The UMMAT PARTY as a political party of the Unitary State of Republic of Indonesia is based on Islam Rahmatan Lil’Alamin and is a cadre party that is open and independent based on the values of the Quran and As-Sunnah, which is consistent in carrying out values in upholding justice, and eradicating tyranny.
The Ummat Party was founded in 2021. the party formation was announced on 1 October 2020, established on 24 April 2021, and declared on 29 April 2021 (17 Ramadhan 1442 H)
The party was founded by former Chairman of the National Mandate Party’s Advisory Board, Prof. H. Muhammad Amien Rais, M.A., Ph.D, an Islamic modernist-turned-Islamic conservationist.
ESTABLISHMENT DEED No.23, 25 APRIL 2021 – TAX ID. 42.430.318.8-015.000 – SK. KEMENKUMHAM about APPROVAL OF THE LEGAL ENTITY OF THE UMMAT PARTY, 20 OKTOBER 2021. NOMOR M.HH-13.AH.11.01 TAHUN 2021
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Veteran Islamist politician Amien Rais left the centrist National Mandate Party (PAN), which he founded in 1998, to establish a new Islamist party called Partai Ummat (Islam Community Party)
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