2002 in Malaysia

2002 in Malaysia
45 years of the nationhood

Incumbents

Federal level

*Yang di-Pertuan Agong: Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin
*Raja Permaisuri Agong: Tuanku Fauziah
*Prime Minister: Dato' Sri Dr Mahathir Mohammad
*Deputy Prime Minister: Dato' Sri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi

tate level

*Sultan of Johor: Sultan Iskandar
*Sultan of Kedah: Sultan Abdul Halim Muadzam Shah
*Sultan of Kelantan: Sultan Yahya Petra
*Raja of Perlis: Tuanku Syed Faizuddin (Regent)
*Sultan of Perak: Sultan Azlan Shah
*Sultan of Pahang: Sultan Ahmad Shah
*Sultan of Selangor: Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah
*Sultan of Terengganu: Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin (Deputy Yang di-Pertuan Agong)
*Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan: Tuanku Jaafar
*Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Penang: Tun Abdul Rahman Abbas
*Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Malacca: Tun Syed Ahmad Al-Haj bin Syed Mahmud Shahabuddin
*Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Sarawak: Tun Abang Mohammad Salahuddin
*Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Sabah: Tun Sakaran Dandai

Events

*23 February - Ahmad and Muhammad Rosli, Malaysian siamese twins are successfully separated at King Fahd National Guard Hospital, Saudi Arabia.
*14 April - The Express Rail Link (ERL) Malaysia's first high speed train is launched.
*22 April - Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin is installed as Yang di-Pertuan Agong
*June - Tun Dr Mahathir Mohammad visit Vatican City and meet Pope John Paul II for the first time.
*June - The Pendang MP by-elections, Barisan Nasional (BN) win in this elections.
*July - Tun Dr Mahathir Mohammad announced that he will resign from the office and be replaced by Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.
*November - Sipadan and Ligitan Islands are officially awarded to Malaysia by International Court of Justice (ICJ)
*20 November - The bungalow of the Affin Bank chairman General (RtD) Tan Sri Ismail Omar collapse causing landslide in Taman Hillview, Ulu Klang, Selangor. Eight people were killed.

National Day

Main theme

Keranamu Malaysia

ports

*24 February-9 March - 2002 Men's Hockey World Cup

Births

Deaths

*Normadiah — Malay actress
*Mahmud June — Malay actors
*Dato' Ahmad Daud — Malay actors and singers
*Dato' Rafeah Buang — Malay singers
*Fazidah Joned — Malay singers (famous songs "Selamat Hari Raya")
*Hasliza Ishak — second wife of Raja Di-Hilir Perak was murdered to death
*Fadzil Noor — the president of PAS political party, a member parliament for Pendang and state assemblymen for Anak Bukit, Kedah.
*Ali Bakar — Malaysian footballer
*Rejabhad — Famous cartoonist

See also

* 2002
* 2001 in Malaysia | 2003 in Malaysia
* History of Malaysia