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Alor Setar City Council
Majlis Bandaraya Alor Setar
File:Alorsetarlogo.jpg
Agency overview
Formed21 December 2003; 20 years ago (2003-12-21)
Preceding agency
  • Kota Setar Municipal Council
JurisdictionCity of Alor Setar
HeadquartersJalan Kolam Air, 05675 Alor Setar, Kedah, Malaysia
MottoHeritage City in Garden (Bandaraya Warisan Dalam Taman)
Agency executives
  • Mohd Zohdi Saad, Mayor
  • Hakim Ariff Md Noor, City Secretary
Websitewww.mbas.gov.my
Flag of Alor Setar

The Alor Setar City Council (Template:Lang-ms, 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.

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.

Appointed mayors of Alor Setar

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

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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