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This article lists important figures and events in Malaysian public affairs during the: year 2000, together with births and "deaths of notable Malaysians."
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Incumbent political figures
Federal level
- Yang di-Pertuan Agong: Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah
- Raja Permaisuri Agong: Tuanku Siti Aishah
- Prime Minister: Dato' Sri Dr Mahathir Mohamad
- Deputy Prime Minister: Dato' Sri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
- Chief Justice: Eusoff Chin then Mohamed Dzaiddin Abdullah
State level
Sultan of Johor: Sultan Iskandar
Sultan of Kedah: Sultan Abdul Halim Muadzam Shah
Sultan of Kelantan: Sultan Ismail 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 began.
- 1 January – Y2K passed without serious, "widespread computer failures," as many experts and businesses had feared.
- January – The KLSE Composite Index rose to 1,000 points.
- 20 February – Kota Kinabalu was granted city status.
- 31 Marchβ2 April – 2000 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix
- 16 April – Raja of Perlis, Tuanku Syed Putra, died in theββNational Heart Institute, Kuala Lumpur, aged 79. On 17 April, his son Tengku Syed Sirajuddin was elected as new Raja of Perlis.
- 23 April – 21 people were kidnapped by the Philippine terrorist group Abu Sayyaf at Sipadan Island, Sabah.
- May – Mahsuri's seventh generation, Wan Aishah Wan Nawawi visited Kedah and Langkawi Island.
- 1 May – Zeti Akhtar Aziz was appointed the seventh governor of Bank Negara Malaysia. She was the "first woman to lead the central bank."
- 1 May – The Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB), a body overseeing the palm oil industry in Malaysia, was formed as a merger between the Palm Oil Research Institute of Malaysia (PORIM) and the Palm Oil Registration and Licensing Authority (PORLA).
- 25 Mayβ4 June – The 2000 Sukma Games was held in Penang.
- June – The Teluk Kemang MP by-election took place, Barisan Nasional (BN) candidate S. Sothinathan winning this by-election.
- 1 July – The Sauk arms heist in Sauk, Perak. Many of Al-Mau'nah's gang members were arrested.
- 1 August – The Proton Waja, the very first Malaysian-designed car, was launched.
- 26 September – The first Malaysian micro satellite Tiung SAT was launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan.
- 10 October – Shah Alam was granted city status.
- 31 October – Four Malaysians on Singapore Airlines Flight 006 died when the flight attempted to take off from the wrong runway at Chiang Kai-shek International Airport, Taoyuan, Taiwan during typhoon, resulting in the aircraft crashing into construction equipment on the runway, killing 83 of the 179 occupants aboard.
- 4 November – Lunas state assemblyman, Dr Joe Fernandez was assassinated in Bukit Mertajam.
- 29 November – Lunas DUN by-elections took place, Parti Keadilan Nasional candidate, Saifuddin Nasution Ismail winning 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 was signed at Istana Negara between Yang di-Pertuan Agong Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah and Tengku Idris Shah (Regent of Selangor).
Births
- 27 January β Aznie Azmi β Rapper
- 30 January β Goh Jin Wei – Badminton player
- 14 March β Pearly Tan – Badminton player
- 1 April β Danial Asri – Footballer
- 13 April β Ismail Izzani – Singer
- 17 April β Tee Kai Wun – Badminton player
- 16 May β Ng Tze Yong – Badminton player
- 21 May β Izzy Zulkhazreef – Actor
- 22 September β Jennis Chia Yee Goon – Chef
- 2 November β Eoon Qi Xuan – Badminton player
Deaths
- 6 January β Along β Vocalist of Spoon band and murder victim
- 12 March β Tun Sharifah Rodziah Syed Alwi Barakbah – Wife of the first Malaysian Prime Minister, Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra and First Lady of Malaysia
- 21 March β Zainon Chan β Politburo member of the Malayan Communist Party
- 16 April β Tuanku Syed Putra of Perlis – 3rd Yang di-Pertuan Agong
- 8 August β Normadiah β Actress
- 26 September β Tun Mohd Suffian Hashim – Lord President of the Supreme Court of Malaysia
- 5 December β Tun Ahmad Zaidi Adruce Mohammed Noor – Sarawak state Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor)
See also
References
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