United Malays National Organisation
Presidents of the United Malays National Organisation
With the exception of Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, every President of the UMNO has also served as Prime Minister of Malaysia.

United Malays National Organisation

Section Title: Presidents of the United Malays National Organisation
Table Section Text: With the exception of Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, every President of the UMNO has also served as Prime Minister of Malaysia.

#	President	Term start	Term end	Election results

1	-	Onn Jaafar	11 May 1946	25 August 1951	1946-49 unopposed1950 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 - 71952-69 unopposed

3	-	Abdul Razak Hussein	25 June 1972	14 January 1976	1972 unopposed1975 unopposed

4	-	Hussein Onn	15 September 1978	28 June 1981	1978 Hussein Onn - 898 Sulaiman Palestin - 250

5	-	Mahathir Mohamed	28 June 1981	31 October 2003	1981 unopposed1984 unopposed1987 Mahathir Mohamad - 761 Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah - 7181990 unopposed1993 unopposed1996 unopposed2000 unopposed

6	-	Abdullah Ahmad Badawi	23 September 2004	26 March 2009	2004 unopposed

7	-	Najib Razak	26 March 2009	12 May 2018	2009 unopposed2013 unopposed

8	-	Ahmad Zahid Hamidi	30 June 2018	Incumbent	2018 Ahmad Zahid Hamidi - 39,197 Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah - 20,462 Khairy Jamaluddin - 32,592

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Mahathir Mohamed was elected with such a small majority of 43 (761 against 718 votes).

final_sentence: Mahathir Mohamed was elected with such a small majority of 43 (761 against 718 votes).