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Decades:

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1990s
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Incumbents

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 (from 7 January)

State level

Sultan of Johor: Sultan Iskandar
Sultan of Kedah: Sultan Abdul Halim Muadzam Shah
Sultan of Kelantan: Sultan Yahya Petra
Raja of Perlis: Tuanku Syed Faizuddin (Regent)
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 (Deputy Yang di-Pertuan Agong)
Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan: Tuanku Jaafar
Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Penang: Tun Abdul Rahman Abbas
Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Malacca:
- Tun Syed Ahmad Al-Haj bin Syed Mahmud Shahabuddin (Until February)
- Tun Mohd Khalid Yaakob (From February)
Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Sarawak: Tun Abang Muhammad Salahuddin
Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Sabah: Tun Ahmad Shah Abdullah (From 1 January)

Events

7 January — Najib Tun Razak was appointed Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia.
8 January — 8TV goes on air again after a 2 months 3 years 7 days hiatus, after being acquired by Media Prima Berhad for debt restructuring it was national third sixth private commercial terrestrial television channel in Malaysia was launched grand opened inaugurated officially by Prime Minister Tun Abdullah bin Haji Ahmad Badawi and broadcasts from Kuala Lumpur. This broadcast area was only limited to Klang Valley area.
January — Islam Hadhari is now being promoted by the federal government.
16 January — A 10-year-old girl Nurul Huda Abdul Ghani was raped to death at Tenaga Nasional's Tanjung Pelepas intake, Johor.
2 February — Kailan Hassan the mother of fifth Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi dies.
15 February — The pilot batch of Malaysia's first National Service program begins their training at various camps across Malaysia. Two additional batches joined the program in mid-March.
21 March — The 2004 General Elections. Barisan Nasional party retaken Terengganu from PAS party.
May — Two students from Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), Muhammad Muqharabbin Mokhtarruddin and Ahmad Redzuan Rozal are the first tertiary students from Southeast Asia to reach the peak of Mount Everest.
June — The first polymer notes of Malaysian Ringgit RM 5 is introduced.
18 June — TV3 celebrates its 20th anniversary.
1 July — The electronic payment system, Touch 'n Go and Smart TAG, have been made compulsory in all Malaysians expressways.
July — RapidKL bus and transit service are launched.
August — Opening of the East Coast Expressway (Phase 1 = Pahang state) from Karak to Kuantan.
31 August — "Puteri Gunung Ledang" (Princess of Mount Ledang (Ophir)), the famous big-budget movie in Malaysia was now showing at cinema for the first time.
2 September — Dato' Seri Anwar Ibrahim, a former deputy prime minister released from the 6-year jail sentences.
November — Syarikat Prasarana Negara Berhad (SPNB) handed over the operations of the LRT and bus services to Rapid KL.
26 December — The 2004 Asian Tsunami killing about 130,000 people including more than 40 Malaysians. In Malaysia, the Tsunami could be felt in Langkawi and Penang.

National Day

Main theme

Keranamu Malaysia (Theme of Agriculture)

National Day Parade

Kuantan, Pahang

Deaths

Khoo Tech Puat — Malaysian business tycoon and founder of Maybank
Tun Azizan Zainul Abidin — corporate figure and President of Putrajaya Corporation and Petronas
Kailan Hassan — mother of fifth Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
Ibrahim Pendek — Malay actors
Tun Mohamed Zahir Ismail — Speaker of the Dewan Rakyat

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

2004 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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