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Malaysian Nationalist Party

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Malaysian Nationalist Party
Parti Nasionalis Malaysia
PNM / NASMA
AbbreviationPNM or NASMA
FounderZainab Yang (Leader), Zainad Mohammed (Secretary General)
FoundedJuly 1985
Legalised1995
HeadquartersKuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Membership (1990)79,990
Political positionCenter-right
SloganMalaysians for Malaysia, for justice, intergrity and progress

The Malaysian Nationalist Party or Malay: Parti Nasionalis Malaysia (PNM or NASMA) was a multi racial grouping launched in July 1985 under the banner "Malaysians for Malaysia, for justice, intergrity and progress". Envisioned by its founders as a forum for nonsectarian critics of the Mahathir Mohamad regime as a challenge to the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), the party's main accomplishment by late 1985 was weakening Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) expansion effort.[1][2]

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  1. ^ Arthur S. Banks; Alan J. Day; Thomas C. Muller (February 2016). "Political Handbook of the World 1998". Google eBookstore. p. 580. ISBN 9781349149513. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
  2. ^ edited by Quinn Mecham; Julie Chernov Hwang (22 May 2014). "Islamist Parties and Political Normalization in the Muslim World". Google eBookstore. p. 206. ISBN 9780812246056. Retrieved 11 May 2016. {{cite news}}: |author1= has generic name (help)