2000 in Malaysia

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Decades: 1980s1990s2000s2010s2020s See also: Other events of 2000Timeline of Malaysian history

2000 in Malaysia is the 43rd anniversary of Malaysia's independence.

Federal level

Yang di-Pertuan Agong: Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah

Raja Permaisuri Agong: Tuanku Siti Aishah

Prime Minister: Dato' Sri Dr Mahathir Mohammad

Deputy Prime Minister: Dato' Sri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi

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 Putra (until 16 April)

Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin (from 17 April)

Sultan of Perak: Sultan Azlan Shah

Sultan of Pahang: Sultan Ahmad Shah

Sultan of Selangor: Tengku Idris Shah (Regent)

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 Dr Hamdan Sheikh Tahir

Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Malacca: Tun Syed Ahmad Al-Haj bin Syed Mahmud Shahabuddin

Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Sarawak:

Tun Ahmad Zaidi Adruce Mohammed Noor (until 5 December)

Tun Abang Muhammad Salahuddin (from 6 December)

Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Sabah: Tun Sakaran Dandai

Events

1 January – Visit Selangor Year 2000 officially begins.

1 January – Y2K passes without serious, widespread computer failures, as many experts and businesses had feared.

January – The KLSE Composite Index rises to 1,000 points.

20 February – Kota Kinabalu is granted city status.

16 April – Raja of Perlis, Tuanku Syed Putra, died in National Heart Institute, Kuala Lumpur, age of 79. On 17 April, his son Tengku Syed Sirajuddin is elected as a new Raja of Perlis.

22 April – Zeti Akhtiar Aziz is appointed the seventh governor of Bank Negara Malaysia. She is the first woman to lead the central bank.

23 April – 21 people are kidnapped by the Philippine terrorist group Abu Sayyaf at Sipadan Island, Sabah.

May – Mahsuri's seventh generations, Wan Aishah Wan Nawawi visits to Kedah and Langkawi Island.

June – The Teluk Kemang MP by-election takes place, Barisan Nasional (BN) candidate S Sonthinathan wins this by-election.

1 July – The Sauk arms heist occurs in Sauk, Perak. Many of Al-Mau'nah's gang members are arrested.

1 August – Proton Waja, the very first Malaysian-designed car, is launched.

26 September – The first Malaysian micro satellite Tiung SAT is launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan.

10 October – Shah Alam is granted city status.

November – Lunas state assemblyman, Dr Joe Fernandez is assassinated in Bukit Mertajam.

December – Lunas DUN by-elections take place, Parti Keadilan Nasional candidate, Saifuddin Nasution Ismail wins this by-election.

5 December – Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Sarawak, Tun Ahmad Zaidi Adruce Muhammed Noor died at the age of 76. On 22 December, he was replaced by Tun Abang Muhammad Salahuddin as a new Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Sarawak.

22 December – The 2000 Federal Territory of Putrajaya Agreement is signed at Istana Negara between Yang di-Pertuan Agong Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah with Tengku Idris Shah (Regent of Selangor).

Main theme

Keranamu Malaysia

National Day Parade

Shah Alam, Selangor

Sports

31 March - 2 April – 2000 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix

Births

Mohd Alaf - First Malaysian millennium baby was born on (1 January)

Deaths

Tun Sharifah Rodziah Syed Alwi Barakbah — Wife of the first Malaysian Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra and First Lady of Malaysia

Tuanku Syed Putra of Perlis and 3rd Yang di-Pertuan Agong

Dato' Abdullah Kia — State assemblyman for Sanggang, Pahang.

S.R Anpalagan — Teluk Kemang's Member of Parliament

Tun Mohd Suffian Hashim — Lord President of the Supreme Court of Malaysia

Tun Ahmad Zaidi Adruce Mohammed Noor — Sarawak state Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor)

References

2000 in Malaysia Wikipedia

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