President of the United Malays National Organisation

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President of the United Malays National Organisation
Presiden Pertubuhan Kebangsaan Melayu Bersatu
Incumbent Ahmad Zahid Hamidi since 30 June 2018
Style	Yang Berhormat
Formation	1946
First holder	Onn Jaafar
Deputy	Mohamad Hasan
Website	umno.org.my/en/presiden/

The President of the United Malays National Organisation or President of UMNO (Malay: Presiden Pertubuhan Kebangsaan Melayu Bersatu or Presiden UMNO) is the highest position of the largest and oldest party in Malaysia. Since 30 June 2018, the office has been held by Ahmad Zahid Hamidi who succeeded Najib Razak.^[1][2]

The President of the United Malays National Organisation is supported by a deputy president who, since 2018, has been Mohamad Hasan. Furthermore, the president is supported by three vice presidents, currently holding by Ismail Sabri Yaakob, Mahdzir Khalid, and Mohamed Khaled Nordin.^[3]

Presidents of the United Malays National Organisation[]

With the exception of Ahmad Zahid Hamidi and Onn Jaafar, every President of the UMNO has also served as the Yang Amat Berhormat Prime Minister of Malaysia (YAB Presiden)^[4]

#	Image	President	Term start	Term end	Election results
1		Onn Jaafar	11 May 1946	25 August 1951	1946-49 unopposed 1950 Onn Jaafar - 66 Mahmud Mahyudin - 3
2		Tunku Abdul Rahman	25 August 1951	23 January 1971	1951 Tunku Abdul Rahman - 57 Chik Mohamad Yusuf Sheikh Abdul Rahman - 11 Ahmad Fuad Hassan - 7 1952-69 unopposed
3		Abdul Razak Hussein	25 June 1972	14 January 1976	1972 unopposed 1975 unopposed
4		Hussein Onn	15 September 1978	28 June 1981	1978 Hussein Onn - 898 Sulaiman Palestin - 250
5		Mahathir Mohamad	28 June 1981	31 October 2003	1981 unopposed 1984 unopposed 1987 Mahathir Mohamad - 761 Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah - 718 1990 unopposed 1993 unopposed 1996 unopposed 2000 unopposed
6		Abdullah Ahmad Badawi	23 September 2004	26 March 2009	2004 unopposed
7		Mohammad Najib Abdul Razak	26 March 2009	12 May 2018	2009 unopposed 2013 unopposed
8		Ahmad Zahid Hamidi	30 June 2018	Incumbent	2018 Ahmad Zahid Hamidi - 39,197 Khairy Jamaluddin - 32,592 Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah - 20,462

See also[]

• Barisan Nasional
• Muafakat Nasional
• United Malays National Organisation leadership elections
• 1988 Malaysian constitutional crisis
• 2020–21 Malaysian political crisis

References[]

External links[]

• President of the United Malays National Organisation on Twitter