2002 in Malaysia

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Decades:

1980s
1990s
2000s
2010s

Incumbents

Federal level

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: 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 Muhammad 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

Sports

24 February-9 March - 2002 Men's Hockey World Cup
June - 2002 World's Strongest Man, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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
Fadzil Noor — the president of PAS political party, a member parliament for Pendang and state assemblymen for Anak Bukit, Kedah.
Rejabhad — Famous cartoonist

Years in Malaysia

Malaysia was only formed on September 16, 1963. Prior to that date, Peninsular Malaysia was known as Malaya.

Years in Malaya	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 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020

2002 in Asia

Sovereign states	Afghanistan Armenia Azerbaijan Bahrain Bangladesh Bhutan Brunei Cambodia China Cyprus East Timor (Timor-Leste) Egypt Georgia India Indonesia Iran Iraq Israel Japan Jordan Kazakhstan North Korea South Korea Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon Malaysia Maldives Mongolia Myanmar Nepal Oman Pakistan Philippines Qatar Russia Saudi Arabia Singapore Sri Lanka Syria Tajikistan Thailand Turkey Turkmenistan United Arab Emirates Uzbekistan Vietnam Yemen

States with limited recognition	Abkhazia Nagorno-Karabakh Northern Cyprus Palestine South Ossetia Taiwan

Dependencies and other territories	British Indian Ocean Territory Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Hong Kong Macau

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