Masyumi Party

Council of Indonesian Muslim Associations
Partai Majelis Syuro Muslimin Indonesia
AbbreviationMasyumi
ChairmanHasyim Asyari (first)
Soekiman Wirjosandjojo
Mohammad Natsir
Secretary-GeneralVarious
Founded24 October 1943 (organization)
7 November 1945 (party)
Banned13 September 1960; 64 years ago (1960-09-13)
Merger ofNahdlatul Ulama (until 1952)
Muhammadiyah
Indonesian Islamic Union Party
Preceded bySupreme Islamic Council of Indonesia (MIAI)
Succeeded byIndonesian Islamic Propagation Council
Parmusi
Crescent Star Family (later became Crescent Star Party)
HeadquartersDjakarta, Indonesia
NewspaperAbadi
Membership (peak)Tens of millions[1]
IdeologyIslamic democracy
Pan-Islamism
Islamic modernism
Anti-communism
Political positionCenter-right
ReligionSunni Islam

The Council of Indonesian Muslim Associations Party (Indonesian: Partai Majelis Syuro Muslimin Indonesia), better known as the Masyumi Party, was a major Islamic political party in Indonesia during the Liberal Democracy Era in Indonesia. It was banned in 1960 by President Sukarno for supporting the PRRI rebellion.

  1. ^ Madinier 2015, p. xiii.