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1964 race riots in Singapore

The riots occurred during the period when the People's Action Party (PAP) and UMNO relations were severely strained after the PAP challenged the UMNO in the March 1964 Malaysia federal election.

1988 Malaysian constitutional crisis

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.

2010 Air Untuk Rakyat rally

The rally organiser, the Air Untuk Rakyat movement and federal opposition Pakatan Rakyat, had called the protest regarding the privatisation of water management in Selangor state which surrounds the capital, Kuala Lumpur and the federal government's bailout of SYABAS, a water distribution firm controlled by associate of the UMNO-led federal government crony Rozali Ismail.

Abdul Azeez Abdul Rahim

In the grassroot level, he is an UMNO High Council Member, chief of UMNO Baling Division and the branch leader for UMNO Kg Charok Sikin, Kupang, Baling, Kedah.

He is also the vice chairman for the UMNO Malaysia Youth Disaster Relief Unit, for the big flood in Kedah 2005.

Albar

Syed Jaafar Albar (born 1944), Malaysian politician, member of UMNO and son of Syed Hamid Albar.

Syed Hamid Albar (died 1977), Malaysian politician and member of UMNO

Article 153 of the Constitution of Malaysia

Lim was severely criticised by many Malay politicians, including Khairy Jamaluddin, the Prime Minister's son-in-law and Deputy Chairman of the UMNO Youth wing, and Ahmad Shabery Cheek, a prominent Malay Member of Parliament from the state of Terengganu.

Azimi Daim

Azimi Daim is a Malaysian politician and Information Chief of the Youth wing of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO).

In 2006, together with Hashim Suboh and Hasnoor Hussein, he was officially reprimanded by UMNO for stating that "when tension rises, the blood of Malay warriors will run in our veins", which the opposition Democratic Action Party (DAP) had alleged was seditious.

Badrul Hisham Shaharin

In the 2008 general election, he contested the Rembau parliamentary seat in Negeri Sembilan against UMNO youth leader, Khairy Jamaluddin but was subsequently defeated.

Kolej Islam Malaya

This issue were highlighted by both influential Malay-Islamic political party, UMNO & PAS, also by Melayu Raya newspaper.

Meeting between ulamak of Malaya in Muar, Johore(21-22 Febrauary 1950) which sponsored by UMNO agreed anonymously of the idea.

Lembah Pantai

Shahrizat Abdul Jalil who was the former MP is the current Minister of Women, Family and Community Development, while Senator Datuk Raja Nong Chik Zainal Abidin, Head of Lembah Pantai's UMNO Division is the Minister of the Federal Territories and Urban Well-being.

Mansor

Shaziman Abu Mansor (born 1964), Malaysian UMNO politician, Works Minister of Malaysia

Mohamamad Fatmi Che Salleh

Previously the post was held by the notorious ex-UMNO De facto Law Minister and also ex-Pakatan Rakyat member, Datuk Seri Zaid Ibrahim.

Mohd Yusof Bin Din

Mohd Yusof is an UMNO member and he is currently one of the committee member of UMNO Shah Alam.

Nasarudin Hashim

Nasarudin was first elected to the assembly in 2004, as an UMNO member representing the seat of Parit.

Joined by three other Pakatan Rakyat MPs, the defection gave the UMNO-led Barisan Nasional coalition the numbers to return to government.

His defection from the People's Justice Party (PKR) to the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO)—days after he had defected the other way—helped cause the collapse of the Pakatan Rakyat government of which PKR was a component party.

Onn Jaafar

Sultan Ibrahim also became increasingly disappointed in Onn's work commitment, whom he saw as neglecting state affairs as a result of his commitments towards UMNO.

In early 1950, Sultan Ibrahim approached Onn, who was asked to choose between committing his efforts for UMNO and the state.

Sultan Ibrahim approached the colonial office and expressed his withdrawal of support for the proposal scheme, but this did not appease the political dissidents and Onn continued to organise more rallies in the other Malay states to muster further support for his calls against the Malayan Union, and formed United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) in May.

Operation Lalang

Amidst calls from both sides for the resignations of MCA Deputy President and Labour Minister Lee Kim Sai and UMNO Education Minister Anwar Ibrahim, UMNO announced the holding of a mammoth rally in KL to celebrate its 41st Anniversary, which it was claimed would see the attendance of half a million members.

Pendatang asing

During this period, UMNO and pro-Chinese organisations frequently traded insults, with current Prime Minister, who was then UMNO Youth Chief Najib Razak.

Rahah Noah

While attending secondary school in Johor Bahru, Rahah was introduced to Abdul Razak Hussein, by then already an active member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), by Taib Andak, a friend of Abdul Razak while studying in London.

Shahrizat Abdul Jalil

In a face saving gesture to the Wanita UMNO wing, then Prime Minister Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi appointed Shahrizat as Special Adviser to the Prime Minister for Women and Social Development Affairs on March 18, 2008, recognising that this wing was not represented in his cabinet.

Shaziman Abu Mansor

Dato' Shaziman bin Abu Mansor (born 20 January 1964 in Ipoh, Perak) is a Malaysian politician, a prominent member of the United Malays National Organization (UMNO), and the former Works Minister of Malaysia.

The Malaysian Insider

Several of the more notable columnists are the member of the Selangor state assemblyman and political secretary to the Selangor Menteri Besar Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad, DAP Member of Parliament Liew Chin Tong, PAS MP Khalid Abdul Samad, UMNO MP Nur Jazlan Mohamed and a former Special Officer to Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, Ziad Razak.

Wan Mohammad Khair-il Anuar Wan Ahmad

He is also actively involve in grass root politics as he is a member of UMNO a component party in the Barisan Nasional coalition party.

Wan Mohammad Khair-il is also a member of the ruling party UMNO and Barisan Nasional.

Zahidi Zainul Abidin

He is the Member of Parliament for Padang Besar, Perlis (elected in 2013) and the head of the Padang Besar division of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO).

Zainah Anwar

This was at a meeting in Batu Pahat when seven Umno founders from Johor Baru met Datuk Onn Jaafar to call for a unification of all the disparate Malay nationalist groups at the time.


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