Parti Hizbul Muslimin Malaysia


The Parti Hizbul Muslimin Malaysia or Muslim People's Party of Malaysia was a political party in Malaysia.
HAMIM was founded in 1983 by Asri Muda former President of the Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party and former Menteri Besar of Kelantan following the failure of PAS to win back the Kelantan state government in the 1982 general election and his loss of the PAS presidency by the cleric faction in 1982.
Founded as an alternative to PAS, HAMIM had joined the ruling coalition Barisan Nasional then after its foundation in 1983. In the 1986 general election, HAMIM as part of BN coalition had contested 2 parliamentary seats and 4 state seats which HAMIM had won 1 parliamentary and 2 state seats in Kelantan.
Asri Muda had resigned from the party together with other party representatives on 17 November 1988 after his attempt to dissolve HAMIM in an Extraordinary Muktamar failed. HAMIM was then led by the ex-Dungun MP, :ms:Abdul Wahab Yunus|Abdul Wahab Yunus as the acting party president. But HAMIM again fell into leadership tussle and crisis in the party Annual General Muktamar in 1989. The leadership of HAMIM was taken over by Sudin Wahab as party president. Abdul Wahab Yunus after his defeat decided to quit HAMIM and form a new party; Ikatan Masyarakat Islam Malaysia in 1990 which was rebranded as National Justice Party in 1999 and subsequently as People's Justice Party in 2003.
In 1989 just before the Malaysian general election, 1990, the new leadership of HAMIM had decided to leave BN. HAMIM had joined the opposition coalition of Angkatan Perpaduan Ummah consists of PAS, Parti Melayu Semangat 46, Pan-Malaysian Islamic Front and Malaysian Indian Muslim Congress in 1990. HAMIM contested Geting state seat in Kelantan under S46 ticket and managed to won in the 1990 general election but HAMIM failed to defend the seat in the 1995 general election. APU alliance was subsequently dissolved in 1996 after Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah decided to dissolve it and rejoin back United Malays National Organisation.
HAMIM after failed to make much progress and achieve any electoral success plus internal fighting has become defunct since.