Independence of Malaya Party

Independence of Malaya Party
PresidentOnn Jaafar
FounderOnn Jaafar
Founded16 September 1951
Dissolved16 March 1954
Split fromUMNO
Succeeded byParti Negara
HeadquartersKuala Lumpur, Malaysia
IdeologyMulticulturalism
Malayan independence
ColoursGrey

The Independence of Malaya Party (Malay: Parti Kemerdekaan Malaya) was a political party in British-ruled Malaya that stood for political independence. Founded by Onn Ja'afar after he left UMNO in 1951, it opposed the UMNO policy of Malay supremacy