2024 in Malaysia

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Events in the year 2024 in Malaysia.

Federal level

• Yang di-Pertuan Agong:
  • Abdullah (until 30 January)
  • Ibrahim Iskandar (from 31 January)
• Raja Permaisuri Agong:
  • Tunku Azizah Aminah Maimunah (until 30 January)
  • Raja Zarith Sofiah (from 31 January)
• Deputy Yang di-Pertuan Agong: Nazrin Shah
• Prime Minister: Anwar Ibrahim
• Deputy Prime Ministers: Ahmad Zahid Hamidi & Fadillah Yusof
• Chief Justice: Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat

State level

• Johor :
  • Sultan of Johor: Ibrahim Ismail
  • Menteri Besar of Johor: Onn Hafiz Ghazi
• Kedah :
  • Sultan of Kedah: Sallehuddin
  • Menteri Besar of Kedah: Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor
• Kelantan :
  • Sultan of Kelantan: Muhammad V
  • Menteri Besar of Kelantan: Mohd Nassuruddin Daud
• Perlis :
  • Raja of Perlis: Sirajuddin
  • Menteri Besar of Perlis: Mohd Shukri Ramli
• Perak :
  • Sultan of Perak: Nazrin Shah
  • Menteri Besar of Perak: Saarani Mohamad
• Pahang :
  • Sultan of Pahang: Abdullah
  • Menteri Besar of Pahang: Wan Rosdy Wan Ismail
• Selangor :
  • Sultan of Selangor: Sharafuddin
  • Menteri Besar of Selangor: Amirudin Shari
• Terengganu :
  • Sultan of Terengganu: Mizan Zainal Abidin
  • Menteri Besar of Terengganu: Ahmad Samsuri Mokhtar
• Negeri Sembilan :
  • Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan: Muhriz
  • Menteri Besar of Negeri Sembilan: Aminuddin Harun
• Penang :
  • Yang di-Pertua Negeri of Penang: Ahmad Fuzi Abdul Razak
  • Chief Minister of Penang: Chow Kon Yeow
• Malacca :
  • Yang di-Pertua Negeri of Malacca: Mohd Ali Rustam
  • Chief Minister of Malacca: Ab Rauf Yusoh
• Sarawak :
  • Yang di-Pertua Negeri of Sarawak:
    • Abdul Taib Mahmud (until 26 January)
    • Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar (from 26 January)
  • Premier of Sarawak: Abang Abdul Rahman Johari Abang Openg
• Sabah :
  • Yang di-Pertua Negeri of Sabah: Juhar Mahiruddin
  • Chief Minister of Sabah: Hajiji Noor

Events

January

• January 2 – Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim launched the Central Database Hub (PADU), which is a system and platform containing individual and household profiles of the citizens and permanent residents & Minister of Transport Anthony Loke Siew Fook announced that the Malaysian motorists would be able to renew their driving licenses and road taxes via the MyJPJ application starting from 1 February 2024.
• January 10 – Merdeka 118 was officially opened by Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah and Raja Permaisuri Agong Tunku Azizah Aminah Maimunah Iskandariah.
• January 26 – Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar was appointed the 8th Yang di-Pertua Negeri of Sarawak with immediate effect and conferred the title 'Tun'.
• January 28 – Crown Prince of Johor Tunku Ismail Idris was proclaimed the Regent of Johor.
• January 31 – Sultan of Johor Ibrahim Iskandar ascended to the throne as the 17th Yang di-Pertuan Agong.

February

• February 2 – The Pardons Board issued a statement to announce its decision to grant a partial pardon to former Prime Minister Najib Razak who had been jailed in Kajang Prison since 23 August 2022, halving the length of his jail term from 12 to 6 years and reducing the amount of fine from RM 210,000,000 to RM 50,000,000. Following the pardon, Najib was expected to be released from the prison on 23 August 2028. However, if the fine was not paid, a year would be added to his new jail term.
• February 9 – The Federal Court of Malaysia in a landmark ruling declares several Islamic legislation passed by the State Government of Kelantan as unconstitutional.

Scheduled

• 2024 Malaysian United Indigenous Party leadership election.

• July 26 – August 11 : Malaysia at the 2024 Summer Olympics

• August 28 – September 8 : Malaysia at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

Deaths

January

• January 1 – Fadzilah Abu Hasan, Minister-Counsellor of Economic Affairs at the Embassy of Malaysia in Bangkok.
• January 3 – Md Shah Othman, keyboard player of the bands Kembara and Ilusi.
• January 5 – Hamdan Ramli, Senario band member & Nyong Aji, poetess.
• January 13 – Abdullah CD, former Chairman of the Malayan Communist Party (CMP).
• January 20 – Devaki Krishnan, the first woman elected to public office and the grandmother of Deputy Minister of Entrepreneur Development and Cooperative Ramanan Ramakrishnan.
• January 25 – Wong Seng Chow, former Deputy Minister of Transport and veteran of the Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA).