President of the United Malays National Organisation

The President of the United Malays National Organisation or President of UMNO (Malay: Presiden Pertubuhan Kebangsaan Melayu Bersatu or Presiden UMNO) is the highest position of the largest and oldest party in Malaysia. Since 30 June 2018, the office has been held by Ahmad Zahid Hamidi.^[1][2]

This article is about the highest position within the United Malays National Organisation. For the political party itself, see United Malays National Organisation.

President of the United Malays National Organisation
Presiden Pertubuhan Kebangsaan Melayu Bersatu ڤريسيدن ڤرتوبوهن كبڠسأن ملايو برساتو‎
Incumbent Ahmad Zahid Hamidi since 30 June 2018
Style	Yang Amat Berhormat Dato' Seri President
Type	Political party office
Status	Political party leader
Member of	United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) United Malays National Organisation's National Supreme Council[note 1]
Residence	Menara Dato Onn, Jalan Tun Ismail, Chow Kit, 50350 Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur
Nominator	United Malays National Organisation's National Supreme Council[note 1]
Appointer	United Malays National Organisation's National Supreme Council[note 1]
Term length	Four years, renewable (No term limit)
Formation	11 May 1946; 79 years ago (1946-05-11)
First holder	Onn Jaafar
Unofficial names	Leader of the UMNO
Deputy	Mohamad Hasan (2018–present)
Website	umno.org.my/en/presiden/

The President of the United Malays National Organisation is supported by a deputy president who, since 2018, has been Mohamad Hasan. Furthermore, the president is supported by three vice presidents, currently holding by Wan Rosdy Wan Ismail, Mohamed Khaled Nordin and Johari Abdul Ghani.^[3]

Presidents of the United Malays National Organisation

With the exceptions of Ahmad Zahid Hamidi and Onn Jaafar, every Presidents of UMNO served as the Prime Minister of Malaysia from August 1957 to May 2018 and a Vice President of UMNO (Ismail Sabri Yaakob) served as the Prime Minister from August 2021 to November 2022. ^[4]

No.	Image	President	Term start	Term end	Election results
1.		Onn Jaafar	11 May 1946	25 August 1951	1946-49 unopposed 1950 Onn Jaafar - 66 Mahmud Mahyudin - 3
2.		Tunku Abdul Rahman	25 August 1951	23 January 1971	1951 Tunku Abdul Rahman - 57 Chik Mohamad Yusuf Sheikh Abdul Rahman - 11 Ahmad Fuad Hassan - 7 1952-69 unopposed
3		Abdul Razak Hussein	25 June 1972	14 January 1976	1972 unopposed 1975 unopposed
4		Hussein Onn	15 September 1978	28 June 1981	1978 Hussein Onn - 898 Sulaiman Palestin - 250
5		Mahathir Mohamad	28 June 1981	31 October 2003	1981 unopposed 1984 unopposed 1987 Mahathir Mohamad - 761 Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah - 718 1990 unopposed 1993 unopposed 1996 unopposed 2000 unopposed
6		Abdullah Ahmad Badawi	23 September 2004	26 March 2009	2004 unopposed
7		Najib Razak	26 March 2009	12 May 2018	2009 unopposed 2013 unopposed
8		Ahmad Zahid Hamidi	30 June 2018	Incumbent	2018 Ahmad Zahid Hamidi - 39,197 Khairy Jamaluddin - 32,592 Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah - 20,462 2023 unopposed

See also

• Barisan Nasional
• Muafakat Nasional
• United Malays National Organisation leadership elections
• 1988 Malaysian constitutional crisis
• 2020–22 Malaysian political crisis
• President of the Malaysian Islamic Party

Notes

1. Malay: Majlis Kerja Tertinggi UMNO (MKT UMNO)