Alor Setar City Council

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.

Alor Setar City Council

Majlis Bandaraya Alor Setar
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
Jalan Kolam Air, 05675 Alor Setar, Kedah, Malaysia
Website
www.mbas.gov.my
Flag of Alor Setar

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:

NoPresidentTerm startTerm end
1Muhammad Ismail Anuar1 February 197813 January 1983
2Tunku Ahmad Tunku Muhammad14 January 19836 October 1985
3Abdullah Azmin6 October 198511 September 1990
4Yusof Nayan11 September 199031 Disember 1990
5Zambri Muhammad1 January 199117 June 1993
6Datin Azizah Mazian Nordin17 June 199330 August 1994
7Jefri Ahmad Saad31 August 199421 January 1995
8Yusof Nayan21 January 199521 December 2003
NoMayorTerm startTerm end
1Yusof Nayan22 December 200331 October 2006
2Abdul Mukhti Abdullah1 November 200630 November 2006
3Khazali Din1 December 200616 July 2011
4Mat Noh Ahmad17 July 201115 August 2016
5Mohd Zohdi Saad15 August 2016Incumbent

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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