2001 in Malaysia

2001 in Malaysia
44 years of the nationhood

Incumbents

15 January - Nine people were killed and five seriously injured when an express bus and a trailer lorry collided head-on at the 24th kilometre of the Sarikei-Sibu road (Pan Borneo Highway) during heavy rain.
April - Malaysia Airlines became the first airline in the world to pilot a twin-engine commercial jet through the newly opened polar routes, passing through the inhospitable regions of Russia and North Alaska.
12 April - Twelve women and a boy were killed when a bus skidded and crashed into a ditch off the Pengkalan Hulu-Baling road near Baling, Kedah.
16 April - KL Sentral the biggest transportation station in Kuala Lumpur as well in Malaysia is opened replaced the old Kuala Lumpur Railway Station.
17 April - Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin is installed as Raja of Perlis.
5 September - MyKad, the Malaysian Government Multipurpose Card (GMPC) is launched.
11 September - The September 11 attacks in New York, USA. More than 2,602 people were killed including 7 Malaysians.
21 November - The Yang di-Pertuan Agong Sultan Salahuddin of Selangor dies. A well-loved, down-to-earth monarch, His body was brought back to Selangor and laid to rest at royal mausoleum near Sultan Sulaiman Mosque, Klang. On that day, the Raja Muda of Selangor Tengku Idris Shah become as the 9th Sultan of Selangor with the title Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah.
27 November - Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin of Perlis become as the Yang di-Pertuan Agong.

Keranamu Malaysia

8 September - 17 September — The Kuala Lumpur 2001, XXI Southeast Asian Games - Malaysian become the champions of the games taking 111 gold medals

Hairol Azmi Buntat — Malaysian touring car drivers
Khadijah Awang — Mak Yong dancers
Dato' Ahmad Daud — Malay actors
Dato' Hormat Rafaei — former Selangor Menteri Besar
Azhari Ahmad (Zairie) — a member of Raihan nasyid group
Maznah Ismail aka Mona Fandey, Mohd Affendi Abdul Rahman and Juraimi Hussin — Three famous criminal that they killed Dato' Mazlan Idris, an Batu Talam DUN assemblyman of Pahang state. were executed (hanged) to death in Kajang state prison, Selangor (2 November).
Usman Awang — Malay author
Hamzah Awang Amat, Seniman Negara (Wayang Kulit)