UMNO Youth
Pergerakan Pemuda UMNO
ڤرڬرقن ڤمودا امنو
LeaderMuhamad Akmal Saleh
Deputy LeaderMohd Hairi Mad Shah
ChairpersonWan Md Hazlin Agyl Wan Hassan
SecretaryMohd Hafiz Arrifin
TreasurerMohd Kurniawan Naim Moktar
SpokespersonMohammad Sollehin Mohammad Tajie
Founded26 August 1949
HeadquartersTingkat 28, Menara Dato’ Onn, Putra World Trade Centre, Jalan Tun Ismail, 50480 Kuala Lumpur
MembershipDecrease 500,000 members [1]
Ideology
Colours  White
Mother partyUnited Malays National Organisation
Websitewww.pemuda.com.my

The UMNO Youth Movement (Malay: Pergerakan Pemuda UMNO; Jawi: ڤرڬرقن ڤمودا امنو) or more known simply as UMNO Youth is the youth wing of Malaysia's Grand Old Party, the United Malays National Organisation. Primarily for members aged 18 to 40, the goal of its establishment is to represent Malay and Bumiputera male youths. Since March 2023, the current UMNO Youth Chief is Merlimau state assemblyman (MLA) Muhamad Akmal Saleh.[5] The youth wing of UMNO are separated with the women's youth wing or Puteri UMNO as well as the student wing of the party which is UMNOSiswa.[6]

History

Establishment

With the party's mission to liberate the nation from British colonialism,[7] UMNO's machinery was enhanced, one of which was the foundation of a youth wing on August 26, 1949, in Butterworth, Penang. The conference chose Captain Hussein Onn as the first youth chief and named it "Perikatan Pemuda UMNO".[8] After Hussein was appointed UMNO Secretary-General in August 1950, the leadership was passed on to Abdul Razak Hussein.[9]

Mission

The UMNO Youth Movement was established after the party felt that the youth wing needed to have its own organization as a backup line for the UMNO leadership. Before being eligible and prepared to lead the entire division, members must first be active within the youth levels of the party as a sign to test their leadership at an early age amongst grassroot members. Hence, the position of UMNO youths is like a party within a party. Sensitive issues are often voiced by youth because youths are "hot-blooded" and more "determined".[10]

Leadership

Hierarchy

The UMNO Youth is led by the youth chief, followed by the vice youth chief and 20 youth executive committee members or "EXCOs" which all are elected through UMNO party elections. The youth chief would then have the executive power to appoint the secretary, treasurer, information chief, executive secretary and 5 to 10 youth EXCOs.[11] There are other positions such as permanent chairman and deputy permanent chairman who holds less executive power within the youth wing where they are in charge of chairing the annual UMNO grand national assembly or Perhimpunan Agung UMNO for the youth wing.

All of the positions mentioned are apparent in various levels, which it can be present at branch level, followed with divisional, to state, and finally national. Oftentimes, most national youth leaders hold divisional posts. For example, Muhamad Akmal Saleh and Nazif Najib are both division heads of their respective constituencies, and various national youth EXCOs are also youth division heads. In order to hold divisional, state or national level positions, all youth leaders must first hold branch level positions beforehand.[12][13]

Current leadership

The list below shows the current 2023/2026 UMNO Youth leadership.[14][15][16]

UMNO Youth Malaysia
Position Name Reference
Permanent Chairman Wan Md Hazlin Agyl Wan Hassan
Deputy Permanent Chairman Zairul Azmir Ramli
Youth Chief YB Dr. Muhamad Akmal Saleh MLA for Merlimau
Vice Youth Chief YB Mohd Hairi Mad Shah MLA for Larkin
Secretary Mohd Hafiz Ariffin
Treasurer Mohd Kurniawan Naim Moktar
Information Chief Mohammad Sollehin Mohammad Tajie
Youth EXCO
Elected Mohd Hafiz Ariffin
Mohamed Khairul Azman Abdul Azeez
Fikhran Hamshi Mohamad Fatmi
Shah Zanuriman Nuar Paras Khan
Md Fadzmel Md Fadzil
Dato' Shahrul Nasrun Kamarudin
Mohd Kalam Ulum Morsin
Mohd Syauqi Ibnihajar Ahmad
Mohammad Sollehin Mohammad Tajie
Ahmad Zaim Ahmad Tawfek
Mohamad Aliff Hilmi
Muhamad Nur Aizat Noor Azam
Hj. Mohd Rafiq Mohd
Muhammad Saifullah Ali
Mohd Asyraf Zainal
Dato' Hasry Sham Chasmen
Dato' Mohd Saiful Mat Sapri
Mohd Fadini Rahim
YB Aznan Tamin MLA for Tanjung Surat
Md Jamil Pauzi
Appointed Dato' Mohd Nazifuddin Mohd Najib
YM Tengku Muhammed Hafiz Tengku Adnan
Mohd Afzan Manaf
Muhammad Fadlan Aiman Mhd Fadly
Abdul Azim Abdullah
Arsad Mohammad Yusof
Executive Secretary A'zlan Hj. Abu Bakar
State Youth Leaders
State Name References
Perlis Saiful Fariddil Jasmi
Kedah Mohd Raqib Abu Hassan
Perak Nazirul Jamaluddin
Kelantan Mohd Azmawi Fikri Hj. Abdul Ghani
Terengganu Tengku Haphiz Tengku Putera
Pahang Mohd Kamil Ibrahim
Selangor Dato' Mohd Imran Tamrin
Federal Territories Dato' Aliff Firdaus Abd Hadi
Negeri Sembilan Mohamad Fadil Md Zin
Malacca Abdul Hakim Abdul Wahid
Johor Noor Azleen Ambros
Sabah Sufian Abd Karim

Youth Chiefs of UMNO

The Youth Chief of UMNO acts as the penultimate leader of the entire youth wing of the party where it holds the same authority compared to the President but only limited to the youth wing. Throughout Malaysian political history, four former Youth Chiefs of UMNO which are Hussein Onn, Abdul Razak Hussein, Najib Razak, and Anwar Ibrahim has served as the Prime Minister of Malaysia.[17][18][19][20][21][22]

# Image Youth chief Term start Term end
1 Hussein Onn 1949 1951
2 Tun_Abdul_Razak_(cropped_4to3_format,_portrait,_closeup) Abdul Razak Hussein 1951 1951
3 Sardon Jubir 1951 1964
4 Senu Abdul Rahman 1964 1971
5 Harun Idris 1971 1976
6 Syed Jaafar Albar 1976 1977
7 Suhaimi Kamaruddin 1977 1982
8 Cohen_Anwar_980416_(cropped_3to4) Anwar Ibrahim 1982 1987
9 Najib_crop Najib Razak 1987 1993
10 Rahim Thamby Chik 1993 1994
11 Ahmad_Zahid_(cropped,_4to3) Ahmad Zahid Hamidi 1994 1999
12 Hishammuddin Hussein 1999 2009
13 Khairy Jamaluddin 26 March 2009 24 June 2018
14 Asyraf Wajdi Dusuki 24 June 2018 11 March 2023
15 Muhamad Akmal Saleh 12 March 2023 Incumbent

UMNO Youth Anthem

Ikrar Pemuda

Kami pemuda Malaysia
Bersatu dan padu tenaga
Berjuang berkorban jiwa raga
Untuk ketahanan bangsa

Pemuda harapan negara
Membela dan membuat jasa
Membina negara kaya raya
Ibu pertiwi Malaysia

Mari kita bersatu dan berikrar
Mengaku dan bersumpah
Menjunjung agama bangsa negara
Bersungguh dan setia

Kami pemuda Malaysia
Merupakan benteng yang waja
Pertahan kedaulatan agama
Serta bangsa dan negara

Translation: We are Malaysian youths, United with our strength and energy, Struggle and sacrifice our body and soul, For the survival of the nation

The nation's hope for youths, To defend and serve, By building a wealthy nation, For the Malaysian motherland

Let's unite and pledge, Confess and swear, Uphold the national religion, And be earnest and loyal

We are Malaysian youths, A stronghold of steel, In defense of religious sovereignty, As well as race and country

See also

References

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  2. Helen Ting. "The Politics of National Identity in West Malaysia: Continued Mutation or Critical Transition? [The Politics of Ambiguity]" (PDF). Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University. J-Stage. p. 3/21 [33] and 5/21 [35]. UMNO came into being in 1946 under the impetus of the Anti-Malayan Union Movement based on this ideological understanding of ketuanan Melayu. Its founding president, Dato' Onn Jaafar, once said that the UMNO movement did not adhere to any ideology other than Melayuisme, defined by scholar Ariffin Omar as "the belief that the interests of the bangsa Melayu must be upheld over all else". Malay political dominance is a fundamental reality of Malaysian politics, notwithstanding the fact that the governing coalition since independence, the Alliance [subsequently expanded to form the Barisan Nasional or literally, the "National Front"], is multiethnic in its composition.
  3. Jinna Tay; Graeme Turner (24 July 2015). Television Histories in Asia: Issues and Contexts. Routledge. pp. 127–. ISBN 978-1-135-00807-9.
  4. Jan Senkyr (2013). "Political Awakening in Malaysia". KAS International Reports (7): 73–74. the UMNO can be described as a national conservative Islamic party
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  18. "Malaysia's brazen Home Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi is determined to reduce the country's alarming gang activity at any cost". South East Asia Globe. November 2013. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
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