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Barisan Nasional
Barisan Nasional (National Front) is a Malaysian coalition of parties formed in 1973 as the successor of the Alliance, led by the United Malays National Organisation together with Chinese and Indian parties. It governed Malaysia continuously until it lost the 2018 general election after the 1MDB scandal. It later returned to government as a partner in wider coalitions.
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