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Malaysia: UMNO and the myth of invincibility

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posted on 2023-05-22, 03:40 authored by James ChinJames Chin
The United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) has long been seen as one of the most powerful political parties in the world in term of endurance and capacity to hold on to power. Until May 2018 it had held power continuously for a record 63 years. UMNO first came to power in colonial Malaya in 1955, stayed on in power in independent Malaya, and later in the Federation of Malaysia. It has often been compared to the Institutional Revolutionary Party (Partido Revolucionario Institucional) which held power in Mexico uninterruptedly for seven decades. In the region, the only party that is comparable is Singapore’s People’s Action Party, which has ruled the island state continuously since 1959.

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Publication title

The Round Table: The Commonwealth Journal of International Affairs

Volume

108

Pagination

93-94

ISSN

0035-8533

Department/School

College Office - College of Arts, Law and Education

Publisher

Routledge

Place of publication

United Kingdom

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