2022 in Malaysia is 65th anniversary of Malaysia's independence and 59th anniversary of its formation of Malaysia.
Federal level Yang di-Pertuan Agong: Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri'ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah of Pahang Raja Permaisuri Agong: Tunku Azizah Aminah Maimunah Iskandariah of Pahang Deputy Yang di-Pertuan Agong: Sultan Nazrin Muizzuddin Shah of Perak Prime Minister: Ismail Sabri Yaakob (until 10 October; caretaker from 10 October until 24 November) Anwar Ibrahim (from 24 November) Deputy Prime Minister: Ahmad Zahid Hamidi (from 3 December) Fadillah Yusof (from 3 December) President of the Dewan Negara: Rais Yatim Speaker of the Dewan Rakyat: Azhar Azizan Harun (until 18 December) Johari Abdul (from 19 December) Chief Justice: Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat
State level Johor: Sultan of Johor: Sultan Ibrahim Menteri Besar of Johor: Hasni Mohammad (until 15 March) Onn Hafiz Ghazi (from 15 March) Kedah: Sultan of Kedah: Sultan Sallehuddin Menteri Besar of Kedah: Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor Kelantan: Sultan of Kelantan: Sultan Muhammad V Menteri Besar of Kelantan: Ahmad Yakob Perlis: Raja of Perlis: Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin Menteri Besar of Perlis: Azlan Man (until 22 November) Mohd Shukri Ramli (from 22 November) Perak: Sultan of Perak: Sultan Nazrin Muizzuddin Shah Menteri Besar of Perak: Saarani Mohammad Pahang: Sultan of Pahang: Tengku Hassanal Ibrahim Alam Shah (Regent) Menteri Besar of Pahang: Wan Rosdy Wan Ismail Selangor: Sultan of Selangor: Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah Menteri Besar of Selangor: Amirudin Shari Terengganu: Sultan of Terengganu: Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin Menteri Besar of Terengganu: Ahmad Samsuri Mokhtar Negeri Sembilan: Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan: Tuanku Muhriz Menteri Besar of Negeri Sembilan: Aminuddin Harun Penang: Governor of Penang: Tun Ahmad Fuzi Abdul Razak Chief Minister of Penang: Chow Kon Yeow Malacca: Governor of Malacca: Tun Mohd Ali Rustam Chief Minister of Malacca: Sulaiman Md Ali Sarawak: Governor of Sarawak: Tun Abdul Taib Mahmud Premier of Sarawak: Amar Abang Johari Abang Openg Sabah: Governor of Sabah: Tun Juhar Mahiruddin Chief Minister of Sabah: Hajiji Noor
Events January 3 January – Ayob Khan Mydin Pitchay takes over as the Bukit Aman Narcotics Crime Investigation Department commissioner after a stint in Johor. 7 January Former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad has been admitted to the National Heart Institute for an elective procedure. The NHI said in a statement that he was admitted for an elective medical procedure and that due to current SOPs, Mahathir was not permitted visitors. Molek FM is launched for the East Coast states. 9 January – A train did not stop at Kuala Gris station in Kuala Krai, causing 100 SMK Dabong students to miss school. 10 January – Former prime minister Mohammad Najib Abdul Razak will not be taking the stand as a defence witness in his wife Rosmah Mansor's corruption trial linked to the RM1.25 billion solar hybrid energy project. 13 January – Former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad has been discharged from National Heart Institute (IJN) after successfully undergoing an elective medical procedure on 7 January. 15 January – COVID-19 pandemic in Malaysia: 36 more Omicron cases are found in four parts of Sarawak, namely Kuching, Samarahan, Sibu and Kapit. 15 January – RFID payment is made available along the entire North-South Expressway from today, in preparation for the eventual phasing out of Touch 'n Go and SmartTAG options on the expressway. 19 January – Badminton player Lee Zii Jia resigns from the Badminton Association of Malaysia (BAM) to become an independent player. Lee was slapped with a two-year ban by the BAM two days later. Lee later appealed, resulting in the ban being lifted on 25 January after a deal. 20 January – Grand opening of the first Mitsui Shopping Park LaLaport mall in Southeast Asia at Bukit Bintang City Centre located at Bukit Bintang, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 22 January A spokesperson from the office of Mahathir Mohamad has confirmed that the former prime minister is currently being treated at the National Heart Institute (IJN)'s coronary care unit (CCU). Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob arrived at the National Heart Institute (IJN) to visit Mahathir Mohamad. 24 January Former deputy prime minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi has been ordered to enter his defence against all 47 criminal breach of trust (CBT), corruption and money laundering charges involving funds from Yayasan Akalbudi, a charity foundation which he had set up. Former prime minister Mohammad Najib Abdul Razak is seeking to appoint a Queen's Counsel from the United Kingdom to act on his behalf in his appeal to quash his conviction in the RM42 million SRC International corruption case. 25 January – Five vehicles were damaged due to a landslip with no casualties reported. 26 January Former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad's health has improved well enough for him to be moved to a normal ward from the coronary care unit (CCU) at the National Heart Institute (IJN). A tornado ripped through in Bukit Kayu Hitam, Kedah caused damage as a result. 27 January – The Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal by former prime minister Mohammad Najib Abdul Razak to reinstate his lawsuit against former banker Joanna Yu, AmBank Islamic Bhd and AMMB Holdings Bhd. In a unanimous decision, a three-man panel chaired by Justice Yaacob Md Sam ruled that there was no appealable error by the learned High Court judge that could warrant appellate intervention. The court also granted costs of RM40,000 to both the Ambank entities and RM35,000 costs to Yu. 28 January – AirAsia is renamed Capital A to reflect its new focus in the digital industry. 30 January – A tornado ripped through in Ipoh, Perak with 100 trees felled and 219 houses caused damage as a result.
February 1 February Scotiabank plans to exit Malaysia after 49 years by year-end. An express train catches fire in Pasir Mas. No injuries are reported in this incident. Kuala Lumpur celebrates 50 years since it was granted city status with new plans unveiled for sustainability. 2 February – A fire at the Pulau Burung landfill is completely extinguished after it began on 12 January. 4 February – Former prime minister Mohammad Najib Abdul Razak's wife Rosmah Mansor's bribery and corruption trial has been delayed once again as the final witness was unable to attend the court proceedings. 4–20 February – Malaysia at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China. 5 February – Former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad has been discharged from the National Heart Institute (IJN). 9 February The Commercial Division of the Kuala Lumpur High Court has granted an ex-parte Mareva injunction to 1MDB and its subsidiaries to freeze former prime minister Mohammad Najib Abdul Razak or his agents in relation to their claim of US$681 million allegedly going into his personal bank account. The ex-parte application given by judicial commissioner Atan Mustaffa Yussof Ahmad only allowed Najib to withdraw up to RM100,000 monthly from his bank accounts to meet his expenditure or living expenses. Former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad is close to full recovery after being discharged from the National Heart Institute (IJN). He said in a video clip uploaded to his Facebook page that he could now carry out various daily activities and hoped to fully recover. 11 February The Malaysian United Democratic Alliance is launched as a political party. Constitutional amendments restoring Sabah and Sarawak as equal partners with Malaya are now in force. 15 February – Sarawak Legislative Assembly passes Bill to rename the title of the head of the state's executive branch from 'Chief Minister' to 'Premier'. 22 February – Former Treasury secretary-general Mohd Irwan Serigar Abdullah has applied to strike out the suit filed by 1MDB against him and former chief executive officer Arul Kanda Kandasamy to pay US$6.59 billion (RM27.6 billion). 23 February – The star witness in the bribery trial of former Goldman Sachs Group Inc banker Roger Ng testified that ex-Goldman chief Lloyd Blankfein met in 2009 with then Malaysian prime minister Mohammad Najib Abdul Razak ahead of a US$6.5bil (RM27.2bil) in bond deals for the country's wealth fund – and that the meeting came with an agenda. In return for the lucrative business, Goldman was to get Najib's three children jobs at the bank. 24 February – Najib's daughter Nooryana Najwa Najib has confirmed that she did try to apply for a job at Goldman Sachs. She said she once met two former Goldman Sachs employees, Roger Ng and Tim Leissner as part of her networking efforts to land a "competitive job". 25 February – Rohana Rozhan has pledged to work with the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) in a probe linking her to a US$10 million (RM41.8 million) London home allegedly purchased using 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) money and gifted to her. 27 February – Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin said he will review a video depicting former prime minister Mohammad Najib Abdul Razak purportedly violating COVID-19 standard operating procedure (SOP) during a campaign visit in Perling, Johor. 28 February – Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim submitted a motion to discuss the disclosure of corruption, abuse of power and institutional malpractice, especially on Bank Negara in relation to the 1MDB scandal.
March 2 March The Federal Court rejected former prime minister Mohammad Najib Abdul Razak's application to vacate the appeal hearing dates on new evidence, which is scheduled on 15 and 16 March. Najib told the Dewan Rakyat that not a single sen of public funds has been used by the government to repay the principal amount of 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) debts. He said this is because various entities, including Goldman Sachs, audit firms KPMG and Deloitte, Ambank and the US Department of Justice (DOJ) had returned 1MDB funds totalling RM23 billion to Malaysia. 3 March – The High Court in Kuala Lumpur dismissed an application by former prime minister Mohammad Najib Abdul Razak and former Treasury secretary-general Mohd Irwan Serigar Abdullah for them to be given a discharge not amounting to an acquittal (DNAA) on six counts of criminal breach of trust (CBT) amounting to RM6.6 billion involving the International Petroleum Investment Company (IPIC). 7 March – Former prime minister Mohammad Najib Abdul Razak has been asked to explain to the Dewan Rakyat on Wednesday his remarks on 1MDB during last week's debate which were said to have misled the august House. Dewan Rakyat Speaker Azhar Azizan Harun said he had written a letter to Najib, to seek clarification on the matter and asked him to reply. 9 March – Former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad confirmed he would not be contesting or defending his Langkawi parliamentary seat in the next general election. 12 March – 2022 Johor state election: Barisan Nasional won the state election by winning 40 seats. 16 March – A five-member Federal Court bench led by Chief Justice Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat has unanimously dismissed former prime minister Mohammad Najib Abdul Razak's appeal to adduce more evidence to the SRC International Sdn Bhd graft case in a bid to overturn his conviction and sentence.
April 5 April – The Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM) has confirmed that there is no new investigation being conducted on former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad. 13 April – The suit filed by Mohamed Apandi Ali against former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad and the Malaysian government over the termination of his contract as the Attorney-General (AG), has been settled amicably at the High Court. 15 April – Japanese Ambassador to Malaysia Takahashi Katsuhiko thanked former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad for initiating the Look East Policy (LEP) in 1982, aimed at social and economic development in Malaysia through Japanese patronage and guidance.