2002 in Malaysia

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2002 in Malaysia
45 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: Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin
• Raja Permaisuri Agong: Tuanku Fauziah
• 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)
• 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:
• Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Malacca:
• Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Sarawak:
• Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Sabah:

[edit] 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 opened.
• 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.

[edit] National Day

[edit] Main theme

Keranamu Malaysia

[edit] Sports

[edit] Births

[edit] Deaths

• Normadiah — Malay actress
• Mahmud June — Malay actors
• 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
• Dato' Fadzil Nor — the president of PAS political party, a member parliament for Pendang and state assemblymen for Anak Bukit, Kedah.
• Dato' Hormat Rafaei — former Selangor Menteri Besar
• Ali Bakar — Malaysian footballer
• Rejabhad — Famous cartoonist

[edit] See also

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

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