Pakatan Harapan
Pakatan Harapan | |
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| English name | Alliance of Hope |
| Abbreviation | PH |
| President | Wan Azizah Wan Ismail |
| Chairman | Anwar Ibrahim |
| Secretary-General | Saifuddin Nasution Ismail |
| Deputy President | |
| Founded | 22 September 2015 |
| Legalised | 16 May 2018 |
| Preceded by | Pakatan Rakyat |
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| Student wing | Pakatan Harapan Students |
| Youth wing | Pakatan Harapan Youth |
| Women's wing | Pakatan Harapan Women |
| Ideology | |
| Political position | Centre to centre-left |
| National affiliation | National Unity Government (since 2022) |
| Member parties | |
| Colours | |
| Dewan Negara | 17 / 70 |
| Dewan Rakyat | 79 / 222 |
| State Legislative Assemblies | 136 / 611 |
| Chief minister of states | 3 / 13 |
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(except DAP Sarawak) (DAP Sarawak only) | |
| Party flag | |
| Website | |
| pakatanharapan 2022 campaign website | |
Pakatan Harapan (PH; stylised as HARAPAN; English: Alliance of Hope) is a Malaysian political coalition consisting of centrist and centre-left political parties which was formed in 2015 to succeed the Pakatan Rakyat coalition. It has led a grand coalition government since November 2022, having previously led a single-coalition government from May 2018 to February 2020.
It is currently the largest coalition in the Dewan Rakyat with 79 seats and is part of the state governments of seven of 13 states in the country, comprising Penang, Selangor, Negeri Sembilan, Perak, Pahang, Malacca and Sabah. It also provides confidence and supply in Johor for its state government led by Barisan Nasional (BN).
The coalition consists of the Democratic Action Party (DAP), People's Justice Party (PKR) and Parti Amanah Negara (AMANAH).
The coalition deposed the Barisan Nasional coalition government during the 2018 Malaysian general election, ending its 60-year-long reign (counted together with its predecessor, Alliance) since independence. Pakatan Harapan fell from power as a result of the 2020 Malaysian political crisis, when its chairman and then-Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad resigned from office, and his Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU) left the coalition along with 11 members of parliament from PKR.
After the 2022 Malaysian general election resulted in a hung parliament, Pakatan Harapan entered into coalition with Barisan Nasional (BN), Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS), Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS), WARISAN, Parti Bangsa Malaysia (PBM), Malaysian United Democratic Alliance (MUDA), Social Democratic Harmony Party (KDM), and independents to form what is commonly referred to as a national unity government, with PH chairman Anwar Ibrahim as prime minister.