National Awakening Party
The National Awakening Party (Indonesian: Partai Kebangkitan Bangsa, PKB) is a moderate Islamic and a conservative political party in Indonesia. The party is led by Muhaimin Iskandar.
Origins
The PKB was established on May 11, 1998. The Kyai ("religious leader"), held a meeting at Pesantren Langitan to discuss several problems facing Indonesia deemed as critical. They developed an official statement, which Kyai members Muchid Muzadi of Jember and Gus Yusuf Muhammad, were sent to deliver to Soeharto, the (President). Before they were able to deliver the statement, however, Soeharto resigned on May 23, 1998.
On May 30, 1998, the Kyai held a grand Istighosah in the office of the East Java Nahdlatul Ulama (NU). The meeting resulted in KH Cholil Bisri being urged to form a party based on the NU's political aspirations. After initially resisting their request, due to his desire to continue his work with boarding schools (Pesantren), Bisri eventually relented and accepted the leadership role.
National awakening
National awakening or National Awakening may refer to:
Historical periods
Historical periods of ethnic or national revival are often referred to as "national awakenings":
Political parties and other groups
See also
National Awakening (Iceland)
National Awakening (Icelandic: Þjóðvaki) was an Icelandic left-wing populist political party.
It was formed in 1994. One of the co-founders was Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir after she lost an internal election for the leadership of the Social Democratic Party. She was joined by members of the former socialist People's Alliance. In the 1995 parliamentary elections it won 7.2% of the vote and four seats.
On October 2nd 1996 its members of parliament joined the Social Democratic Party to form a unified parliamentary entity.
In the 1999 parliamentary elections it formed an electoral alliance with the Social Democratic Party and the former communist People's Alliance and the feminist Women's List. In 2000 it formally merged with these other parties to form the Social Democratic Alliance.
Electoral results
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