UMNO Youth

UMNO Youth
Pergerakan Pemuda UMNO
ڤرڬرقن ڤمودا امنو
LeaderMuhamad Akmal Saleh
Deputy LeaderMohd Hairi Mad Shah
ChairpersonWan Md Hazlin Agyl Wan Hassan
SecretaryMohd Hafiz Arrifin
TreasurerMohd Kurniawan Naim Moktar
SpokespersonMohammad Sollehin Mohammad Tajie
Founded26 August 1949
HeadquartersTingkat 28, Menara Dato’ Onn, Putra World Trade Centre, Jalan Tun Ismail, 50480 Kuala Lumpur
MembershipDecrease 500,000 members [1]
Ideology
Colours  White
Mother partyUnited Malays National Organisation
Websitewww.pemuda.com.my

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. Since March 2023, the current UMNO Youth Chief is Merlimau state assemblyman (MLA) Muhamad Akmal Saleh.[5] The youth wing of UMNO are separated with the women's youth wing or Puteri UMNO as well as the student wing of the party which is UMNOSiswa.[6]

  1. ^ "Keahlian Pemuda UMNO meningkat" (in Malay).
  2. ^ Helen Ting. "The Politics of National Identity in West Malaysia: Continued Mutation or Critical Transition? [The Politics of Ambiguity]" (PDF). Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University. J-Stage. p. 3/21 [33] and 5/21 [35]. UMNO came into being in 1946 under the impetus of the Anti-Malayan Union Movement based on this ideological understanding of ketuanan Melayu. Its founding president, Dato' Onn Jaafar, once said that the UMNO movement did not adhere to any ideology other than Melayuisme, defined by scholar Ariffin Omar as "the belief that the interests of the bangsa Melayu must be upheld over all else". Malay political dominance is a fundamental reality of Malaysian politics, notwithstanding the fact that the governing coalition since independence, the Alliance [subsequently expanded to form the Barisan Nasional or literally, the "National Front"], is multiethnic in its composition.
  3. ^ Jinna Tay; Graeme Turner (24 July 2015). Television Histories in Asia: Issues and Contexts. Routledge. pp. 127–. ISBN 978-1-135-00807-9.
  4. ^ Jan Senkyr (2013). "Political Awakening in Malaysia". KAS International Reports (7): 73–74. the UMNO can be described as a national conservative Islamic party
  5. ^ "Umno polls: Official results for Youth, Wanita and Puteri exco yet to be announced". The Star. 2023-03-12. Retrieved 2023-05-07.
  6. ^ "Siswa UMNO bakal ditubuhkan di semua universiti" (in Malay). Sinar Harian. 2019-12-04. Retrieved 2023-04-29.