This is a list of notable Minangkabau people.
This article lists important figures and events in Malayan public affairs during the year 1957, together with births and deaths of significant Malayans. Malaya became independent from British colonial rule on 31 August 1957.
This article lists important figures and events in Malayan and Malaysian public affairs during the year 1963, together with births and deaths of significant Malaysians. The Federation of Malaya merged with Singapore, North Borneo, and Sarawak to form the Federation of Malaysia on 16 September.
This article lists important figures and events in Malaysian public affairs during the year 1970, together with births and deaths of notable Malaysians.
This article lists important figures and events in Malaysian public affairs during the year 1990, together with births and deaths of notable Malaysians.
This article lists important figures and events in Malaysian public affairs during the year 1988, together with births and deaths of notable Malaysians.
This article lists important figures and events in Malayan public affairs during the year 1961, together with births and deaths of significant Malayans.
This article lists important figures and events in Malaysian public affairs during the year 1971, together with births and deaths of notable Malaysians. Parliamentary government was restored on 5 February, after its 1969 suspension due to race riots.
This article lists important figures and events in Malaysian public affairs during the year 2001, as well as births and deaths of notable Malaysians.
This article lists important figures and events in Malaysian public affairs during the year 1989, together with births and deaths of notable Malaysians.
This article lists important figures and events in Malaysian public affairs during the year 1997, together with births and deaths of notable Malaysians.
This article lists important figures and events in Malaysian public affairs during the year 1994, together with births and deaths of notable Malaysians.
This article lists important figures and events in Malaysian public affairs during the year 1983, together with births and deaths of notable Malaysians.
This article lists important figures and events in Malaysian public affairs during the year 1987, together with births and deaths of notable Malaysians.
This article lists important figures and events in Malayan public affairs during the year 1959, together with births and deaths of significant Malayans.
This article lists important figures and events in Malaysian public affairs during the year 1964, together with births and deaths of significant Malaysians.
This article lists important figures and events in Malayan public affairs during the year 1955, as well as births and deaths of significant Malayans.
The Yamtuan Besar, also known officially as Yang di-Pertuan Besar and unofficially as Grand Ruler, is the royal title of the ruler of the Malaysian state of Negeri Sembilan. The Grand Ruler of Negeri Sembilan is elected by a council of ruling chiefs in the state, or the Undangs. This royal practice has been followed since 1773. The Yamtuan Besar is elected from among the four leading princes of Negeri Sembilan ; the Undangs themselves cannot stand for election and their choice of a ruler is limited to a male Muslim who is Malay and also a "lawfully begotten descendant of Raja Radin ibni Raja Lenggang", the 4th Yamtuan.
The Indonesian Malaysians are Malaysian citizens of Indonesian ancestry. Today, there are many Malaysian Malays who have lineage from the Indonesian archipelago and have played an important role in the history and contributed to the development of Malaysia, they have been assimilated with other Malay communities and are grouped as part of the foreign Malays or anak dagang in terms of race. The Malaysian census does not categorize ethnic groups from the Indonesian archipelago as a separate ethnic group, but rather as Malay or Bumiputera.