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36-502: The MBR is a project formed in line with the peoples Vision 2020 . Realising that feats and record attempts were not recorded, Datuk Danny Ooi , (founder of The Malaysia Book of Records) felt that recognition should be given to record achievements by Malaysians. As the National Record-Keeper, MBR is an official body that recognises record-holders, record-breakers, and record creators in the country. Upon confirmation of

72-528: A combined period of rule of almost 61 years from 1957 to 2018, and was considered the longest ruling coalition party in the democratic world . The Barisan Nasional coalition lost its hold of the parliament to PH for the first time in Malaysian history after the 2018 general election . It was also the first time Barisan Nasional became the opposition coalition, with former prime minister and Barisan Nasional chairman Mahathir Mohamad becoming PH's leader. As

108-421: A developed nation status by 2020, the country has to grow at an annual rate of 8% over the next 10 years. He cited that a lower hypothetical growth of 6% per annum would delay Malaysia's vision to become a developed country by 10 years to 2030. Malaysia’s GDP growth rate averaged 7.2% per annum in the 1990s, and slowed to 5.4% per annum in the following decade. Najib also stated the need to redefine and recalibrate

144-1051: A landslide victory in the 2022 Johor state election , allowing it to form the much more stable Johor state government with a two-thirds majority in the Johor State Legislative Assembly , which is 40 out of 56 seats while defeating Pakatan Harapan with 12 seats, Perikatan Nasional with 3 seats and Malaysian United Democratic Alliance with 1 seat. In the 2022 election , BN faced the worst result in its history, winning 30 out of 222 seats, compared to 82 and 74 seats for Pakatan Harapan and Perikatan Nasional respectively. Several key figures including Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah , Mahdzir Khalid , Azeez Rahim , Tengku Zafrul Aziz , and Khairy Jamaluddin , lost to either PN or PH candidates in their own constituencies. BN also lost several state elections held in Pahang and Perak and won no seats in Perlis . Ahmad Zahid Hamidi ,

180-920: A medium with which to acknowledge Malaysians who have promoted their country by creating records. The first record book entitled "The Malaysia Book of Records' First Edition" was launched on December 9, 1998, unveiling the Malaysian records in one book for the first time. MBR Awards Night at National and State Level started in December 1998, when the Malaysia Book of Records organised a national level and two states' level, Sabah and Melaka respectively at MBR Awards Night. Wawasan 2020 UMNO (1964–2016) BERSATU (2016–2020) PEJUANG (2020–2023) PUTRA (2023–present) Alliance Party (1964–1974) Barisan Nasional (1974–2016) Pakatan Harapan (2017–2020) Gerakan Tanah Air (2022–2023) [REDACTED] Wawasan 2020 or Vision 2020

216-536: A new state-based pact GPS ), myPPP (under Kayveas faction) and Gerakan . myPPP experienced a leadership dispute, with Maglin announcing that the party remained within the coalition and Kayveas announcing that the party had left the coalition, resulting in the dissolution of the party on 14 January 2019. Among the remaining four component parties in Barisan National, UMNO's parliamentary seats have reduced from 54 to 38 since 16 members of parliament left

252-550: A record, the MBR will issue certificates to the record holder as a recognition for their efforts. The idea was conceived in 1990 when Danny Ooi stumbled upon questions regarding extraordinary feats by Malaysians. He recalled seeing a man cycling for days at the Merdeka Stadium , trying to set a world record, and another individual, who travelled from state to state by walking. The latter was hoping his attempt could be entered in

288-633: A result, the Sabah and Sarawak BN component parties left the coalition and formed their own coalitions in 2018 and 2022. In the aftermath of the 2020 Malaysian political crisis , together with four other parties, the Barisan Nasional coalition returned to power under a Perikatan Nasional -led government. However, it suffered its worst result in the 2022 election , falling to third behind Pakatan Harapan and Perikatan Nasional, but it stayed in government by supporting Pakatan Harapan . Barisan Nasional

324-519: A two-thirds supermajority in Parliament since 1969. Five state governments, namely Selangor , Kelantan , Penang , Perak and Kedah fell to Pakatan Rakyat . Perak however was later returned via a court ruling following a constitutional crisis . Since 2008, the coalition has seen its non-Malay component parties greatly diminished in the peninsula. The losses continued in the 2013 general election , and it recorded its worst election result at

360-543: Is a Malaysian ideal introduced by the fourth and seventh Prime Minister of Malaysia , Mahathir Mohamad during the tabling of the Sixth Malaysia Plan in 1991. The vision calls for the nation to achieve a self-sufficient industrialised nation by the year 2020, encompasses all aspects of life, from economic prosperity, social well-being, educational worldclass, political stability, as well as psychological balance. To achieve Vision 2020, Mahathir lamented that

396-781: Is a political coalition of Malaysia that was founded in 1974 as a coalition of centre-right and right-wing political parties to succeed the Alliance Party . It is the third largest political coalition with 30 seats in the Dewan Rakyat after Pakatan Harapan (PH) with 82 seats and Perikatan Nasional (PN) with 74 seats. The coalition consists of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA), Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC), and United Sabah People's Party (PBRS). The Barisan Nasional coalition employs

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432-683: Is also the title of an article by William Greider about globalisation in Malaysia. Mahathir outlined nine strategic challenges that Malaysia must overcome to achieve Vision 2020. Wawasan 2020 is also a patriotic song on the same idea sung in Malay . The song was composed by Farish Daniel. In view of economic slowdown amid the financial crisis of 2007–2010 , Prime Minister of the then ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) government, Najib Razak in August 2009, stated that in order for Malaysia to achieve

468-597: Is mostly indirect through one of the constituent parties while direct membership is allowed. The BN defines itself as a " confederation of political parties which subscribe to the objects of the Barisan Nasional". Although in elections, all candidates stand under the BN symbol, and there is a BN manifesto, each individual constituent party also issues its own manifesto, and there is intra-coalition competition for seats prior to nomination day. *denotes defunct parties Barisan Nasional Supreme Council: Barisan Nasional has 30 MPs in

504-480: Is the direct successor to the three-party Alliance coalition formed by United Malays National Organisation , Malaysian Chinese Association , and Malaysian Indian Congress . It was founded in the aftermath of the 1969 general election and the 13 May riots . The Alliance Party lost ground in the 1969 election to the opposition parties, in particular the two newly formed parties, Democratic Action Party and Gerakan , as well as Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party . Although

540-546: Is to unite the Malay Muslim communities for electoral purposes. There was however no formal agreement with the other parties of Barisan Nasional, although there were calls for Barisan Nasional to migrate to Muafakat Nasional. Barisan Nasional continued to function as a coalition of four parties comprising UMNO, MCA, MIC and PBRS but aligned themselves with Perikatan Nasional to form a new government in March 2020 after

576-516: The 1978 general election convincingly, and it continued to dominate Malaysian politics in the 1980s and 1990s despite some losses in state elections, such as the loss of Kelantan to PAS, and Sabah to United Sabah Party which later joined Barisan Nasional. By 2003, Barisan Nasional had grown to a coalition formed of more than a dozen communal parties. It performed particularly well in the 2004 general election , winning 198 out of 219 seats. Although Barisan Nasional never achieved more than 67% of

612-496: The 2018 general election (GE14), Najib had launched the National Transformation 2050 or Transformasi Nasional 2050 (TN50) initiative, where by 2050 Malaysia will be "a nation of calibre, with a new mindset". The TN50 was allegedly initiated by Najib to undermine Mahathir Mohamad's Wawasan 2020 legacy. The TN50 had somehow fallen through and was officially dismantled with some aspirations maintained by

648-646: The Gagasan Sejahtera . Barisan Nasional was only in power in three states; namely Perlis , Pahang and Sarawak . Many of BN's component parties left the coalition following its humiliating defeat at the 2018 general election, reducing its number to 4 compared to 13 before the election. These parties either aligned themselves with the new Pakatan Harapan federal government, formed a new state-based pact or remained independent. They include three Sabah-based parties ( UPKO , PBS and LDP ), four Sarawak-based parties ( PBB , SUPP , PRS and PDP , which formed

684-497: The Guinness Book of World Records . Realising that none of these feats would be recorded, Mr. Ooi felt that recognition should be given to such determination exhibited by Malaysians . Achievements were compiled for publication into the MBR and were also included in its production shown in a TV series called The Malaysia Book of Records' weekly TV series, which debuted on October 6, 1996, on RTM TV2 . The MBR will serve as

720-604: The Malaysian Chinese Association and Malaysian Indian Congress have played major roles in Barisan Nasional, but their representation in Parliament and state legislatures has become much more diminished. Nevertheless, each component party purports to represent – and limit membership – to a certain race: UMNO for the Malays, MCA for the Chinese and so on. In the view of some scholars: Since its inception

756-840: The Pakatan Harapan (PH)'s Malaysia Baharu government after the GE14. In 2020, Mahathir Mohamad, the prime minister of Malaysia after Pakatan Harapan coalition came to power in 2018, officially announced the failure of the vision to achieve the status of developed nation. Although Wawasan 2020 did not fully achieve its objectives, Mahathir argued that other aspects of the vision had been achieved such that Malaysia has become more prosperous and with better infrastructure. Mahathir blamed his handpicked successors Abdullah Ahmad Badawi and Najib Razak for failing to properly implement his plan. In terms of GDP growth, Malaysia last achieved yearly GDP growth of more than 7% in 2000. Since then,

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792-551: The Alliance remained a coalition of communal parties. Each of the component parties operated to all intents and purposes, save that of elections, as a separate party. Their membership was communal, except perhaps Gerakan, and their success was measured in terms of their ability to achieve the essentially parochial demands of their constituents. Although both the Alliance and BN registered themselves as political parties, membership

828-768: The Alliance won a majority of seats, it gained less than half the popular vote, and the resulting tension between different communities led to the May 13 riots and the declaration of a state of emergency. After the Malaysian Parliament reconvened in 1971, negotiations to form a new alliance began with parties such as Gerakan and People's Progressive Party , both of which joined the Alliance in 1972, quickly followed by Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) in 1973. The Barisan Nasional, which included regional parties from Sabah and Sarawak (Sabah Alliance Party, Sarawak United Peoples' Party , Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu ),

864-520: The Malaysian GDP only averages between 4% and 5% until 2018. In terms of how well Malaysians are meeting the nine challenges listed by Mahathir in 1990, "The Full Frontal" website stated that challenges no 4 and no 7 are almost fully met while other challenges still have lots of room for improvement. Barisan Nasional [REDACTED] [REDACTED] Race and politics The National Front , officially Barisan Nasional ( BN ),

900-669: The collapse of the Pakatan Harapan government. Barisan Nasional form a new government on 15 August 2021 with Perikatan Nasional after the collapse of the Perikatan Nasional government. Barisan Nasional also recovered control of the Johor, Malacca and Perak state governments. On 20 November 2021, Barisan Nasional won a two-thirds majority of 21 out of 28 seats in the Malacca State Legislative Assembly . On 12 March 2022, Barisan gained

936-569: The country, taken together with its predecessor (Alliance), and this paved the way for the first change of government in Malaysian history. The coalition won only 34% of the popular vote amid vote split of Islamic Party . In addition to their failure in regaining the Penang, Selangor and Kelantan state governments, six state governments, namely Johor , Malacca , Negeri Sembilan , Perak , Kedah and Sabah fell to Pakatan Harapan and WARISAN (Sabah). The Terengganu state government also fell but to

972-484: The general election. MCA and MIC made a statement in March 2019 that they want to "move on" and find a new alliance following disputes with the secretary-general, Nazri Abdul Aziz . Mohamad Hasan, the acting BN chairman, chaired a Supreme Council meeting in which all parties showed no consensus on dissolving the coalition. In January 2019, all Sabah UMNO branches including Sabah BN branches were dissolved and officially closed, leaving only one BN branch open. This brings

1008-539: The nation required an annual growth of 7% (in real terms) over the thirty-year period 1990–2020, so that the economy would be eightfold stronger than its 1990 GDP of RM115 billion. This would translate to a GDP of RM920 billion (in 1990 Ringgit terms) in 2020. Under Vision 2020 from 1991 to 2020, there are 3 sub 10 year development policy namely National development Policy 1991-2000 with OPP2, National Vision Policy 2001-2010 with OPP3 and New Economic Model 2011-2020 with National Transformation Programme NTP. Wawasan 2020

1044-561: The party president, was re-elected with a slim majority of 348, high decrease from 2018 Malaysian general election which he won with majority of 5073 votes. The election produced a hung parliament , but BN decided to support the biggest coalition Pakatan Harapan and was rewarded with cabinet posts in the government. In 2013, the vast majority of Barisan Nasional's seats were held by its two largest Bumiputera -based political parties—the United Malays National Organisation , and Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu . For most of its history, both

1080-576: The party, while MCA's parliamentary seat maintains one. MIC's parliamentary seats have reduced from two to one after the Election Court nullified the results of the election for the Cameron Highlands federal constituency due to bribery, but BN regained its seat from a direct member under the 2019 by-election . As a result of these developments, BN's parliamentary seats have reduced to 41, compared with 79 seats that BN won in

1116-449: The popular vote in elections from 1974 to 2008, it maintained the consecutive two-thirds majority of seats in this period in the Dewan Rakyat until the 2008 election, benefitting from Malaysia's first-past-the-post voting system . In the 2008 general election , Barisan Nasional lost more than one-third of the parliamentary seats to Pakatan Rakyat , a loose alliance of opposition parties. This marked Barisan's first failure to secure

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1152-538: 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; however, since 2008, the party has faced stronger challenges from opposition parties, notably the Pakatan Rakyat and later the Pakatan Harapan (PH) alliances. Taken together with its predecessor Alliance, it had

1188-475: The time. BN regained Kedah but lost several more seats in Parliament along with the popular vote to Pakatan. Despite winning only 47% of the popular vote, it managed to gain 60% of the 222 parliamentary seats, thereby retaining control of the parliament. And finally, during the 2018 general election , Barisan Nasional lost control of the parliament to Pakatan Harapan , winning a total of only 79 parliamentary seats. The crushing defeat ended their 61-year rule of

1224-577: The total BN seats in Sabah to only 2 seats. Since 2019, Barisan Nasional recovered some ground and won a number of by-elections, such as the 2019 Cameron Highlands by-election , 2019 Semenyih by-election , 2019 Rantau by-election , and 2019 Tanjung Piai by-election , defeating Pakatan Harapan. In September 2019, UMNO decided to form a pact with the Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) called Muafakat Nasional . Its main purpose

1260-496: The vision in terms of how to achieve it, as well as its timeline. Besides, Malaysia has to undertake bold economic reforms , and Najib had tasked the National Economic Advisory Council (NEAC) to carry out a review of the vision. The NEAC is expected to publish its report by end 2009, with a second report on implementation 6 months after that. Just before the downfall of BN federal government in

1296-555: Was formally registered in June 1974 as a coalition of nine parties. It contested the 1974 general election as a grand coalition under the leadership of the prime minister Tun Abdul Razak , which it won with considerable success. In 1977, PAS was expelled from Barisan Nasional following a revolt by PAS within the Kelantan state legislature against the chief minister appointed by the federal government. Barisan Nasional nevertheless won

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