institution

United Malays National Organisation

Malaysia’s long-dominant Malay nationalist party and a core force in the Barisan Nasional coalition. Its state-building legacy is inseparable from patronage politics and the 1MDB scandal, which helped end its uninterrupted federal rule in 2018.

3
People: 1
Former UMNO president / long-time BN leader: 1
Former UMNO president / Prime Minister: 1
president / deputy PM

Affiliated people

Najib Razak
Former UMNO president / Prime Minister
Ahmad Zahid Hamidi
president / deputy PM
Mahathir Mohamad
Former UMNO president / long-time BN leader

By the Factrail desk · Method: how we source and score · Last reviewed 15 September 2026