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| Abbreviation | AMANAH |
| President | Mohamad Sabu |
| Secretary-General | Muhammad Faiz Fadzil |
| General Advisor | Ahmad Awang |
| Deputy President | Mujahid Yusof Rawa |
| Vice-President | Dzulkefly Ahmad Siti Mariah Mahmud Adly Zahari Mahfuz Omar Mohd Hatta Ramli |
| Women's Chief | Aiman Athirah Sabu |
| Youth Chief | Mohd Hasbie Muda (Pemuda) Masturah Abu Bakar (WARDA) |
| Founder | Mohamad Sabu(as AMANAH) Ganga Nayar(as PPPM) |
| Founded | January 1978, founded asMalaysian Workers' Party (PPPM) 16 September 2015, re-branded asParti Amanah Negara (AMANAH) |
| Split from | Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) |
| Headquarters | Wisma AMANAH Negara, No. 73 Tingkat 1, Jalan Seri Utara 1, Seri Utara, 68100 Kuala Lumpur[1] |
| Student wing | Mahasiswa AMANAH Nasional |
| Youth wing | Pemuda AMANAH Nasional |
| Women's wing | Angkatan Wanita AMANAH Nasional (AWAN) |
| Women's youth wing | Wanita Muda Amanah (WARDA) |
| Membership(2025) |  200,000[2] |
| Ideology | |
| Political position | Centre[6] |
| National affiliation | Pakatan Harapan (since 2015) |
| Colours | Orange |
| Slogan | Amanah, Progresif, Peduli |
| Anthem | Lagu Parti Amanah Negara |
| Dewan Negara | 3 / 70 |
| Dewan Rakyat | 8 / 222 |
| Dewan Undangan Negeri | 12 / 611 |
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TheNational Trust Party (Malay:Parti Amanah Negara,AMANAH) is a political party in Malaysia advocating areformist strand ofpolitical Islam.[7] The party was founded as theMalaysia Workers' Party (Malay:Parti Pekerja-Pekerja Malaysia;abbrev:PPPM) before being taken over in August 2015 byGerakan Harapan Baru, a group of moderate-to-progressive Islamist leaders from thePan-Malaysian Islamic Party that had lost aparty election. The party was rebranded on 16 September 2015. The party currently has eight electedMembers of Parliament. It is one of the three component parties of the incumbentPakatan Harapan coalition inMalaysia.
TheMalaysian Workers' Party (Malay:Parti Pekerja-Pekerja Malaysia) was founded in January 1978 byGanga Nayar, the first female to head a political party in Malaysia. Nayar was its lone candidate for the1978 general election in theSungei Besi parliamentary constituency and theSungei Way state constituency. She performed poorly and lost her deposits in both contests. Since then, the Workers' Party contested very few Malaysian elections.
The symbol or logo of the Workers' Party was thehoe andgear with the dark green background.
The Workers' Party was dormant until it was taken over byGerakan Harapan Baru on 31 August 2015.[8]
In 2015 GHB took over the Workers Party after its attempt to form a new party calledParti Progresif Islam was rejected by the Home Ministry.[9][10][11][12][13] Gerakan Harapan Baru was given permission to take over the party, with the only condition given by the existing party members that the party would not co-operate with theBarisan Nasional coalition andUMNO.
GHB chiefMohamad Sabu said they would then change the Workers' Party's name to theNational Trust Party. Once the Registrar of Societies approved the new name, it was expected that the Amanah party would be launched on 16 September in conjunction withMalaysia Day, with at least 35,000 members.[14]
Malaysian Workers' Party members approved the change of its name to Parti Amanah Negara in an extraordinary general meeting on 8 September 2015, resulting in the change of its logo and flag.
AMANAH was officially launched on 16 September 2015 at the national level, while it was still awaiting the Registrar of Societies' approval. AMANAH is taking over and rebranding the Workers' Party into a new political party spearheaded by progressive leaders, who have leftPAS.[15]
The new logo and flag was unveiled at its official launch on 16 September 2015.[16]
The ideology of the party is described asprogressive Islamism, indicating a commitment to Islamic political ideals but in a moreprogressive andliberal democratic manner.[17] In addition to common reformist stance and rhetoric held by PH, the party remains socially conservative in line with Sharia law, such as prohibition of liquors and gambling.
The party has stated that Muslims should not force Islamic values on non-Muslims.[18] However, individual members of the party have called for abrogation of any law and court decision should they contradict with Sharia.[19]
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President
1.Mohamad Sabu(2015–present)
Deputy President
1.Salahuddin Ayub(2015–2023)
2.Mujahid Yusof Rawa(2023–present)
Women Chief
1.Siti Mariah Mahmud(2015–2019)
2.Aiman Athirah Sabu(2019–present)
Youth Chief
1.Mohd Sany Hamzan(2015–2018)
2.Hasnul Zulkarnain Abdul Munaim(2018–2020)
3.Shazni Munir Mohd Ithnin(2020–2021)
4.Mohd Hasbie Muda(2021–present)
Women Youth Chief
1.Anis Afida Mohd Azli(2017–2019)
2.Nurthaqaffah Nordin(2019–2023)
3.Masturah Abu Bakar(2023–present)
AMANAH has 8 members in theHouse of Representatives:
| State | No. | Parliament Constituency | Member | Party | ||
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 Selangor | P096 | Kuala Selangor | Dzulkefly Ahmad | AMANAH | ||
| P101 | Hulu Langat | Mohd Sany Hamzan | AMANAH | |||
| P108 | Shah Alam | Azli Yusof | AMANAH | |||
| P111 | Kota Raja | Mohamad Sabu | AMANAH | |||
| P113 | Sepang | Aiman Athirah Sabu | AMANAH | |||
 Malacca | P135 | Alor Gajah | Adly Zahari | AMANAH | ||
 Johor | P149 | Sri Gading | Aminolhuda Hassan | AMANAH | ||
| P161 | Pulai | Suhaizan Kayat | AMANAH | |||
| Total | Selangor (5),Malacca (1),Johor (2) | |||||
| State | No. | Parliament Constituency | No. | State Constituency | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Kelantan | P021 | Kota Bharu | N09 | Kota Lama | Hafidzah Mustakim | AMANAH | |
 Penang | P053 | Balik Pulau | N38 | Bayan Lepas | Azrul Mahathir Aziz | AMANAH | |
 Perak | P071 | Gopeng | N44 | Sungai Rapat | Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin | AMANAH | |
 Pahang | — | Nominated Member | Mohd Fadzli Mohd Ramly | AMANAH | |||
| Selangor | P097 | Selayang | N15 | Taman Templer | Anfaal Saari | AMANAH | |
| P100 | Pandan | N21 | Pandan Indah | Izham Hashim | AMANAH | ||
| P103 | Puchong | N29 | Seri Serdang | Abbas Azmi | AMANAH | ||
| P108 | Shah Alam | N41 | Batu Tiga | Danial Al Rashid Haron | AMANAH | ||
| P109 | Kapar | N42 | Meru | Mariam Abdul Rashid | AMANAH | ||
 Negeri Sembilan | P126 | Jelebu | N04 | Kelawang | Bakri Sawir | AMANAH | |
| Malacca | P137 | Hang Tuah Jaya | N17 | Bukit Katil | Adly Zahari | AMANAH | |
| Johor | P145 | Bakri | N13 | Simpang Jeram | Nazri Abdul Rahman | AMANAH | |
| Total | Kelantan (1),Penang (1),Perak (1),Selangor (5),Negeri Sembilan (1),Malacca (1),Johor (1) | ||||||
| Portfolio | Office Bearer | Constituency |
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| Minister of Agriculture and Food Security | Mohamad Sabu | Kota Raja |
| Minister of Health | Dr.Dzulkefly Ahmad | Kuala Selangor |
| Portfolio | Office Bearer | Constituency |
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| Deputy Minister of Local Government Development | Aiman Athirah Sabu | Sepang |
| Deputy Minister of Defence | Adly Zahari | Alor Gajah |
AMANAH currently served as junior partner in several states governed by Pakatan Harapan and Barisan Nasional. It once led Malaccan state government under Pakatan Harapan as result of 2018 general elections
Note:bold as Menteri Besar/Chief Minister,italic as junior partner
| State | Leader type | Member | State Constituency |
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| Negeri Sembilan | Speaker | Mk Ibrahim Abdul Rahman | Non-MLA |
| Penang | Deputy Speaker | Azrul Mahathir Aziz | Bayan Lepas |
| Election | Total seats won | Seats contested | Total votes | Voting Percentage | Outcome of election | Election leader |
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| 1978 (PPPM) | 0 / 154 | 1 |  ;No representation in Parliament | Ganga Nayar | ||
| 2018 | 11 / 222 | 35 | 648,087 | 5.37% | 11 seats;Governing coalition, laterOpposition coalition (Pakatan Harapan) | Mohamad Sabu |
| 2022 | 8 / 222 | 54 | 884,384 | 5.70% |  3 seats;Governing coalition(Pakatan Harapan) | Mohamad Sabu |
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| State election | State Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||
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| Perlis | Kedah | Kelantan | Terengganu | Penang | Perak | Pahang | Selangor | Negeri Sembilan | Malacca | Johor | Sabah | Sarawak | Total won / Total contested | |
| 2/3 majority | 2 / 3 | 2 / 3 | 2 / 3 | 2 / 3 | 2 / 3 | 2 / 3 | 2 / 3 | 2 / 3 | 2 / 3 | 2 / 3 | 2 / 3 | 2 / 3 | 2 / 3 | |
| 1978 | 0 / 33 | 0 / 1 | ||||||||||||
| 1982 | 0 / 24 | 0 / 1 | ||||||||||||
| 1986 | 0 / 28 | 0 / 20 | 0 / 4 | |||||||||||
| 2016 | 0 / 82 | 0 / 13 | ||||||||||||
| 2018 | 0 / 15 | 4 / 36 | 0 / 45 | 0 / 32 | 2 / 40 | 6 / 59 | 0 / 42 | 8 / 56 | 3 / 36 | 2 / 28 | 9 / 56 | 0 / 60 | 34 / 587 | |
| 2020 | 0 / 73 | 0 / 1 | ||||||||||||
| 2021 | 1 / 28 | 1 / 9 | ||||||||||||
| 2021 | 0 / 82 | 0 / 8 | ||||||||||||
| 2022 | 1 / 56 | 1 / 16 | ||||||||||||
| 2022 | 0 / 15 | 1 / 59 | 0 / 42 | 1 / 40 | ||||||||||
| 2023 | 0 / 36 | 1 / 45 | 0 / 32 | 1 / 40 | 5 / 56 | 1 / 36 | 8 / 31 | |||||||
| 2025 | 0 / 73 | 0 / 1 | ||||||||||||
In differentiating itself from PAS, Amanah leaders claim that they are inspired partly by the Turkish AKP and Tunisian Ennahda Party. They thus embrace the thoughts and philosophy of Rachid Ghannouchi, the co-founder and current ideologue of Ennahda. Ghannouchi is known for his acceptance of democracy as part of Islamic thought understood through Maqasid al-Shari'ah.
He urged Amanah to emulate Tunisia's Ennahda party, or Turkey's Justice and Development Party (AKP), which are seen as two moderate and democratic Muslim parties. 'What Amanah needs to do to remain relevant in the future is not to package itself as the second generation of an Islamist political party, but brand itself as a Muslim democrat.' – Dr Ahmad Farouk Musa.
Amanah, which positions itself as a progressive, democratic, and inclusive alternative to PAS, claims to champion a different version of Islam.
We champion the 'rahmatan lil alamin' concept, which promotes universal values and love and compassion among mankind and is centrist. –Mujahid Yusof Rawa, Vice-President of Parti Amanah Negara.
The party's ideology is best described as progressive Islamism, indicating their commitment to Islamic political ideals, but in a more progressive and liberal democratic fashion.
