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The United Malays National Organisation (Malay: Pertubuhan Kebangsaan Melayu Bersatu; abbreviated UMNO (/ ˈʌmnoʊ /) or less commonly 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 ...
e. Mahathir bin Mohamad (Jawi: مَحاضر بن محمد; [ 1 ]IPA: [mahaðɪ (r) bɪn mohamad]; born 10 July 1925) is a Malaysian politician, author, and doctor who served as the fourth and seventh Prime Minister of Malaysia. He held office from 1981 to 2003 and later from 2018 to February 2020 for a cumulative total of 24 years, making him ...
A leadership election was held by the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) party on 4 November 1993. It was won by incumbent Prime Minister and President of UMNO, Mahathir Mohamad . Supreme Council election results [ edit ]
Hussein Onn 898 votes, nominated by. Sulaiman Ahmad "Palestin" 250 votes, nominated by 1 UMNO division. An election for the leadership of the United Malays National Organisation was prompted by outgoing Prime Minister Abdul Razak Hussein's death due in part of leukaemia. On 14 January 1976, Hussein Onn was selected to serve as interim leader.
v. t. e. The 1988 Malaysian constitutional crisis (also known as the 1988 judicial crisis) was a series of events that began with United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) party elections in 1987 and ended with the suspension and the eventual removal of the Lord President of the Supreme Court, Tun Salleh Abas, from his seat.
During the 1990s, Mahathir and UMNO made a public about-face on the government's cultural policies, with the formation of the Wawasan 2020 (Vision 2020) and Bangsa Malaysia (Malaysian Race) plans. Mahathir named one obstacle to establishing Malaysia as a developed nation by the year 2020 as: "the challenge of establishing a matured, liberal and ...
Tun Dr. Che Abdul Daim bin Zainuddin[3][4] (Jawi: عبدالدائم بن زين الدين; born 29 April 1938) is a Malaysian politician and businessman who served as the Minister of Finance from 1984 to 1991. In May 2023, he was investigated for corruption of RM2.3 billion (approximately US$500 million) by the Malaysian authorities ...
Khairul Azwan bin Harun (Jawi: خيرالعزوان بن هارون, Malay pronunciation: [khairul azwan]; born 19 October 1976) or more commonly known as Azwanbro is a Malaysian politician. [1][2][3] He is a former Malaysian Senator which is part of the Dewan Negara. [4] He is a member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a major ...