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Najib Tun Razak, Malaysia's sixth prime minister.

This article lists important figures and events in Malaysian public affairs during the year 2009, together with the deaths of notable Malaysians. Malaysia hosted the 2009 ASEAN Para Games between 15 and 19 August. Malaysia recorded more than 2,000 confirmed cases of influenza A(H1N1) ("swine flu") and 76 deaths during a world pandemic of the disease.

Incumbent political figures

Federal level

State level

see 2009 Perak constitutional crisis

Events

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

  • 1 August – Riot police fire water cannons and tear gas and arrest dozens of demonstrators during a rally against the Internal Security Act in Kuala Lumpur.[67]
  • 9 August – 2009 flu pandemic: The death toll from the influenza A (H1N1) reaches 26 people. The government considers drastic measures to contain the situation.[68]
  • 9 August – The teaching of mathematics and science in English is extended to 2014. The current cohort of students studying mathematics and science in English is allowed to continue to do so until they finished secondary school.
  • 11 August – 2009 flu pandemic: Total confirmed cases of the influenza A (H1N1) reaches 2,253.[69]
  • 14 August – 2009 flu pandemic: The death toll of the influenza A (H1N1) reaches 56 people.
  • 15 August – 2009 ASEAN Para Games:
  • 16 August – A British pilot is killed when his plane crashes during takeoff on a test flight in Tekah Airfield, Taiping, Perak.[71]
  • 17 August – 2009 flu pandemic: The death toll from influenza A (H1N1) reaches 64. The government considers declaring a national health emergency.[72]
  • 19 August – Nine Chinese crew members of Liberian-registered tanker MT Formosa Product Brick are lost when the ship catches fire after a collision with a bulk carrier in the Straits of Malacca near Port Dickson, Negeri Sembilan.[73]
  • 19 August – 2009 ASEAN Para Games:
  • 20 August – 2009 flu pandemic: Malaysia records its highest number of influenza A (H1N1) cases in a day with 69 infections.
  • 20 August – A vehicle belonging to the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission parked at the old district and land office in Klang, Selangor is damaged after a Molotov cocktail was thrown at it.[74]
  • 23 August – Lunas state assemblyman Mohd Radzhi Salleh quits Parti Keadilan Rakyat to become an independent member of the Kedah state legislative assembly.[75]
  • 25 August – Permatang Pasir by-election, 2009: PAS candidate Salleh Man wins the election with a total majority of 4,551 votes, beating Barisan Nasional candidate Rohaizat Othman.[76]
  • 27 August – Malaysian Chinese Association deputy president Chua Soi Lek is sacked from the party.[77]
  • 31 August – The 52nd Merdeka Day celebration is held at the Malaysian Houses of Parliament for the first time.[78]
  • 31 August – An express train from Kuala Lumpur to Singapore, carrying 243 passengers, derails in Batu Enam near Segamat, Johor, injuring 17 passengers including three Singaporeans.[79]

September

KD Tunku Abdul Rahman, Malaysia's first submarine.

October

November

December

Picture of the gas explosion at AEON Bandaraya Melaka Shopping Centre in Melaka.

Deaths

See also

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