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The Homeland Fighter's Party (, PEJUANG) is a
right-wing Right-wing politics is the range of political ideologies that view certain social orders and hierarchies as inevitable, natural, normal, or desirable, typically supporting this position based on natural law, economics, authority, property ...
, nationalist political party of
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, formed in August 2020 by former
prime minister A prime minister or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. A prime minister is not the head of state, but r ...
Mahathir Mohamad Mahathir bin Mohamad (; ; born 10 July 1925) is a Malaysian politician, author and doctor who was respectively the fourth and seventh Prime Minister of Malaysia, prime minister of Malaysia from 1981 to 2003 and from 2018 to 2020. He was the ...
in opposition to then ruling
Perikatan Nasional Perikatan Nasional (PN; ) is a Malaysian Parliamentary group, political coalition consisting of Right-wing politics, right-wing and Far-right politics, far-right political parties. It is the second largest political coalition in Dewan Rakyat w ...
(PN) government led by prime minister, chairman of PN and president of the
Malaysian United Indigenous Party The Malaysian United Indigenous Party ( Malay: ''Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia''; abbrev: BERSATU or PPBM) is a nationalist political party in Malaysia. The party was preceded by the United Indigenous Association of Malaysia ( Malay: ) and ...
(BERSATU)
Muhyiddin Yassin Mahiaddin bin Md Yasin (born 15 May 1947), commonly known as Muhyiddin bin Mohd Yassin (; ), is a Malaysian politician who served as the eighth Prime Minister of Malaysia from 2020 to 2021. Appointed as prime minister amid a 2020–2022 Malay ...
. The logo of PEJUANG party consists of a stylised Jawi letter, Ú¤ (P), which is the first letter in the word "Pejuang".


History

The party was formed by former
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Mahathir Mohamad Mahathir bin Mohamad (; ; born 10 July 1925) is a Malaysian politician, author and doctor who was respectively the fourth and seventh Prime Minister of Malaysia, prime minister of Malaysia from 1981 to 2003 and from 2018 to 2020. He was the ...
, who was also the former chairman of the
Malaysian United Indigenous Party The Malaysian United Indigenous Party ( Malay: ''Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia''; abbrev: BERSATU or PPBM) is a nationalist political party in Malaysia. The party was preceded by the United Indigenous Association of Malaysia ( Malay: ) and ...
. He resigned as prime minister on 24 February 2020, the same day BERSATU announced its departure from the then ruling
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coalition. In March,
Muhyiddin Yassin Mahiaddin bin Md Yasin (born 15 May 1947), commonly known as Muhyiddin bin Mohd Yassin (; ), is a Malaysian politician who served as the eighth Prime Minister of Malaysia from 2020 to 2021. Appointed as prime minister amid a 2020–2022 Malay ...
, the president and the acting chairman of BERSATU was appointed the new prime minister. However, Mahathir and five other MPs including former
Menteri Besar of Kedah The Menteri Besar of Kedah or the First Minister of Kedah is the head of government in the Malaysian state of Kedah. According to convention, the Menteri Besar is the leader of the majority party or largest coalition party of the Kedah State Legis ...
Mukhriz Mahathir Mukhriz bin Mahathir (Jawi alphabet, Jawi: مخرج بن محاضر; born 25 November 1964) is a Malaysian people, Malaysian politician and businessman who served as the 11th and 13th Menteri Besar of Kedah from May 2013 to February 2016 and a ...
, former
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Maszlee Malik, and former
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Syed Saddiq Syed Saddiq bin Syed Abdul Rahman (; born 6 December 1992) is a Malaysian politician and convicted criminal who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Muar since May 2018. He served as the Minister of Youth and Sports in the Pakat ...
did not support Muhyiddin and the new
Perikatan Nasional Perikatan Nasional (PN; ) is a Malaysian Parliamentary group, political coalition consisting of Right-wing politics, right-wing and Far-right politics, far-right political parties. It is the second largest political coalition in Dewan Rakyat w ...
(PN) government, for which they would be expelled from BERSATU in May. They were later joined by
Shahruddin Md Salleh Datuk Shahruddin bin Md Salleh ( Jawi: شهرالدين بن مد صالح) is a Malaysian politician who served as the Deputy Minister of Works in the Perikatan Nasional (PN) administration under Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin and Minister ...
, who resigned as Deputy Minister of Works only three months after his appointment while recanting his support for Muhyiddin. In August, Mahathir announced that he would be forming a new Malay-based party. On 12 August, it adopted the name Parti Pejuang Tanah Air, with Mahathir and four of the five expelled BERSATU MPs as founding members. The party made its debut in the Slim by-election on 29 August, but its candidate Amir Khusyairi lost to the
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's
Mohd Zaidi Aziz Mohd Zaidi Aziz (born 24 September 1977) is a Malaysia, Malaysian politician who served as Member of the Perak State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Slim (state constituency), Slim from August 2020 to November 2022. He is a member of the United M ...
. On 21 August, Syed Saddiq, the only former BERSATU MP not to have participated in PEJUANG's founding announced that he would instead form a new party,
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(MUDA). On 2 November, Mazlee announced his resignation as a member of PEJUANG only three months after its founding to become an independent MP. He would later join
Parti Keadilan Rakyat Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR; ), is a centre-left, reformist political party in Malaysia formed on 3 August 2003 through a merger of the party's predecessor, the National Justice Party, with the socialist Malaysian People's Party. The party's ...
(PKR). In January 2021, the Registrar of Societies (RoS) rejected the party's application for registration. The RoS' decision was appealed by the party but left unresolved for 5 and a half months. On 25 June, the High Court ordered the Home Minister to make a decision regarding the registration of PEJUANG within 14 days and on 8 July 2021, PEJUANG was finally registered as a political party. On 16 April 2021, PEJUANG Deputy-President Marzuki Yahya said if Pejuang were to work with PN, it would only be done in the interest of the country. On 22 January 2022, Johor PEJUANG chief, Dr Shahruddin Mohd Salleh, announced that the party would be contesting in the
2022 Johor state election The 2022 Johor state election, formally the 15th Johor general election, took place on 12 March 2022. The election was to elect 56 members of the 15th Johor State Legislative Assembly. The previous assembly was dissolved on 22 January 2022. T ...
alone, but remained open to the possibility of co-operating with other parties. PEJUANG contested in 42 of the state's 56 seats and failing to win any of them. Party president Mukhriz Mahathir blamed the lack of exposure of the party's logo as one of the reasons for their defeat. In the 2022 election, PEJUANG contested for 158 out of 222 seats, but no one was elected. Mahathir, the party chairman, as well as the party's MP for Langkawi, not only failed to get elected but also lost his deposit. This was also the fate of two other PEJUANG MPs, namely Mukhriz (MP for Jerlun) and Amiruddin (MP for Kubang Pasu). On 11 December 2022, PEJUANG Youth Leader Abu Hafiz Salleh Hudin announced his resignation. He said the decision was made after taking into account various considerations including a sense of responsibility towards the party's performance in GE15. On 16 December 2022, PEJUANG Chairman Mahathir Mohamad resigned. On 20 December 2022, Federal Territory PEJUANG chief and party's Executive Council Khairuddin Abu Hassan resign. He said he decided to take this action following Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad's resignation as PEJUANG chairman. On 14 January 2023, PEJUANG left GTA. Its President Mukhriz said PEJUANG need focus on strengthening the party before adding value to any coalition. The decision was made after taking into account the views of the representatives in the second PEJUANG General Assembly, following the party's heavy defeat in the past 15th General Election (GE15). However, Mukhriz said PEJUANG took the stance of remaining open to hold any negotiations with any existing political coalition in the run-up to the State Election (PRN) which is expected to take place this year. On 10 February 2023, Mahathir Mohamad left PEJUANG along with PEJUANG Deputy-President Marzuki Yahya and 11 other PEJUANG members. They took that decision after PEJUANG acted out of Gerakan Tanah Air (GTA). On 16 February 2023, PEJUANG lost one of its only five MLAs with its Selangor State Chairman Harumaini Omar losing his Selangor
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state seat after Speaker Ng Suee Lim vacated his seat over his absence in the legislative assembly for six months. On 2 March 2023, Mukhriz announced that he had sent an application letter to
Perikatan Nasional Perikatan Nasional (PN; ) is a Malaysian Parliamentary group, political coalition consisting of Right-wing politics, right-wing and Far-right politics, far-right political parties. It is the second largest political coalition in Dewan Rakyat w ...
(PN) chairman
Muhyiddin Yassin Mahiaddin bin Md Yasin (born 15 May 1947), commonly known as Muhyiddin bin Mohd Yassin (; ), is a Malaysian politician who served as the eighth Prime Minister of Malaysia from 2020 to 2021. Appointed as prime minister amid a 2020–2022 Malay ...
on 1 March 2023 for joining PN as its component party and hoped to receive a positive reply. However, on 21 March 2023, PN secretary-general
Hamzah Zainudin Hamzah bin Zainudin (; born 12 March 1957) is a Malaysian politician who has served as the 17th Leader of the Opposition since December 2022 and the Member of Parliament (MP) for Larut since March 2008. He served as the Minister of Home Aff ...
revealed that the application had been rejected by PN a day before on 20 March 2023. Mukhriz announced on 22 July 2023 that the party would not contest in the
2023 Malaysian state elections State elections in 2023 were held in Selangor, Kelantan, Terengganu, Negeri Sembilan, Kedah and Penang on 12 August 2023, following the dissolution of their state assemblies between 22 June and 1 July 2023. The state elections were held concu ...
, after its failure to collaborate with PN, and to prepare the party for the next general election. This means its remaining 4 MLAs, including Mukhriz, would not defend their seats and left PEJUANG with no representation in State Assembly.


List of leaders

Chairman President


Leadership structure

* Chairman: ** Vacant * President: **
Mukhriz Mahathir Mukhriz bin Mahathir (Jawi alphabet, Jawi: مخرج بن محاضر; born 25 November 1964) is a Malaysian people, Malaysian politician and businessman who served as the 11th and 13th Menteri Besar of Kedah from May 2013 to February 2016 and a ...
* Deputy President: ** Vacant * Women's Chief (Pejuanita): ** Che Asmah Ibrahim * Youth's Chief (Pejuang Muda): ** Fikri Ahmad * Women's Youth Chief (Pejuanita Muda): ** Nurul Ashikin Mabahwi * Secretary-General: ** Amiruddin Hamzah * Treasurer: ** Jamil Bidin * Information Director: ** Rafique Rashid Ali * Welfare Board Chairman: ** * Legal Board Chairman: ** Mior Nor Haidir Suhaimi * Economic Affairs Board Chairman: ** * National Unity Board Chairman: ** * NGO Board Chairman: ** Amir Khusyairi Mohamad Tanusi * Central Executive Council members: ** Mior Nor Haidir Suhaimi ** Amir Khusyairi Mohamad Tanusi ** Ruslin Hasan ** Sazmi Miah ** Tariq Ismail ** Sallehuddin Amiruddin ** Ulya Aqamah Husamudin ** Mohd Akmal Mohd Yusoff ** Nur Amalina Izzati Tajuddin * State chairman: ** Wilayah Persekutuan: Kamal Abdul Aziz ** Johor: Nornekman Osman ** Kedah:
Azimi Daim Malay titles#Dato', Dato' Azimi bin Daim is a Malaysian people, Malaysian politician who served as Member of the Kedah State Executive Council (EXCO) in the Barisan Nasional (BN) state administration under former Menteris Besar Syed Razak Syed ...
** Kelantan: Sazmi Miah ** Malacca: Sheikh Ikhzan Sheikh Salleh ** Negeri Sembilan: Norizan Ahmad ** Pahang: Hamzah Jaafar ** Perak: Mior Nor Haidir Suhaimi ** Perlis: Rosley Mat ** Penang: Muzaimi Ezrin Mukhtar ** Sabah: Nicholas Sylvester ** Selangor: Harumaini Omar ** Terengganu: Vacant


Members of Parliament


Dewan Negara (Senate)


Current Senators (15th Malaysian Parliament)


Previous senators

14th Malaysian Parliament * Marzuki Yahya (2020-2021)


Dewan Rakyat (House of Representatives)


Current Members of Parliament (15th Malaysian Parliament)

The party is currently unrepresented at
Dewan Rakyat The Dewan Rakyat (; Jawi script, Jawi: ), is the lower house of the Bicameralism, bicameral Parliament of Malaysia, Parliament which is the federal legislature of Malaysia. The chamber and its powers are established by Article 44 of the Constitu ...
.


Previous MPs

14th Malaysian Parliament *
Mahathir Mohamad Mahathir bin Mohamad (; ; born 10 July 1925) is a Malaysian politician, author and doctor who was respectively the fourth and seventh Prime Minister of Malaysia, prime minister of Malaysia from 1981 to 2003 and from 2018 to 2020. He was the ...
(Langkawi, 2020-2022) *
Mukhriz Mahathir Mukhriz bin Mahathir (Jawi alphabet, Jawi: مخرج بن محاضر; born 25 November 1964) is a Malaysian people, Malaysian politician and businessman who served as the 11th and 13th Menteri Besar of Kedah from May 2013 to February 2016 and a ...
(Jerlun, 2020-2022) * Amiruddin Hamzah (Kubang Pasu, 2020-2022) *
Shahruddin Md Salleh Datuk Shahruddin bin Md Salleh ( Jawi: شهرالدين بن مد صالح) is a Malaysian politician who served as the Deputy Minister of Works in the Perikatan Nasional (PN) administration under Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin and Minister ...
(Sri Gading, 2020-2022)


Dewan Undangan Negeri (State Legislative Assembly)


Malaysian State Assembly Representatives

The party currently has no representative in any Malaysia State Assembly.


Previous Members of State Legislative Assembly

14th Kedah State Legislative Assembly *
Mukhriz Mahathir Mukhriz bin Mahathir (Jawi alphabet, Jawi: مخرج بن محاضر; born 25 November 1964) is a Malaysian people, Malaysian politician and businessman who served as the 11th and 13th Menteri Besar of Kedah from May 2013 to February 2016 and a ...
(Jitra, 2020-2023) * Amiruddin Hamzah (Anak Bukit, 2020-2023)
14th Selangor State Legislative Assembly 14 (fourteen) is the natural number following 13 and preceding 15. Mathematics Fourteen is the seventh composite number. Properties 14 is the third distinct semiprime, being the third of the form 2 \times q (where q is a higher prime). ...
* Harumaini Omar (Batang Kali, 2020-2023) * Mohd Shaid Rosli (Jeram, 2020-2023) * Sallehudin Amiruddin (Kuang, 2020-2023)


General Election results


State election results


See also

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Politics of Malaysia Politics of Malaysia takes place in the framework of a federal representative democratic constitutional monarchy, in which the Yang di-Pertuan Agong is head of state and the Prime Minister of Malaysia is the head of government. Executive powe ...
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List of political parties in Malaysia This is a list of political parties in Malaysia, including existing and historical ones. Legislation Under the current legislation, all political parties (termed "Political Associations") must be registered under the Societies Act. Anti-hoppi ...


References

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