National Sun Party

National Sun Party

Partai Matahari Bangsa
National Sun Party Partai Matahari Bangsa
Chairman	Muhammad Fazri
Secretary-General	Ahmad Rofiq
Founded	26 December 2006
Dissolved	by 2014
Headquarters	Jakarta
Ideology	Islamism; Conservatism
Political position	Centre-right
Ballot number	18
Website
	http://www.pmb.or.id/
	Politics of Indonesia; Political parties; Elections;

The National Sun Party (Indonesian: Partai Matahari Bangsa) was a political party in Indonesia. The party contested only in the 2009 elections.^[1]

The party was established by activists from the National Mandate Party (PAN) who were frustrated at the way their path to the leadership was blocked by the older generation. The party was founded by members of the Muhammadiyah, and some senior party members still belong to the organization, as do 75% of party members. The party hopes that younger people will assume leadership of Indonesia in 2014.

The party contested in 2019 elections with 30 parliamentary seats target. However, it won only 0.4 percent of the vote, less than the 2.5 percent electoral threshold, meaning it was awarded no seats in the People's Representative Council.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

The party was known to be extinct by 2014.^[6] Party chairman Addaruqutni later joined a new minor party, Small and Medium Enterprises Party (UKM Party), and serving in the party's Advisory Council in 2021.^[7]

Regional strength

In the legislative election held on 9 April 2009, support for the PMB was higher than the party's national average in the following provinces:

References

^ Profil Partai Politik (Profile of Political Parties), Kompas newspaper 14 July 2008 pp. 38-39
^ Indonesian General Election Commission website^{[permanent dead link]} Official Election Results
^ The Jakarta Post 10 May 2009 Democratic Party controls 26% of parliamentary seats
^ Profil Partai Politik (Profile of Political Parties), Kompas newspaper 14 July 2008 pp. 38-39
^ Tempo magazine No. 0931/March 31-April 06, 2009, pp34-35
^ "Amien Rais Mau Bikin Partai Baru, Mumtaz Rais: Kalau Mati Malu-maluin". Suara.com (in Indonesian). 31 March 2020.
^ Hamdani (11 January 2021). "Mantan Ketum Partai Matahari Bangsa Jadi Dewan Pembina Partai UKM". Telusur.co.id (in Indonesian). Retrieved 23 January 2023.