2025 in Malaysia

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Events in the year 2025 in Malaysia.

• Yang di-Pertuan Agong: Ibrahim Iskandar
• Raja Permaisuri Agong: Raja Zarith Sofiah
• Deputy Yang di-Pertuan Agong: Nazrin Shah
• Prime Minister: Anwar Ibrahim
• Deputy Prime Ministers: Ahmad Zahid Hamidi & Fadillah Yusof
• President of the Dewan Negara: Awang Bemee Awang Ali Basah
• Speaker of the Dewan Rakyat: Johari Abdul
• Chief Justice:
  • Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat (until 2 July)
  • Hasnah Mohammed Hashim (until 17 July; acting)
  • Wan Ahmad Farid Wan Salleh (since 18 July)

• Johor :
  • Sultan of Johor: Ibrahim Iskandar
  • Regent of Johor: Tunku Ismail Idris
  • 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 (until 30 April)
    • Ramli Ngah Talib (from 1 May)
  • 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: Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar
  • Premier of Sarawak: Abang Abdul Rahman Johari Abang Openg
• Sabah :
  • Yang di-Pertua Negeri of Sabah: Musa Aman
  • Chief Minister of Sabah: Hajiji Noor

• January 1 – Former Chief Minister of Sabah Musa Aman is sworn in as the 11th Yang di-Pertua Negeri of Sabah, succeeding Juhar Mahiruddin, whose tenure ended on 31 December 2024.^[1]
• January 24 – The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency opens fire on a boat suspected of trespassing off the coast of Tanjung Rhu Beach, Banting, Selangor, killing an Indonesian migrant worker and injuring four others.^[2]

• February 26 –
  • Search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370: The search for the missing aircraft of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 resumes.^[3]
  • 1MDB drops a lawsuit it filed in the High Court against film producer and Najib's stepson Riza Aziz over the misappropriation of $248 million in public funds as part of the 1MDB scandal.^[4]

• March 16 – 2025 Democratic Action Party National Congress.^[5]

• April 1 – A section of a gas pipeline owned by Petronas is ruptured in Putra Heights, Selangor, causing a massive fire that injures 112 people.^[6]
• April 26 – 2025 Ayer Kuning by-election.

• May 13 – A truck carrying stones collides with a Federal Reserve Unit truck in Teluk Intan, killing nine.^[7]
• May 24 – The 2025 People's Justice Party leadership election ends with the election for the Central Leadership Council (MPP) Members, Central Women Committee Members and Central Youth Committee Members.
• May 26–27 – ASEAN Summit^[8]
• May 28 – The ASEAN All-Stars defeat Manchester United 1-0 at a friendly held at Bukit Jalil National Stadium in Kuala Lumpur.^[9]

• June 9 – A bus carrying university students collides with a car in Gerik, Perak, killing 15 people and injuring 31 others.^[10][11]
• June 20 – The High Court discharges former prime minister Najib Razak in a money laundering charge under the 1MDB scandal.^[12]
• June 20–22 – Rainforest World Music Festival, one of Malaysia's largest musical events, is held near Mount Santubong in Kuching, Sarawak.

• July 10 – Former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad celebrates his 100th birthday, becoming the first Malaysian national leader to reach that age.^[13]
• July 11 – The Selangor Forest Park, which was created by the Forest Research Institute Malaysia, is designated as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.^[14]
• July 13 – Mahathir Mohamad celebrates his 100th birthday with a public event in Putrajaya, but leaves early due to fatigue.^[15] He is later admitted to the National Heart Institute (IJN) for observation and discharged after several hours.^[16]
• July 28 – Negotiations to end the 2025 Cambodia–Thailand border conflict are held in Kuala Lumpur, culminating with prime minister Anwar Ibrahim declaring a ceasefire agreement between the warring countries.^[17]

• August 1 – The Civil Aviation Authority of Malaysia (CAAM) and the Malaysian Aviation Commission (MAVCOM) merged to establish a single national civil aviation regulatory body.^[18][19]

• By December 9 – 2025 Sabah state election.^[20][21]

• 8th Malaysia International Film Festival

• January 14 – Muhd Kamil Ibrahim, academic and writer.
• January 19 – Mohamad Hamsan Awang Supain, State Assistant Minister of Housing and Local Government of Sabah and Member of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Sungai Sibuga.
• January 20 – William Nyallau Badak, former Member of Parliament (MP) for Lubok Antu.
• January 27 – Mohamed Taulan Mat Rasul, former Member of the Kedah State Executive Council and former Member of the Kedah State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Tokai.

• February 22 – Ishsam Shahruddin, Member of the Perak State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Ayer Kuning.
• February 25 – Bakar Ali, former Member of the Terengganu State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Kemasik.

• March 6 – Kamal Salih, economist, physician, policy advisor, administrator and politician, former MP for Wangsa Maju.

• April 13 – Salleh Kalbi, former Member of Parliament (MP) for Silam.
• April 14
  • Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, 5th Prime Minister of Malaysia.^[22]
  • Mazlan Ahmad, former Director-General of the National Sports Council.^[23]

• May 1 – Ramli Abu Bakar, former Member of the Kelantan State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Wakaf Bharu.
• May 20 – Ahmadshah Abdullah, former Governor of the state of Sabah.
• May 24 – T. Gopinath Naidu – former football player

• June 17 – Palanivel Govindasamy, 8th President of the Malaysian Indian Congress
• June 22 – Raja Nurfatimah Mawar Raja Mohamed, Assistant Editor for News Entertainment of Berita Harian
• June 26 – Muhammad Nur Manuty, Islamic scholar, writer, politician and former Member of Dewan Negara
• June 28 – Kevin Nunis, field hockey player

• August 8 – Mat Yasir Ikhsan, former Member of Parliament (MP) for Sabak Bernam.