Alliance Party

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The Alliance Party was a major political coalition in Malaya and later Malaysia that united key ethnic-based parties and led the country to independence under leaders such as Tunku Abdul Rahman.

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Label Occurrences
Alliance Party canonical 6

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Statements (37)

Predicate Object
instanceOf political coalition ⓘ
country Malaya ⓘ
Malaysia ⓘ
electoralSystemContext first-past-the-post ⓘ
ethnicRepresentation Chinese ⓘ
Indian ⓘ
Malay ⓘ
foundedBy Malayan Chinese Association ⓘ
Malayan Indian Congress ⓘ
United Malays National Organisation ⓘ
governmentRole formed federal government of Malaya after independence ⓘ
formed first federal government of Malaysia ⓘ
hasMemberParty Malayan Chinese Association ⓘ
Malayan Indian Congress ⓘ
United Malays National Organisation ⓘ
headquartersLocation Kuala Lumpur ⓘ
historicalSignificance formed basis of post-independence ruling coalition in Malaysia ⓘ
led Malaya to independence in 1957 ⓘ
ideology communal power-sharing ⓘ
conservatism ⓘ
keyFigure Tan Cheng Lock ⓘ
Tunku Abdul Rahman ⓘ
V. T. Sambanthan ⓘ
leader Tunku Abdul Rahman ⓘ
notableLeader Tun Abdul Razak Hussein ⓘ
linked to: Abdul Razak Hussein

Tun Hussein Onn ⓘ
Tunku Abdul Rahman ⓘ
operatedIn Federation of Malaya ⓘ
Malaysia ⓘ
politicalPosition centre-right ⓘ
promotedPolicy communal bargaining ⓘ
inter-ethnic cooperation ⓘ
region Southeast Asia ⓘ
role independence movement leader ⓘ
ruling coalition ⓘ
stateIdeology consociationalism ⓘ
succeededBy Barisan Nasional ⓘ

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Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Barisan Nasional → predecessor → Alliance Party ⓘ
Malaysian Chinese Association → previousCoalitionMemberOf → Alliance Party ⓘ
subject linked to: MCA
Malaysian Indian Congress → previousCoalitionMemberOf → Alliance Party ⓘ
subject linked to: MIC