2005 in Malaysia

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2005 in Malaysia is the 48th anniversary of Malaysia's independence.

Severe haze affecting Ampang, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in August 2005

Federal level

• Yang di-Pertuan Agong: Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin
• Raja Permaisuri Agong: Tuanku Fauziah
• Prime Minister: Dato' Sri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
• Deputy Prime Minister: Dato' Sri Najib Tun Razak (from 7 January)

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 Mohd Khalid Yaakob
• Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Sarawak: Tun Abang Muhammad Salahuddin
• Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Sabah: Tun Ahmad Shah Abdullah

Events

• 1 February - Channel 9 was final broadcasting end closed sign-off shut downceased transmission on early morning breakfast due to the limited Malaysian television channel market in Malaysian and 14 months later, it was also relaunched as TV9.
• 15 February – The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) (Malaysian Coast Guard) is founded.
• 1 April – Siti Nurhaliza held her concert in Royal Albert Hall, London for the first time.
• 18 May – On Teacher's Day, a seven-year-old girl from Sekolah Rendah Agama Rantau Panjang religious school Nur Salina Saparedi was knocked by a lorry while she was crossing the road at North Klang Straits Bypass in Klang, Selangor.
• 20 May – Miri gained city status and became the second city of Sarawak
• June – A power blackout on northern peninsula Malaysia causes of the main cable transmission line grid near Serendah, Selangor, had broken down.
• June – Malaysia's squash player Nicol David captures the World Open title in Hong Kong and become the World No.1 in woman's squash (she is the first Asian woman to be ranked World No. 1 in the sport).
• July – Dr Judson Sakai anak Tagal, a Sarawak state assemblymen for Ba'kelalan, was killed in helicopter crash in Ba'kelalan, Sarawak.
• 10 July – The NKVE-Jalan Meru flyover (now Setia Alam Interchange) collapsed onto the New Klang Valley Expressway (NKVE), killing two Bangladeshi workers and injuries to seven others.
• August – Mawi won the Akademi Fantasia Season 3 and became one of the Malaysian no.1 male singers.
• 9 August – Rakan Cop, Malaysian community police cops is launched.
• 10 August – The National Biofuel Policy is introduced.
• 11 August – Haze occurs in Klang Valley. A state of emergency was declared in Kuala Selangor and Port Klang.
• 27 August – Selangor was declared as the first developed state in Malaysia.
• 1 October – Kota Bharu was declared as the first Islamic city in Malaysia.
• 9 November – Azahari Husin, a Malaysian national and Islamic terrorist blew himself in a police raid on his hideout in Indonesia.
• 20 November – Endon Mahmood, wife of the Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi dies. Her body was laid to rest at the Muslim cemetery in Taman Selatan, Precinct 20, Putrajaya.
• 29 November – First Monsoon Cup international regatta held in Terengganu.
• 6 December – Kelantan's DUN Pengkalan Pasir by-election, Barisan Nasional (BN) won in this elections.
• 14 December – The 11th ASEAN Summit and East Asian Summit were held in Kuala Lumpur.

National Day

Main theme

Keranamu Malaysia (Theme of Educations)

National Day Parade

• Putrajaya

Sports

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Births

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Deaths

• Tan Sri Dr. Tan Chin Tuan — Former OCBC Bank (Malaysia) chairman (1966–1983)
• R. Letchumanan — Malaysian strongest man
• Tun Hamdan Sheikh Tahir — Penang state governor (Yang di-Pertua Negeri) (1989–2002)
• Haji Yusoff Rono — Survivors of the Bukit Kepong Incident 1950
• Saadiah — Malay actress
• Aziz Jaafar — Malay actor
• Bat Latiff — Malay actor and child actor
• Dato' Haji Sidek Abdullah Kamar — father of former Malaysian national badminton players.
• Noraini Hashim — Malay actress
• Ismail Din — Malay actor and comedian
• Datin Roqiyah Hanim — Tun Hussein Onn's eldest daughter
• Munir Sheikh Mahmud (Moon) — famous comedians in Jangan Ketawa TV sitcom series.
• Wan Abdul Aziz Wan Jaafar — state assemblymen for Pengkalan Pasir, Kelantan.
• Tan Sri Dr Noordin Sopiee — Executive Chairman of the Institute of Strategic and International Studies (ISIS).

See also

• 2005
• 2004 in Malaysia | 2006 in Malaysia
• History of Malaysia