UPKO
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United Pasokmomogun Kadazandusun Murut Organisation
Pertubuhan Pasokmomogun Kadazandusun Murut Bersatu Pisompuruan Pasokmomogun Kadazandusun Murut UPKO |
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| Abbreviation | UPKO |
| President | Madius Tangau |
| Chairperson | Michael Sitom Malanjun |
| Secretary-General | Donald Peter Mojuntin |
| Spokesperson | Albert Bingkasan |
| Deputy President | Siringan Gubat |
| Youth Chief | Arthur Sen |
| Vice President | Wences Angang (Senior) Bobbey Suan Lucas Umbul Ewon Ebin Masiung Banah |
| Women Chief | Jaina Sintian |
| Treasurer General | Marcus Mojigoh |
| Founder | Bernard Giluk Dompok |
| Founded | May 1964 (re-formed in 1994) |
| Split from | Parti Bersatu Sabah (opposition) |
| Preceded by | Sabah Democratic Party (PDS) |
| Headquarters | Lot 9 & 10, Tingkat 2 & 3, New World Commercial Centre, Pekan Penampang, Peti Surat 420, 89507 Penampang, Sabah |
| Ideology | Nationalism and Kadazan-Dusun interests |
| Political position | Right-wing |
| National affiliation | Barisan Nasional (1994–present) |
| Colours | Blue, white |
| Slogan | Misompuru Tokou Wagu Mari Kita Bersatu Kembali (Let Us Be United Again) |
| Dewan Negara: |
1 / 70
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| Dewan Rakyat: |
3 / 222
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| Sabah State Legislative Assembly: |
4 / 60
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The United Pasokmomogun Kadazandusun Murut Organisation (UPKO) or Malay: Pertubuhan Pasokmomogun Kadazandusun Murut Bersatu is a political party based in Sabah, Malaysia. It is an ethnically-based party striving to voice the rights and advance the development of Kadazan-Dusun and Murut population of Sabah and the Orang Asli of Peninsular Malaysia.
The party started as "Parti Demokrat Sabah" (PDS), which was founded by Bernard Dompok and other leaders who split from Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS) soon after the Sabah state election, 1994 to join the Barisan Nasional coalition. PBS had won a majority in the Sabah State Legislative Assembly, but the defections allowed Barisan Nasional to form government. Part of the enticement offered by Barisan Nasional to the defectors was the promise of a rotating chief ministry, which Dompok held from 1998 to 1999. The defection from PBS damaged the new party at the 1995 federal election, in which it won no seats.
The party was renamed as UPKO in 1999, taking the same acronym of the United Pasokmomogun Kadazan Organisation, which was formed and dissolved in the 1960s. The party won three federal seats at the 1999 election, and four at the 2004 and 2008 polls.
In 2009, the party opened four divisions in Perak, Peninsular Malaysia, seeking a foothold among local Orang Asli indigenous people.
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