Umno secretary-general Datuk Seri Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor on the final lists of candidates contesting the presidency.
Tengku Adnan said the party had scrutinised those who offered themselves as candidates for the polls on June 30 and the list of those contesting at national level has been vetted by the headquarters as well as the Insolvency Department.
In a statement on Thursday (June 21), he said those who fulfilled the criteria set in the race for the Umno presidency were Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah, Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, Khairy Jamaluddin, Bandar Tun Razak committee member Mohamed Iqbal Maricair and Iskandar Puteri member Mohd Yusof Musa @ Jamaluddin.
Blogger and businessman Rahmat Azim Abdul Aziz and Bangi Umno member Rosile Saat are out of the running for the race.
Datuk Seri Shahidan Kassim has been struck off from the list of vice-president candidates along with Damansara Umno’s Mohd Shukry Roslan.
The Umno supreme council contest, which saw 124 people submitting their forms, has been pared down to 106.