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The UMNO Youth Movement (Malay: Pergerakan Pemuda UMNO; Jawi: ڤرڬرقن ڤمودا امنو ) or more known simply as UMNO Youth is the youth wing of Malaysia's grand old party the United Malays National Organisation. Primarily for members aged 18 to 40, the goal of its establishment is to represent Malay and Bumiputera male youths.
The United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), officially Pertubuhan Kebangsaan Melayu Bersatu (PEKEMBAR), is a nationalist right-wing [7] political party in Malaysia.As the oldest (but non-continuous) national political party within Malaysia (since its inception in 1946), UMNO has been known as Malaysia's "Grand Old Party".
On 14 January 2023, the UMNO general assembly has given consent to a motion for the posts of president and deputy president not to be contested at the coming party polls. Therefore, President of UMNO , Ahmad Zahid Hamidi and Deputy President of UMNO, Mohamad Hasan will remain at their position respectively for another term until 2026.
Najib Razak won uncontested as President of UMNO on the deadline for nomination confirmation, 21 February 2009. [12] However, UMNO held its party election for other Supreme Council top posts on 26 March 2009 after it was postponed to pave way for the 12th General Election. [12] The election was initially scheduled to be held in 2007.
He was also appointed as Chairman of the BN and UMNO Youth Speech Unit (2009–2013) BTN Rebranding Think Tank (2016), Member of Malaysia UMNO Information Think Tank (2016–2018), Special Affairs Department Think Tank (2010–2016), Director Communications, Ministry of Finance Malaysia (2016–2018) and President of New Malaysia Monitor (2018).
Muhamad Akmal served as the Head of the UMNO Overseas Club (Russia) from 2010 to 2012. He was also appointed as the Head of the Medical Team of the UMNO Welfare Bureau in 2017. In 2018, he was appointed as the Head of UMNO Youth Merlimau Tengah Branch (2018-2021) and Head of Movement Jasin Division UMNO Youth (2018–2021).
This branch of UMNO was an independently-built branch in 2018 until 2021, the branch merged back to BN Central Leadership after suffering a split between Ketua Wanita UMNO cawangan Kota Kinabalu and the rebel group between Pemuda UMNO Tuaran and Sipitang.
The party was preceded by the United Indigenous Association of Malaysia (Malay: Persatuan Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia) and founded by members of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) rebel group Gabungan Ketua Cawangan Malaysia. It is a major component of the Perikatan Nasional coalition.