page_title: Barisan Nasional
section_title: Leadership Structure
hierarchical_section_title: Barisan Nasional / Leadership Structure
caption_attribution_description: U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson shakes hands with Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Zahid Hamidi after signing a guest book at the Parliament building in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on August 9, 2017. [State Department photo/ Public Domain]
context_page_description: The National Front is a political coalition in Malaysia that was founded in 1973 as a coalition of right-wing and centre parties. They are currently the second largest registered coalition in the country's Dewan Rakyat.
  The Barisan Nasional coalition employs the same inter-communal governing model of its predecessor the Alliance Party but on a wider scale, with up to 14 communal political parties involved in the coalition at one point. It dominated Malaysian politics for over thirty years after it was founded, but since 2008 has faced stronger challenges from opposition parties, notably the Pakatan Rakyat and later the Pakatan Harapan alliances. Taken together with its predecessor, it had a combined period of rule from 1957 to 2018, and was considered the longest ruling coalition party in the democratic world.
  In the aftermath of the 2018 general election, the Barisan Nasional coalition lost its hold of the parliament to PH for the first time in Malaysian history.
context_section_description: Barisan Nasional Supreme Council:
  Chairman of Advisor Council:
  Mohd Najib Abdul Razak (UMNO)
  Chairman:
  Dr. Ahmad Zahid Hamidi (UMNO)
  Deputy Chairman:
  Mohamad Hasan (UMNO)
  Vice-Chairman:
  Wee Ka Siong (MCA)
  Vigneswaran Sanasee (MIC)
  Joseph Kurup (PBRS)
  Secretary-General:
  Annuar Musa (UMNO)
  Treasurer-General:
  Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor (UMNO)
  Women Leader:
  Dr. Noraini Ahmad (UMNO)
  Youth Leader:
  Dr. Asyraf Wajdi Dusuki (UMNO)
  Executive Secretary:
  Ahmad Masrizal Muhammad (UMNO)
  Supreme Council Members:
  Ismail Sabri Yaakob (UMNO)
  Mahdzir Khalid (UMNO)
  Mohamed Khaled Nordin (UMNO)
  Zambry Abdul Kadir (UMNO)
  Mah Hang Soon (MCA)
  Ti Lian Ker (MCA)
  Lim Ban Hong (MCA)
  Yew Teong Look (MCA)
  Saravanan Murugan (MIC)
  Sivarraajh Chandran (MIC)
  Thinalan T. Rajagopalu (MIC)
  Kamalanathan Panchanathan (MIC)
  Arthur Joseph Kurup (PBRS)
  Johnson Tee (PBRS)
  Zainon Hj. Kayum (PBRS)
  Matusin Bowie (PBRS)
  State Chairman:
  Johor: Hasni Mohammad (UMNO)
  Kedah: Jamil Khir Baharom (UMNO)
  Kelantan: Ahmad Jazlan Yaakub (UMNO)
  Malacca: Abdul Raouf Yusoh (UMNO)
  Negeri Sembilan: Mohamad Hasan (UMNO)
  Pahang: Wan Rosdy Wan Ismail (UMNO)
  Penang: Tan Teik Cheng (MCA)
  Perak: Saarani Mohammad (UMNO)
  Perlis: Shahidan Kassim (UMNO)
  Sabah: Bung Moktar Radin (UMNO)
  Selangor: Mat Nadzari Ahmad Dahlan (UMNO)
  Terengganu: Ahmad Said (UMNO)
  Federal Territories: Johari Abdul Ghani (UMNO)
caption: Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, the incumbent Chairman of Barisan Nasional.
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