2004 in Malaysia

Incumbent political figures

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
• Chief Justice: Ahmad Fairuz Abdul Halim

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

  Events

• 7 January - Najib Tun Razak was appointed Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia.
• January - Islam Hadhari was introduced by the federal government.
• 16 January - A 10-year-old girl Nurul Huda Abdul Ghani was raped and murdered at Tenaga Nasional's Tanjung Pelepas intake, Johor.
• 2 February - Kailan Hassan, the mother of incumbent Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi died.
• 15 February - The pilot batch of Malaysia's first National Service program began their training at various camps across Malaysia. Two additional batches joined the program in mid-March.
• 21 March - The 2004 General Elections. Barisan Nasional coalition won a landslide majority and retook Terengganu from the PAS.
• May - Two students from Universiti Teknologi MARA, Muhammad Muqharabbin Mokhtarruddin and Ahmad Redzuan Rozal were the first tertiary students from Southeast Asia to reach the peak of Mount Everest.
• June - The first polymer notes of Malaysian Ringgit RM 5 were introduced.
• 1 June - AmFinance Bhd agreed to pay RM52 million to 139 plaintiffs in the lawsuit over the Highland Towers collapse led by Dr Benjamin George.
• 1 July - The electronic payment system, Touch 'n Go and Smart TAG, were made compulsory in all Malaysians expressways.
• July - RapidKL bus and transit service was launched.
• August - Opening of the East Coast Expressway from Karak to Kuantan.
• 31 August - "Puteri Gunung Ledang" hit the screens.
• 2 September - Dato' Seri Anwar Ibrahim, the former Deputy Prime Minister, was released after serving six years in prison. He would later lead the opposition party PKR.
• 12 October - A landslide occurred on the North–South Expressway near Gua Tempurung, Perak.
• November - Syarikat Prasarana Negara Berhad handed over the operations of the LRT and bus services to Rapid KL.
• 30 November - Sharifah Mazlina Syed Abdul Kadir became the first Asian woman to ski-sail across Antarctica.
• 26 December - The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami killed about 130,000 people including more than 70 Malaysians. The tsunami was observed in Penang, Kedah and Perak.

  Births

Deaths

• 2 February – Kailan Hassan - Mother of fifth Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
• 21 February – Khoo Teck Puat - Business tycoon and founder of Maybank
• 14 July – Tun Azizan Zainul Abidin - Corporate figure and President of Putrajaya Corporation and Petronas
• 14 October – Tun Mohamed Zahir Ismail - Speaker of the Dewan Rakyat
• Unknown date – Ibrahim Pendek - Actor