethnic Malay who professes the religion of Islam and must not a Malaysian citizen by naturalisation or by registration. The Sultan on the Menteri Besar's advice shall appoint not more than ten nor less than four members from among the members of the Legislative Assembly. The member of th ...
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Tengku Muhammad Faiz Petra
Tengku Muhammad Fa-iz Petra ibni Almarhum Sultan Ismail Petra ( Jawi: ; born 20 January 1974) is the current Tengku Mahkota (Crown Prince) of the Malaysian state of Kelantan, heir presumptive and first in line of succession to the throne of Kelantan. He was proclaimed as the Crown Prince of Kelantan on 18 October 2010 upon the accession of his elder brother, Sultan Muhammad V as the 29th Sultan of Kelantan.Although he is sometimes called heir apparent due to him being appointed Tengku Mahkota, this is not technically true since he may still be displaced in the line of succession by a son born to the current Sultan, however implausible that may seem. He is the second of four children of the late Sultan of Kelantan, Sultan Ismail Petra and Raja Perempuan Tengku Anis. His two younger siblings are Tengku Muhammad Fakhry Petra and Tengku Amalin A’ishah Putri. His eldest brother is the Sultan of Kelantan, Sultan Muhammad V, the fifteenth Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia. Biogra ...
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Sultan Of Kelantan
The Sultan of Kelantan () is the constitutional head of Kelantan state in Malaysia. The executive power of the state is vested in him as the monarch of the state. The current sultan, Muhammad V, is the 29th Sultan of Kelantan. He is the Head of Islam in the state and the source of all titles, honours and dignities of its people. He was the 15th Yang di-Pertuan Agong or the monarch and head of state of Malaysia from 13 December 2016 to his abdication on 6 January 2019, after his election on 14 October 2016 at the 243th (special) Conference of Rulers. History Kelantan was historically a powerful state with trade links with early Chinese, Indian and Siamese civilisations. After being a tributary of the Majapahit and Srivijaya Empires in the 13th and 14th centuries, it fell under the power of Siam and then Malacca in the 15th century. Following the Portuguese conquest of Malacca in 1511, Kelantan dissolved into several petty fiefdoms. These were conquered again by the Siamese and ...
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Ahmad Bashah Md Hanipah
Ahmad Bashah bin Md Hanipah is a Malaysian politician. He is a member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component party in Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition. He was the Menteri Besar of Kedah from 4 February 2016 to 10 May 2018. He was appointed as Menteri Besar after Mukhriz Mahathir agreed to step down after losing majority support in the state assembly. Ahmad Bashah was sworn in as Menteri Besar of Kedah the day after Mukhriz resigned, on February 4, 2016. Following his appointment as Menteri Besar, Ahmad Bashah resigned as the Deputy Minister of Domestic Trade, Co-operatives and Consumerism and as a Senator. In the 2018 election, Ahmad Bashah failed to retain the Suka Menanti state seat when he lost to Zamri Yusuf, of the People's Justice Party (PKR), in a three-corner fight with Mohd Sabri Omar of Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS). Controversy On 16 August 2016, Alor Setar MP Gooi Hsiao Leung has blasted Ahmad Bashah for accusing foreign countries of i ...
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Menteri Besar Of Kedah
The Menteri Besar of Kedah or the First Minister of Kedah is the head of government in the Malaysian state of Kedah. According to convention, the Menteri Besar is the leader of the majority party or largest coalition party of the Kedah State Legislative Assembly. Appointment According to the state constitution, the Sultan of Kedah shall first appoint the Menteri Besar to preside over the Executive Council and requires such Menteri Besar to be a member of the Legislative Assembly who in his judgment is likely to command the confidence of the majority of the members of the Assembly, must be an ethnic Malay who professes the religion of Islam and must not a Malaysian citizen by naturalisation or by registration. The Sultan on the Menteri Besar's advice shall appoint not more than ten nor less than four members from among the members of the Legislative Assembly. The member of the Executive Council must take and subscribe in the presence of the Sultan the oath of office and allegiance ...
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Sallehuddin Of Kedah
Al-Aminul Karim Sultan Sallehuddin ibni Almarhum Sultan Badlishah ( Jawi: ;born 30 April 1942) is the 29th Sultan of Kedah, Malaysia. He was proclaimed Sultan on 12 September 2017, upon the death of his elder half brother, Sultan Abdul Halim Mu'adzam Shah. Biography Sultan Sallehuddin was born (as Tunku Mahmud Sallehuddin) and raised in Istana Anak Bukit, Alor Setar, Kedah. He was the ninth of 14 siblings, to Sultan Badlishah, the 27th Sultan of Kedah, and Sultanah Asma, daughter of Sultan Sulaiman of Terengganu. Sultan Sallehuddin was educated at the Alor Merah Malay School and continued his studies at the Sultan Abdul Hamid College. He graduated with a higher education from the College of Military Engineering, Poona in India. Military career Sultan Salehuddin's military career started when he underwent cadet training at the Indian Military Academy in Dehradun from July 23, 1962 to June 30, 1963. He was appointed Junior Lieutetant on October 23, 1963. On February ...
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