2005 in Malaysia
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2005 in Malaysia
48 years of the nationhood
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Severe haze affecting Ampang, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in August 2005
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[edit] Incumbents
[edit] Federal level
- Yang di-Pertuan Agong: Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin
- Raja Permaisuri Agong: Tuanku Fauziah
- Prime Minister: Dato' Sri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
- Deputy Prime Minister: Dato' Sri Najib Tun Razak (from 7 January)
[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
- 15 February - The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) (Malaysian Coast Guard) is founded.
- 1 April - Siti Nurhaliza held her concert in Royal Albert Hall, London for the first time.
- 20 May - Miri gained city status and became the second city of Sarawak
- June - A power blackout on northern peninsula Malaysia causes of the main cable transmission line grid near Serendah, Selangor, had broken down.
- July - Dr Judson Sakai anak Tagal, a Sarawak state assemblymen for Bakelalan, was killed in helicopter crash in Bakelalan, Sarawak.
- 10 July - The NKVE-Jalan Meru flyover (now Setia Alam Interchange) collapsed onto the New Klang Valley Expressway (NKVE), killing two Bangladeshi workers and injuries to seven others.
- August - Mawi win the Akademi Fantasia Season 3 and become the Malaysian no.1 male singers.
- 9 August - Rakan Cop, Malaysian community police cops is launched.
- 10 August - The National Biofuel Policy is introduced.
- 11 August - Haze occurs in Klang Valley. A state of emergency was declared in Kuala Selangor and Port Klang.
- 27 August - Selangor was declared as the first developed state in Malaysia.
- 1 October - Kota Bharu was declared as the first Islamic city in Malaysia.
- 20 November - Endon Mahmood the wife of Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi dies. Her body was laid to rest at the Muslim cemetery in Taman Selatan, Precinct 20, Putrajaya.
- 29 November – First Monsoon Cup international regatta held in Terengganu.
- 6 December – Kelantan's DUN Pengkalan Pasir by-election, Barisan Nasional (BN) won in this elections.
- 14 December - The 11th ASEAN Summit and East Asian Summit were held in Kuala Lumpur.
[edit] National Day
[edit] Main theme
Keranamu Malaysia (Theme of Educations)
[edit] National Day Parade
[edit] Sports
[edit] Births
[edit] Deaths
- Tan Sri Dr. Tan Chin Tuan — Former OCBC Bank (Malaysia) chairman (1966-1983)
- Tun Hamdan Sheikh Tahir — Penang state governor (Yang di-Pertua Negeri) (1989-2002)
- Haji Yusoff Rono — Survivors of the Bukit Kepong Incident 1950
- Saadiah — Malay actress
- Aziz Jaafar — Malay actor
- Bat Latiff — Malay actor and child actor
- Dato' Haji Sidek Abdullah Kamar — father of former Malaysian national badminton players.
- Noraini Hashim — Malay actress
- Ismail Din — Malay actor and comedian
- Munir Sheikh Mahmud (Moon) — famous comedians in Jangan Ketawa TV sitcom series.
- Wan Abdul Aziz Wan Jaafar — state assemblymen for Pengkalan Pasir, Kelantan.
- Tan Sri Dr Noordin Sopiee — Executive Chairman of the Institute of Strategic and International Studies (ISIS).
[edit] See also
Years in Malaysia | |
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| Years in Malaya | Malaysia was only formed on September 16, 1963. Prior to that date, Peninsular Malaysia was known as Malaya when it was a British protectorate before independence. 1941 • 1942 • 1943 • 1944 • 1945 • 1946 • 1947 • 1948 • 1949 • 1950 1951 • 1952 • 1953 • 1954 • 1955 • 1956 • 1957 • 1958 • 1959 • 1960 1961 • 1962 |
| Years in Malaysia | 1963 • 1964 • 1965 • 1966 • 1967 • 1968 • 1969 • 1970 1971 • 1972 • 1973 • 1974 • 1975 • 1976 • 1977 • 1978 • 1979 • 1980 1981 • 1982 • 1983 • 1984 • 1985 • 1986 • 1987 • 1988 • 1989 • 1990 1991 • 1992 • 1993 • 1994 • 1995 • 1996 • 1997 • 1998 • 1999 • 2000 2001 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009 • 2010 |
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