Kuala Lumpur City Hall


The Kuala Lumpur City Hall is the city council which administers the city of Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia. This council was established after the city was officially granted city status on 1 February 1972. Their jurisdiction covers an area of 243 square kilometres.
The council consists of the mayor plus fifteen members of the city advisory board appointed to serve a one-year term by the Minister of Territories. The current mayor of Kuala Lumpur is Nor Hisham Ahmad Dahlan, who has been in office since 2 October 2018.

History

The agency was formerly known as Kuala Lumpur Municipal Council. During British colonial times and early independence, Kuala Lumpur had been the capital of the country as well as the state of Selangor.
On 1 April 1961, the name changed into Kuala Lumpur Federal Capital Commission.
Kuala Lumpur later achieved city status on 1 February 1972, becoming the first settlement in Malaysia to be granted the status after independence. The name changed into Kuala Lumpur City Hall. 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.
Kuala Lumpur was administered by a corporation sole called the Federal Capital Commissioner from 1 April 1961 until it was awarded city status on 1 February 1972, after which executive power was transferred to the Mayor.
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.

Appointed mayors of Kuala Lumpur

Since 1972, the city has been led by twelve mayors. The previous mayors are listed as below:
#MayorTerm startTerm end
1.Lokman Yusof
2.Yaacob Abdul Latiff
3.Elyas Omar
4.Mazlan Ahmad
5.Kamaruzzaman Shariff
6.Mohmad Shaid Mohd Taufek
7.Ruslin Hasan
8.Ab. Hakim Borhan
9.Ahmad Fuad Ismail
10.Ahmad Phesal Talib
11.Mhd Amin Nordin Abdul Aziz
12.Nor Hisham Ahmad DahlanIncumbent

Current city council

Top management

  1. Nor Hisham Ahmad Dahlan, Mayor
  2. Mohd Najib Mohd, Executive Director
  3. Mahadi Che Ngah, Executive Director
  4. Ibrahim Yusoff, Executive Director
  5. Mustafa Mohd Nor, Executive Director

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

    Departments

Branch office