Sarawak National Party
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The Sarawak National Party known by its acronym as "SNAP", is now a defunct political party in Malaysia. It was a member party of the Alliance Party from 1963 to 1966 and a member of Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition from 1976 until its expulsion in 2004.[1] It contested the General Election in 2004 as well as the Sarawak state elections of 2006 and 2011 as an opposition party.
Sarawak National Party | |
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Malay name | Parti Kebangsaan Sarawak ڤرتي كبڠسأن سراوق |
Chinese name | 砂拉越國民黨 砂拉越国民党 Shālāyuè guómín dǎng |
Abbreviation | SNAP |
President | Edmund Stanley Jugol |
Secretary-General | Frankie Jurem Nyombui |
Women's Chief | Melissa Anne Inddu |
Youth Chief | Malachi Dennis Ningkan |
Founder | Stephen Kalong Ningkan |
Founded | 10 April 1961 |
Dissolved | 17 January 2013 |
Succeeded by | Sarawak Progressive Democratic Party (Pro-BN/GPS faction) New Sarawak National Party |
Headquarters | Kuching, Malaysia |
National affiliation | Alliance (1963–66) Barisan Nasional (1976–2004) Pakatan Rakyat (2010–2011) |
Colours | Blue, maroon, yellow, white, grey |
SNAP joined the federal opposition Pakatan Rakyat (PR) coalition from April 2010 to April 2011.[2][3]
SNAP was initially deregistered on 5 November 2002 by the Registrar of Societies (RoS).[4] and was uphold by the Federal Court of Malaysia on 17 January 2013 because its failure to resolve the party leadership crisis.[5]