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Decades:

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Incumbents

Federal level

Yang di-Pertuan Agong:
- Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah (until 21 November)
- Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin (from 27 November)
Raja Permaisuri Agong:
- Tuanku Siti Aishah (until 21 November)
- Tuanku Fauziah (from 27 November)
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 Ismail Petra
Raja of Perlis: Tuanku Syed Faizuddin (Regent from 27 November)
Sultan of Perak: Sultan Azlan Shah
Sultan of Pahang: Sultan Ahmad Shah
Sultan of Selangor:
- Tengku Idris Shah (Regent until 21 November)
- Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah (from 21 November)
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 (until May)
- Tun Abdul Rahman Abbas (from May)
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

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.
1 February — Putrajaya becomes the third Federal Territory after Kuala Lumpur and Labuan.
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.
17 April — Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin is installed as Raja of Perlis.
14 May – Cuban President, Fidel Castro made his official visit to Malaysia. Malaysia established its diplomatic relations with Cuba.
13 June — KL Sentral the biggest transportation station in Kuala Lumpur as well in Malaysia is opened replacing the old Kuala Lumpur Railway Station.
29 June — Dewan Tunku Canselor at University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur was destroyed on fire.
12 August — A 'fireball' UFO was spotted somewhere at the Second Link that joins Malaysia and Singapore.
5 September — MyKad, the Malaysian Government Multipurpose Card (GMPC) is launched.
11 September — The September 11 attacks in New York City, USA. More than 2,602 people were killed including three Malaysians.
2 November – Maznah Ismail aka Mona Fandey, Mohd Affendi Abdul Rahman and Juraimi Hussin, three famous criminal that they killed Dato' Mazlan Idris, a Batu Talam DUN assemblyman of Pahang state. were executed (hanged) to death in Kajang Prison, Kajang, Selangor.
21 November — The 11th Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah of Selangor dies at the age of 75. 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 12th Yang di-Pertuan Agong.
26 December — Tropical Storm Vamei took place in Johor.

National Day

Main theme

Keranamu Malaysia

Sports

8 September - 17 September — The Kuala Lumpur 2001, XXI Southeast Asian Games - Malaysian become the champions of the games taking 111 gold medals
19-21 October – 2001 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix

Deaths

Hairol Azmi Buntat — Malaysian touring car drivers
Khadijah Awang — Mak Yong dancers
Dato' Hormat Rafaei — former Selangor Menteri Besar
Rambo Chin — actors
Azhari Ahmad (Zairie) — a member of Raihan nasyid group
2 November – Maznah Ismail aka Mona Fandey, Mohd Affendi Abdul Rahman and Juraimi Hussin — Three famous criminal that they killed Dato' Mazlan Idris, a Batu Talam DUN assemblyman of Pahang state. were executed (hanged) to death in Kajang Prison, Kajang, Selangor.
21 November – Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah of Selangor – 11th Yang di-Pertuan Agong
29 November – Usman Awang — Malay author
Hamzah Awang Amat – Seniman Negara (Wayang Kulit)

Years in Malaysia

Malaysia was only formed on September 16, 1963. Prior to that date, Peninsular Malaysia was known as Malaya.

Years in Malaya	1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962

Years in Malaysia	1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020

2001 in Asia

Sovereign states	Afghanistan Armenia Azerbaijan Bahrain Bangladesh Bhutan Brunei Cambodia China Cyprus East Timor (Timor-Leste) Egypt Georgia India Indonesia Iran Iraq Israel Japan Jordan Kazakhstan North Korea South Korea Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon Malaysia Maldives Mongolia Myanmar Nepal Oman Pakistan Philippines Qatar Russia Saudi Arabia Singapore Sri Lanka Syria Tajikistan Thailand Turkey Turkmenistan United Arab Emirates Uzbekistan Vietnam Yemen

States with limited recognition	Abkhazia Nagorno-Karabakh Northern Cyprus Palestine South Ossetia Taiwan

Dependencies and other territories	British Indian Ocean Territory Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Hong Kong Macau

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