Alor Setar City Council

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Alor Setar City Council

Majlis Bandaraya Alor Setar
Coat of arms or logo
History
Preceded byKota Setar Municipal Council
Leadership
Mayor
Mohd Zohdi Saad
City Secretary
Hakim Ariff Md Noor
Motto
Heritage City in Garden (Bandaraya Warisan Dalam Taman)
Meeting place
Alor Setar City Council.jpg
Jalan Kolam Air, 05675 Alor Setar, Kedah, Malaysia
Website
www.mbas.gov.my
Flag of Alor Setar

The Alor Setar City Council (Malay: Majlis Bandaraya Alor Setar, abbreviated MBAS) is the city council which administers the city of Alor Setar in the state of Kedah, Malaysia. This council was established after the city was officially granted city status on 21 December 2003. Their jurisdiction covers an area of 333 square kilometres and administrates the whole Kota Setar District (where the Alor Setar city centre is located) and Pokok Sena District in Kedah.

The council consists of the mayor plus twenty-four councillors appointed to serve a one-year term by the Kedah State Government.

History[]

Alor Star Sanitary Board was established in 1905. It changed into Alor Star Municipal Board in 1958 and then was upgraded to Kota Setar District Council on 1 March 1976, once again upgraded to Kota Setar Municipal Council on 1 February 1978 and eventually declared as Alor Star City Council on 21 December 2003.

Approaching Alor Star beginning as a “City” in the month of December 2003, complete its age of 268 years since it was established on 31 December 1735. With this, it is proved that Alor Star City is one of the oldest town in the Southeast Asian region.

President of Alor Setar & Appointed mayors of Alor Setar[]

Since 2003, the city has been led by five mayors. The previous mayors are listed as below:

No President Term start Term end
1 Muhammad Ismail Anuar 1 February 1978 13 January 1983
2 Tunku Ahmad Tunku Muhammad 14 January 1983 6 October 1985
3 Abdullah Azmin 6 October 1985 11 September 1990
4 Yusof Nayan 11 September 1990 31 December 1990
5 Zambri Muhammad 1 January 1991 17 June 1993
6 Datin Azizah Mazian Nordin 17 June 1993 30 August 1994
7 Jefri Ahmad Saad 31 August 1994 21 January 1995
8 Yusof Nayan 21 January 1995 21 December 2003
No Mayor Term start Term end
1 Yusof Nayan 22 December 2003 31 October 2006
2 Abdul Mukhti Abdullah 1 November 2006 30 November 2006
3 Khazali Din 1 December 2006 16 July 2011
4 Mat Noh Ahmad 17 July 2011 15 August 2016
5 Mohd Zohdi Saad 15 August 2016 Incumbent

Current appointed councillors[]

  1. Fouzi Ali
  2. Rohaizad Rashid
  3. Norizan Khazali
  4. Mokhtar Hasran
  5. Robi Desa
  6. Abd Jalil Abdul Majid
  7. Rozi Jidin
  8. Ishak Hussain
  9. Ahmad Fitri Othman
  10. Mohd Fuad Mohd Isa
  11. Varatharajoo Krishnan
  12. Muniandy Ramaya
  13. Teoh Boon Teong
  14. Cheah Kee Chong
  15. Zakaria Nayan
  16. Abdul Muthalib Harun
  17. Mohd Guntor Mansor Tobeng
  18. Abdul Kadir Mohamad
  19. Lee Seong Joo
  20. Mohamad Abdullah
  21. Mohd Kholib Hamid
  22. Salmah Mt. Isa

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