United Malays National Organization

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Pertubuhan Kebangsaan Melayu Bersatu
United Malays National Organization
UMNO logo
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Party leader Ahmad Zahid
Secretary General Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor
founding April 11, 1946
Headquarters Kuala Lumpur
Alignment National conservatism
Colours) Red White
Parliament seats 37 of 222 ( Dewan Rakyat , 2018 )
Website www.umno-online.com

The United Malays National Organization ( UMNO , Malay Pertubuhan Kebangsaan Melayu Bersatu ) is a national conservative political party in Malaysia .

It was the largest political party in Malaysia by votes until 2018 and, as a founding member of the Barisan Nasional, has been in government without interruption since the country's independence until 2018.

Membership in the party was and is reserved for members of the Malay ethnic group . The UMNO advocates Malay nationalism (the controversial Bumiputra policy was initiated by the UMNO), advocates the preservation of Islamic values ​​and economic liberalism within the Malaysian New Economic Policy .

founding

After the British returned to the Malaya colony after World War II , the independence movement opposed the establishment of a Malay Union . At a congress on May 11, 1946 , the UMNO was founded in Johor Bahru . Onn Jaafar was the first head of the party.

Onn Jaafar wanted to make the party accessible to all ethnicities in 1951 and rename it to United Malaya National Organization , but failed with his plan and resigned in protest. His position was taken by Tunku Abdul Rahman , who led the country to independence in 1957 .

Leading politicians

Former UMNO chairman Najib Razak was Malaysia's Prime Minister from April 2009 to May 2018 . All five of Najib's predecessors, including Abdullah Ahmad Badawi and Mahathir bin Mohamad , were also UMNO members.

Election results

In the parliamentary elections in 2013 , the UMNO won 88 of the 222 seats in the Malaysian parliament with 29.3% of the vote . The Barisan Nasional government coalition, led by UMNO, won 133 seats with 47.4% of the vote.

In the parliamentary elections in 2018 , the UMNO won 54 of the 222 seats with just 20.9% of the vote. Since then, their parliamentary group has decreased in size due to resignations. The Barisan Nasional alliance, led by UMNO, won 79 seats in 2018 with 33.8% of the vote.

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