2001 in Malaysia

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2001 in Malaysia
44 years of the nationhood

Contents 1 Incumbents 1.1 Federal level 1.2 State level 2 Events 3 National Day 3.1 Main theme 4 Sports 5 Births 6 Deaths 7 See also

[edit] Incumbents

[edit] Federal level

• Yang di-Pertuan Agong:
  • Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah (until 21 November)
  • Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin (from 27 November)
• Raja Permaisuri Agong:
  • Tuanku Siti Aishah (until 21 November)
  • Tuanku Fauziah (from 27 November)
• Prime Minister: Dato' Sri Dr Mahathir Mohammad
• Deputy Prime Minister: Dato' Sri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi

[edit] State 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 from 27 November)
• Sultan of Perak: Sultan Azlan Shah
• Sultan of Pahang: Sultan Ahmad Shah
• Sultan of Selangor:
  • Tengku Idris Shah (Regent until 21 November)
  • Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah (from 21 November)
• 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:
• Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Malacca:
• Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Sarawak:
• Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Sabah:

[edit] Events

• 15 January - Nine people were killed and five seriously injured when an express bus and a trailer lorry collided head-on at the 24th kilometre of the Sarikei-Sibu road (Pan Borneo Highway) during heavy rain.
• 1 February - Putrajaya became the third federal territory of Malaysia after Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya.
• April - Malaysia Airlines became the first airline in the world to pilot a twin-engine commercial jet through the newly opened polar routes, passing through the inhospitable regions of Russia and North Alaska.
• 12 April - Twelve women and a boy were killed when a bus skidded and crashed into a ditch off the Pengkalan Hulu-Baling road near Baling, Kedah.
• 16 April - KL Sentral the biggest transportation station in Kuala Lumpur as well in Malaysia is opened replaced the old Kuala Lumpur Railway Station.
• 5 September - MyKad, the Malaysian Government Multipurpose Card (GMPC) is launched.
• 11 September - The September 11 attacks in New York, USA. More than 2,602 people were killed including 7 Malaysians.
• 21 November - The Yang di-Pertuan Agong Sultan Salahuddin of Selangor dies. A well-loved, down-to-earth monarch, His body was brought back to Selangor and laid to rest at royal mausoleum near Sultan Sulaiman Mosque, Klang. On that day, the Raja Muda of Selangor Tengku Idris Shah become as the 9th Sultan of Selangor with the title Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah.
• 27 November - Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin of Perlis become as the Yang di-Pertuan Agong.

[edit] National Day

[edit] Main theme

Keranamu Malaysia

[edit] Sports

• 8 September - 17 September — The Kuala Lumpur 2001, XXI Southeast Asian Games - Malaysian become the champions of the games taking 111 gold medals

[edit] Births

[edit] Deaths

• Hairol Azmi Buntat — Malaysian touring car drivers
• Khadijah Awang — Mak Yong dancers
• Dato' Ahmad Daud — Malay actors
• Azhari Ahmad (Zairie) — a member of Raihan nasyid group
• Maznah Ismail aka Mona Fandey, Mohd Affendi Abdul Rahman and Juraimi Hussin — Three famous criminal that they killed Dato' Mazlan Idris, an Batu Talam DUN assemblyman of Pahang state. were executed (hanged) to death in Kajang state prison, Selangor (2 November).
• Usman Awang — Malay author
• Hamzah Awang Amat, Seniman Negara (Wayang Kulit)

[edit] See also

• 2001
• 2000 in Malaysia | 2002 in Malaysia
• History of Malaysia

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