Elyas Omar

Yang Berbahagia Tan Sri Datuk Seri Utama
Elyas Omar
3rd Mayor of Kuala Lumpur
In office
1 February 1983 – 17 November 1992
Preceded by Yaacob Latiff
Succeeded by Mazlan Ahmad
Personal details
Born (1936-11-16)16 November 1936
Penang
Died 15 May 2018(2018-05-15) (aged 81)
National Heart Institute of Malaysia

Tan Sri Datuk Seri Utama Elyas bin Omar (16 November 1936 – 15 May 2018)[1][2][3] was the third Mayor of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.[4] Elyas was the President of the Badminton Association of Malaysia (BAM) and during his tenure, Malaysia won the Thomas Cup in 1992.[5] In football, Elyas was president of Kuala Lumpur FA when it won the Malaysia Cup three times in a row from 1987 to 1989.[6] On 17 November 1992, he was succeeded by Mazlan Ahmad as Mayor of Kuala Lumpur.[7]

Honour

Honour of Malaysia

References

  1. ↑ "Tan Sri Dato' Elyas Omar". National Archives of Malaysia. Retrieved 2018-10-02.
  2. ↑ "Tan Sri Dato' Elyas Omar". National Archives of Malaysia. Retrieved 2018-10-02. (in Malay)
  3. ↑ http://olympic.org.my/web/?page_id=2030
  4. ↑ "Elyas solves Benteng hawker woes". New Straits Times. 10 December 1982. Retrieved 30 October 2010.
  5. ↑ "Rafiz: 1992 Thomas Cup winning team had all-round depth". The Star. Malaysia. 26 May 2012. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
  6. ↑ "The History". Kuala Lumpur Football Association. Archived from the original on 29 January 2015. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
  7. ↑ "Elyas: Much work needed for 2020". Archived from the original on 2014-07-07.
  8. ↑ "Semakan Penerima Darjah Kebesaran, Bintang dan Pingat".
Preceded by
Yaacob Latiff		 Mayor of Kuala Lumpur
1983 – 1992		 Succeeded by
Mazlan Ahmad
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