["< sod >'''the royal malaysian or united indigenous party'''or'''parti pribumi bersatu malaysia'''('''ppbm / bersatu''') is itself a political party in [ [ malaysia ] ]. the party is led by the former fourth malaysian prime minister, [ [ mahathir mohammad | tun dr mahathir mohammad ] ] as chairman and [ [ muhyiddin yassin | tan sri muhyiddin yassin ] ] as president. meanwhile, dato'seri dr mukhriz mahathir, who is the former's son and ex - mentri besar of kedah will be vice - president. besides aside from these seasoned local politicians, among the founding members of the party also include [ [ umno ] ] rebel islamic group gabungan ketua cawangan malaysia ( gkcm ) chairperson and former telok kemang umno branch deputy chief kamarul azman habibur rahman, former langkawi umno delegate anina saadudin, former bendang baru umno youth chief akhramsyah sanusi and three - time winner of the asian british parliamentary ( abp ) debating championship's asia region best speaker award syed saddiq abdul rahman. < eod > < sod > { { multiple issues | < eod >"]