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

A skybridge at Petronas Twin Towers.

Proton Waja

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 Muhammad 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)

See also

• 2000
• 1999 in Malaysia | 2001 in Malaysia
• History of Malaysia