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KLIA Ekspres on the Express Rail Link (ERL).

2002 in Malaysia is the 45th anniversary of Malaysia's independence.

1 Incumbents
- 1.1 Federal level
- 1.2 State level
2 Events
3 National Day
- 3.1 Main theme
4 Sports
5 Births
6 Deaths
7 See also

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

Births

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.
Ali Bakar — Malaysian footballer
Rejabhad — Famous cartoonist

Years in Malaysia

Years in Malaya	Malaysia was only formed on September 16, 1963. Prior to that date, Peninsular Malaysia was known as Malaya when it was a British protectorate before independence. 1941 • 1942 • 1943 • 1944 • 1945 • 1946 • 1947 • 1948 • 1949 • 1950 1951 • 1952 • 1953 • 1954 • 1955 • 1956 • 1957 • 1958 • 1959 • 1960 1961 • 1962

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