Johor Bahru City Council

Johor Bahru City Council

Majlis Bandaraya Johor Bahru
Local Government Act 1976
Coat of arms
Type
Type
History
Founded1 January 1994
Preceded byJohor Bahru Municipal Council
Leadership
Mayor
Hon Dato' Haji Mohd Haffiz bin Haji Ahmad, Since 3 January 2025
Secretary
Miswan Yunus
Seats22
Motto
Berkhidmat, Berbudaya, Berwawasan
(Service, Cultural, Visionary)
Meeting place
MBJB Tower, Bukit Senyum[1][2]
Website
www.mbjb.gov.my

Johor Bahru City Council (MBJB; Malay: Majlis Bandaraya Johor Bahru) is the city council which administrates Johor Bahru city centre and other areas of the Iskandar Malaysia area in Johor, Malaysia. This agency is under Johor state government. MBJB are responsible for public health and sanitation, waste removal and management, town planning, environmental protection and building control, social and economic development and general maintenance functions of urban infrastructure.

History

Former headquarters at Jalan Dato Onn (from the 1950s until 2020), now one of the branch offices of the City Council[3]

Formerly known as Town Board (Malay: Lembaga Bandaran) since 1910, Town Council (Malay: Majlis Bandaran) since 1950 and Johor Bahru Municipal Council (Malay: Majlis Perbandaran Johor Bahru) since 1 April 1977, Johor Bahru was granted city status on 1 January 1994.[4] Throughout its history, the city council's administrative area increases with the increase in population and revenue.[5]

# Status Year Area (in sq km) Note
1. Town Board 1933 12.12
1949 13.85
2. Town Council 1956 48.99
1962 68.42
1976 80.53
3. Municipal Council 1977 119.50 Merger of Town Council with Pandan and Kangkar Tebrau Local Councils.[6]
4. City Council 1994 186.00
2000 220.00
2016 373.18

On 1 January 2020, after 7 decades of occupying Jalan Dato Onn Building in City Centre, Johor Bahru City Council moved its headquarters to the new state-of-the-art 15-storey-tall MBJB Tower in Bukit Senyum, Plentong.

Presidents of Johor Bahru (Yang di-Pertua)

# Name of Presidents In office
1. Datuk. Haji Tunku Ahmad Ibrahim Tunku Jefri Ahmad Ismail 1977-1984
2. Datin Aminah Azizah Mariam 1984-1984
3. Dato' Ashari Rafael 1984-1993

Mayors of Johor Bahru (Datuk Bandar)

# Name of Mayors Term start Term end
1. Dato' Hashim Yahya 1 January 1994 5 September 2000
2. Datuk Johari Suratman 6 September 2000 21 February 2003 [7]
3. Datuk Wahid Dahlan 22 February 2003 21 February 2006 [8]
4. Dato' Dato' Haji Abdul Latiff Yusof 22 February 2006 31 October 2006
5. Dato' Naim Nasir 1 November 2006 31 July 2009
6. Haji Mohd Jaffar Awang 1 August 2009 7 August 2011
7. Haji Burhan Amin 8 August 2011 2 June 2013
8. Dato' Haji Ismail Karim 3 June 2013 13 April 2014
9. Dato' Haji Abdul Rahman Mohamed Dewam 21 April 2014 15 August 2015
10. Haji A. Rahim Bin Haji Nin 16 August 2015 22 October 2017
11. Dato’ Haji Amran bin A Rahman 23 October 2017 14 November 2019
12. Dato’ Haji Azhari bin Daud 17 November 2019 14 August 2021
13. Dato’ Haji Mohd Noorazam bin Dato' Haji Osman 15 August 2021 2 January 2025
14. Dato’ Haji Mohd Haffiz bin Haji Ahmad[9] 3 January 2025 Present

Organisation chart

Mayor of Johor Bahru (Datuk Bandar)

Dato’ Haji Mohd Haffiz bin Haji Ahmad

Secretary

Haji Mohd Farid bin Hassan

Deputy Secretary

Hajah Nazatul Shima bt Mohamad

Administration areas (zones)

As of 2025, Johor Bahru is divided into 24 zones represented by 24 councillors to act as mediators between residents and the city council.[10][11][12] The councillors for the 1 April 2024 to 31 December 2025 session are as below:

Zone Councillor Political affiliation
Desa Cemerlang A Aziz Ahmad UMNO
Bandar Baru UDA Yahya Jaafar UMNO
Kempas Abd Rashid Kasman UMNO
Mount Austin Ng Yew Aik MCA
Taman Abad/Wadi Hana G Jayasilan Gopal MIC
Bakar Batu Abu Talib Alias UMNO
Permas Jaya/Teluk Jawa Abdul Latiff Ismail UMNO
Danga Bay (Teluk Danga) Pannir Selvam MIC
Taman Johor Jaya/Taman Rinting Chan San San MCA
Central Business District (Bandar) Syeikh Ahmad Nafiq AlFirdaous UMNO
Setia Austin Teow Chia Ling MCA
Desa Harmoni Mohd Khairul Azlan Sulong UMNO
Austin Duta You Jeat Xiong MCA
Stulang Bong Seng Heng MCA
Taman Molek Chong See Ming MCA
Majidee Malay Village/Taman Suria Mohamad Isamuddin Mohamad Isa UMNO
Larkin Abdul Gafar Sudin UMNO
Tiram Fauzi Faizal UMNO
Bandar Dato' Onn/Kangkar Tebrau Siti Khairunnisa Ruslan UMNO
Taman Daya Nordin Omar UMNO
Pelangi Indah Fadilah Suradi UMNO
Taman Pelangi/Taman Sentosa Ng Lied Ying MCA
Kebun Teh Ngoh Wei Ching MCA
Tampoi Ahmad Al Mubarak Mohamed Kunyi UMNO

Branch office

See also

References

  1. ^ "Singapore Exchange-listed Astaka Holdings hands Menara MBJB to Johor Bahru's City Council a year ahead of schedule" (PDF). astaka.com.my. 2 January 2020.
  2. ^ "MBJB Tower Info". drive.google.com.
  3. ^ "Sejarah dan Warisan (History and Heritage)". geojb.gov.my.
  4. ^ "Latar Belakang". mbjb.gov.my.
  5. ^ "Info MBJB" (PDF). mbjb.gov.my.
  6. ^ "30 tahun Johor Bahru Berdaya Huni" [30 years of livable Johor Bahru] (PDF). mbjb.gov.my.
  7. ^ Carol Murugiah, JB–the tropical garden city: Renowned as shopper's haven with new malls, pg 4, 8 April 2001, New Sunday Times Special (Sultan of Johor's Birthday)
  8. ^ Wahid appointed new JB Datuk Bandar ..PX: Wahid: Vast experience., 8 February 2003, New Straits Times
  9. ^ "Setinggi-tinggi Tahniah dan Selamat Datang". 3 January 2025.
  10. ^ "Profil Ahli Majlis". mbjb.gov.my.
  11. ^ "Zon Ahli Majlis (Councillor Zones)". geojb.gov.my.
  12. ^ "E Directory". mbjb.gov.my.
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