The Parti Ikatan Bangsa Malaysia ( en, Malaysia National Alliance Party; often known by its

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: IKATAN) is a political party in Malaysia formed on 7 June 2012 by the former

United Malays National Organisation The United Malays National Organisation (Malay: ; Jawi: ; abbreviated UMNO () or less commonly PEKEMBAR), is a nationalist right-wing political party in Malaysia. As the oldest continuous national political party within Malaysia (since its in ...

(UMNO) cabinet minister and veteran,

Abdul Kadir Sheikh Fadzir Tan Sri Datuk Seri Panglima Abdul Kadir bin Sheikh Fadzir ( Jawi: عبدالقادر بن شيخ فاضل; born 4 June 1939) is a Malaysian politician and former seven-term Member of Parliament (MP) of Malaysia representing Kulim-Bandar Bahar ...

along with a few former UMNO members. The party was forced to wait for more than two years for approval from the

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(RoS). In February 2013, Abdul Kadir dragged the RoS to High Court for them to approve the party. The party was later approved on 15 May 2015. The party intends to bring the original ideas and politics principles of

Tunku Abdul Rahman Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Al-Haj ibni Almarhum Sultan Abdul Hamid Halim Shah ( ms, ‏تونكو عبد الرحمن ڤوترا الحاج ابن سلطان عبد الحميد حليم شاه, label= Jawi, script=arab, italic=unset; 8 Febru ...

, the first Malaysian

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and Father of Independence. The party said that they are not pro-government nor pro-opposition. In 2016 IKATAN however together with opposition

Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party The Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS; ms, Parti Islam Se-Malaysia; ms, ڤرتي إسلام سمليسيا, label=Jawi alphabet, Jawi, script=arab, italic=unset) is an Islamist political party in Malaysia. As the party focused on Islamic fundamen ...

(PAS) formed

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(GS), an informal political ''Third Force'' alliance. Joined later by

Pan-Malaysian Islamic Front The Pan-Malaysian Islamic Front (, Jawi: باريسن جماعه اسلاميه سمليسيا often known by its ; acronym: BERJASA) is a political party in Malaysia. The party is part of a Malay-Islam based coalition named "Gerakan Tanah Air" ...

(BERJASA), the three opposition parties under GS alliance contested using PAS logo in the 2018 general elections (GE14), including IKATAN in some 'unwinnable' non-Muslim seats. IKATAN failed to win a single state or parliamentary seat in the seats it had contested with only PAS managed to win seats in the election, securing 18.. The party is currently unrepresented in the

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and in all of the state legislative assemblies. On 26 October 2022, IKATAN chose to support BN. IKATAN's Head of Information, Nik Marhalim Mohd Bakri, said in the spirit of ummah unification, then IKATAN chose to support BN in GE-15.

Structure and membership

Current office bearers

* President: **

* Deputy President: ** Abdul Aziz Sheikh Fadzir * Vice-President: ** Tunku Muinuddin Putra ** Mohamad Badri Abd Rahman * Secretary-General: ** Tengku Ahmad Mudzaffar Bin Tengku Zaid * Treasurer: ** David Sew Kah Heng * Information Chief: ** Nik Marhalim Dato' Mohd Bakri * Strategy Director: ** Azahari Ab Rahman * Youth Chief: ** Shahir Adnan * Central Working Committee: ** Kelly Lim ** Janice Lim ** Nik Marhalim * Founding member ** Dato Tony Looi

General election results

Notes

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