2002 in Malaysia

Incumbent political figures

Federal level

• Yang di-Pertuan Agong: Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin
• Raja Permaisuri Agong: Tuanku Fauziah
• Prime Minister: Dato' Sri Dr Mahathir Mohamad
• Deputy Prime Minister: Dato' Sri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
• Chief Justice: Mohamed Dzaiddin Abdullah

  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
• 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
• Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan: Tuanku Jaafar
• Yang di-Pertua Negeri of Penang: Tun Abdul Rahman Abbas
• Yang di-Pertua Negeri of Malacca: Tun Syed Ahmad Al-Haj bin Syed Mahmud Shahabuddin
• Yang di-Pertua Negeri of Sarawak: Tun Abang Muhammad Salahuddin
• Yang di-Pertua Negeri of Sabah: Tun Sakaran Dandai

  Events

• 24 January - Parti Bersatu Sabah rejoined the Barisan Nasional coalition.
• 23 February - Ahmad and Muhammad Rosli, Malaysian siamese twins were successfully separated at King Fahd National Guard Hospital, Saudi Arabia.
• 24 February – 9 March - 2002 Men's Hockey World Cup was held in Kuala Lumpur.
• 14 April - The Express Rail Link Malaysia's first high speed train was launched.
• 19 April - About fourteen more suspected hardcore Kumpulan Militan Malaysia members, including a woman were arrested under the Internal Security Act bringing to 62 the number of KMM members held since May 2001.
• 22 April - Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin was installed as 12th Yang di-Pertuan Agong
• 8 June - Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad visited Vatican City and met Pope John Paul II for the first time.
• 22 June - Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad announced that he would resign from office and be replaced by Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.
• 23 June - Pan Malaysian Islamic Party president, Fadzil died after undergoing heart bypass surgery. He was succeeded as PAS President and leader of the opposition in Parliament by Abdul Hadi Awang.
• June - 2002 World's Strongest Man competition was held in Kuala Lumpur.
• July - The Pendang MP by-elections, Barisan Nasional winning in these elections.
• 8 August - Judge, Datuk James Foong at the Kuala Lumpur High Court, Wisma Denmark, Jalan Ampang, decided that seven out of the ten people being sued by 60 residents, relatives and families of the Highland Towers tragedy were negligent.
• 11–13 October - 2002 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix
• 21 November - The bungalow of the Affin Bank chairman General Tan Sri Ismail Omar collapsed during a landslide in Taman Hillview, Ulu Klang, Selangor. Eight people were killed.
• 4 December - Arab-Malaysian Finance Bhd appealed to Court of Appeal President Tan Sri Lamin Yunus to meet with Court of Appeal Judge Datuk Mokhtar Sidin and Datuk Mohd Saari Yusoff on compensation to be paid to victims of the Highland Towers collapse. At the Court of Appeal, three judges led by Datuk Gopal Sri Ram with Datuk Richard Malanjum and Datuk Wira Ghazali Mohd Yusoff ordered three negligent parties to pay damages – Ampang Jaya Municipal Council 15%, engineer Wong Yuen Kean 10%, Arab-Malaysian 30%, Metrolux Sdn Bhd and MBF Property Services Sdn Bhd 20%.
• 18 December - Sipadan and Ligitan Islands were officially awarded to Malaysia by the International Court of Justice

  Births

Deaths

• 23 June – Fadzil Noor - The president of PAS political party, a member of parliament for Pendang and state assemblymen for Anak Bukit, Kedah
• 31 August – Tan Sri Wong Pow Nee - First Penang's Chief Minister
• 30 October – Rejabhad - Famous cartoonist
• Unknown date – Normadiah - Actress
• Unknown date – Mahmud June - Actor
• Unknown date – Dato' Ahmad Daud - Actor and singer
• Unknown date – Dato' Rafeah Buang - Singer
• Unknown date – Fazidah Joned - Singer
• Unknown date – Hasliza Ishak - The second wife of Raja Di-Hilir Perak was murdered