2000 in Malaysia
2000 in Malaysia
43 years of the nationhood
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Contents
1
Incumbents
1.1
Federal level
1.2
State level
2
Events
3
National Day
3.1
Main theme
3.2
National Day Parade
4
Sports
5
Births
6
Deaths
7
See also
Incumbents
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
May
)
Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin
(from
May
)
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 Mohammad Nor
(until
November
)
Tun Abang Mohammad Salahuddin
(from
November
)
Yang di-Pertua Negeri
(Governor) of
Sabah
:
Tun Sakaran Dandai
Events
1 January
-
Visit Selangor Year 2000
officially began.
1 January
-
Y2K
passes without serious, widespread computer failures, as many experts and businesses had feared.
January - The
KLSE
Composite Index rosed up to 1,000 points.
20 February
-
Kota Kinabalu
was granted city status.
March
- The
skybridge
of the
Petronas Twin Towers
is opened to public.
23 April
- 21 people were kidnapped by the
Philippine
terrorist group
Abu Sayyaf
at the
Sipadan Island
,
Sabah
.
June
- The
Teluk Kemang
MP
by-elections
,
Barisan Nasional
(BN) win in this elections.
1 July
- The
Sauk arms heist
took happen in
Sauk
,
Perak
. Many of
Al-Mau'nah
gang members are arrested.
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
was granted city status.
November
-
Lunas
state assemblyman
Dr Jose Fernandes
is assassinated in
Bukit Mertajam
.
December
-
Lunas
DUN by-elections.
22 December
- The
2000 Federal Territory of Putrajaya Agreement
signed at
Istana Negara
between
Yang di-Pertuan Agong
Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah
with
Tengku Idris Shah
(Regent of Selangor).
National Day
Main theme
Keranamu Malaysia
National Day Parade
Shah Alam
,
Selangor
Sports
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 Mohammad Nor
—
Sarawak
state
Yang di-Pertua Negeri
(Governor)
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