Kuala Lumpur City Hall

History

The agency was formerly known as Kuala Lumpur Municipal Council formed in 1948 to take over the role of Kuala Lumpur Sanitary Board (Malay: Majlis Perbandaran Kuala Lumpur). During British colonial times and early independence, Kuala Lumpur had been the capital of the country as well as the state of Selangor.

Kuala Lumpur later achieved city status on 1 February 1972, becoming the first settlement in Malaysia to be granted the status after Malaya's independence in 1957, and the second city in Malaysia after George Town. The name was changed into Kuala Lumpur City Hall (Malay: Dewan Bandaraya Kuala Lumpur). Later, on 1 February 1974, Kuala Lumpur became a Federal Territory. Kuala Lumpur ceased to be the capital of Selangor in 1978 after the city of Shah Alam was declared as the new state capital.

Since 1 April 1961, with the coming into operation of the Federal Capital Act 1960, local elections in Kuala Lumpur was abolished and the municipality was put under a federally controlled corporation sole called the "Commissioner of the Federal Capital of Kuala Lumpur" (Malay: Pesuruhjaya Ibu Kota Kuala Lumpur), headed by a Commissioner with the same title, and assisted by an advisory board.

On 1 February 1972, with Kuala Lumpur gaining its city status, the city's executive head was renamed as "Commissioner of the City of Kuala Lumpur" (Malay: Datuk Bandar Kuala Lumpur) under the City of Kuala Lumpur Act 1971, also commonly known as Mayor of Kuala Lumpur in English.

Executive power lies with the mayor in the city hall, who is appointed for three years by the Minister of Federal Territories. This system of appointing the mayor and councillor has been in place ever since the local government elections were suspended in 1970.

On 14 May 1990, Kuala Lumpur celebrated 100 years of local council. The new Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur flag and anthem were introduced. Kuala Lumpur City Hall launched its own coat of arms on 31 January 1992, which is a modification of the coat of arms of the former municipal council. It incorporated the city's emblem in use since Kuala Lumpur became a city.

Appointed mayors of Kuala Lumpur

Since 1972, the city has been led by fifteen mayors. The previous mayors are listed as below:

Current city council

Top management

1. Maimunah Mohd Sharif, Mayor
2. Mohamad bin Hamim, executive director (Project Management)
3. Ismadi bin Sakirin, executive director (Socio-Economic Development)
4. Zulkurnain bin Hassan, executive director (Planning)
5. Vacant, executive director (Management)

City advisory board

The city advisory board makes recommendations on Council's strategic policy and priorities, governance policy and structure, financial planning and budgeting, fiscal policy including revenue and tax policies, intergovernmental and international relations, Council and its operations, and human resources and labour relations.

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Departments

Branch office

• Bandar Tun Razak
• Batu
• Bukit Bintang
• Cheras
• Kepong
• Lembah Pantai
• Segambut
• Seputeh
• Setiawangsa
• Titiwangsa
• Wangsa Maju

List of legislations

Past Management Members

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• Top Management

1. Nor Hisham Ahmad Dahlan, Mayor
2. Mohd Najib Mohd, executive director (Project Management)
3. Mahadi Che Ngah, executive director (Planning)
4. Ibrahim Yusoff, executive director (Socio-Economic Development)
5. Mustafa Mohd Nor, executive director (Management)

• City advisory board

1. Nor Hisham Ahmad Dahlan, Chairman
2. Abdul Ghani Pateh Akhir, Member
3. Fateh Iskandar Mohamed Mansor, Member
4. Ezumi Harzani Ismail, Member

References

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