Pakatan Harapan

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Alliance of Hope
Malay name	Pakatan Harapan ڤاكتن هارڤن
Chinese name	希望联盟 希望聯盟
Tamil name	நம்பிக்கை கூட்டணி
Abbreviation	PH
President	Wan Azizah Wan Ismail
Chairman	Anwar Ibrahim
Deputy President	Anthony Loke Siew Fook Mohamad Sabu Ewon Benedick
Founded	22 September 2015 (2015-09-22)
Legalised	16 May 2018 (2018-05-16)[1]
Preceded by	Pakatan Rakyat
Headquarters	A-1-09 Merchant Square, Jalan Tropicana Selatan 1, 47410 Petaling Jaya (PH Secretariat and PKR) Kuala Lumpur (DAP and AMANAH) Penampang (UPKO)
Newspaper	The Rocket RoketKini Suara Keadilan Media Harapan Harapan Daily Kenyalang Tribune Borneo Update
Student wing	Pakatan Harapan Student Movement
Youth wing	Pakatan Harapan Youth Movement[2][3]
Women's wing	Pakatan Harapan Youth Movement[2][3]
Ideology	Majority: Social liberalism Civic nationalism Reformism Multiracialism Factions: Social justice Progressivism Social democracy Islamic democracy Islamic modernism Secularism Left-wing nationalism Regionalism Anti-corruption
Political position	Centre-left
Colours	Red   White
Dewan Negara	15 / 70
Dewan Rakyat	81 / 222
State Legislative Assemblies	139 / 606
Chief minister of states	3 / 13
Party flag
Website
pakatanharapan.my 2022 campaign website
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The Alliance of Hope (Malay: Pakatan Harapan; abbrev: PH; stylized as HARAPAN) is a Malaysian political coalition consisting of centre-left political parties which was formed in 2015 to succeed the Pakatan Rakyat coalition. It has been part of a "Unity Government" since November 2022 together with other political coalitions and parties as a result of the 2022 Malaysian general election, and previously for 22 months after it had won the 2018 Malaysian general election until February 2020 when it lost power as a result of the 2020 Malaysian political crisis at the federal level. The coalition deposed the Barisan Nasional coalition government during the 2018 election, ending its 60-year-long reign (together with its predecessor, Alliance) since independence.

It is currently the largest coalition in the Dewan Rakyat with 81 seats. At the state level, it is the ruling coalition in 7 of the 13 states in the nation, Penang, Selangor, Negeri Sembilan, Perak, Pahang, Melaka and Sabah. It rules Penang, Perak, Pahang, Selangor, Negeri Sembilan and Melaka in coalition governments with Barisan Nasional (BN) and Sabah with Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) and BN. It is also a confidence and supply in the Johor state government led by BN. PH alone holds two-thirds majority in the state legislative assembly of Penang while PH and BN together hold two-thirds majorities in the state legislative assemblies of Negeri Sembilan and Melaka while PH, GRS and BN together hold two-thirds majority in the state legislative assembly of Sabah.^[4]

The coalition consists of the Democratic Action Party, People's Justice Party, National Trust Party, and United Progressive Kinabalu Organisation.

The coalition lost its majority in parliament and fell from power in February 2020 when its chairman and then-Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad resigned after 22 months in office (compared to his 22 years as Prime Minister while with UMNO), and the Malaysian United Indigenous Party together with 11 members of parliament from the People's Justice Party left the coalition.^[5][6][7]

After the 2022 general election that resulted in a hung parliament, the Alliance of Hope returned to power with a two-thirds majority, led by Prime Minister and PH Chairman Anwar Ibrahim, by forming a coalition government with National Front (BN), Sarawak Parties' Alliance (GPS), Sabah People's Alliance (GRS), Heritage Party (WARISAN), Malaysian People's Party (PBM), Social Democratic Harmony Party (KDM), and independents. Meanwhile Muhyiddin Yassin's Perikatan Nasional declined to join the coalition, and took the role of the opposition, with 74 seats.