Seremban City Council
# Seremban City Council

Seremban City Council (Malay: Majlis Bandaraya Seremban, abbreviated MBS) is the city council in Malaysia which administers Seremban, the state capital of Negeri Sembilan and the surrounding areas in the Seremban District since 1 January 2020. This agency is under the Negeri Sembilan State Government.

## History

### Seremban Sanitary Board and Seremban Town Board

The town of Seremban was previously administered by the Sanitary Board (Malay: Lembaga Kesihatan) in 1897, which was upgraded into the Town Board (Malay: Lembaga Bandaran) in 1946 following rapid post-war development of the town.

### Seremban Town Council, 1953–1979

Seremban Town Board was upgraded to the Seremban Town Council (Malay: Majlis Bandaran Seremban) in 1953. From 1954 until 22 July 1965, the Seremban Town Council was led by a president (Malay: Yang Di Pertua) in the office yearly, occasionally sitting for more than a year. Like all local governments in Malaysia, it held annual local elections during that period. On 23 July 1965, the Menteri Besar of Negeri Sembilan took over the post of the president of the Seremban Town Council, which subsequently became the president of the Seremban Municipal Council (Malay: Majlis Perbandaran Seremban) when the town of Seremban was accorded municipality status on 1 March 1979.

| Number | Name | Start Of Term | End of Term |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | YM Tunku Mustapha Tunku Besar Burhanuddin | 1954 | 1956 |
| 2 | Jaafar bin Tahar | 1957 | 1958 |
| 3 | Tham Tat Ming | 1959 | 1959 |
| 4 | Robert Singam | 1960 | 1960 |
| 5 | Lam Teck Choon | 1961 | 1961 |
| 6 | Chin See Yin | 1962 | 1962 |
| 7 | Gumam Singh Gill | 1963 | 1964 |
| 8 | Lai Pong Yuen | 1965 | 22 July 1965 |
| 9 | Mohamed Said Muhammad | 23 July 1965 | 9 May 1969 |
| 10 | Mansor Othman | 10 May 1969 | 11 July 1978 |

### Seremban Municipal Council, 1979–2019

The trend of sitting Menteri Besar heading the council was overturned in 1998, when the head of the council was an independent individual.

| Number | Name | Start Of Term | End of Term |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Rais Yatim | 12 July 1978 | 28 April 1982 |
| 2 | Mohd Isa Abdul Samad | 29 April 1982 | 31 July 1998 |
| 3 | Hassani @ Hassan Mohd. Zain | 1 August 1998 | 7 July 2003 |
| 4 | Mohd Jaafar Mohd Atan | 1 August 2003 | 15 August 2004 |
| 5 | Abdul Halim Abdul Latif | 1 September 2004 | 31 July 2018 |
| 6 | Zazali Salehudin | 1 August 2018 | 31 December 2019 |

### Seremban District Council, 1979–2002

Meanwhile, the Seremban District Council (Malay: Majlis Daerah Seremban) was established on 1 January 1979 through the merger of 6 Local Authorities outside Seremban town itself, which are:

* Pajam Local Council (established in 1957)
* Mantin Local Council (established in 1958)
* Rantau Local Council Town Board (established in 1959)
* Nilai Local Council Town Board (established in 1959)
* Broga Local Council Town Board (established in 1959)
* Labu Local Council Town Board (established in 1959)

7 Presidents have led the council throughout its history.

| Number | Name | Start Of Term | End of Term |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Muhd Ghazali Muhd Ibrahim | 11 May 1978 | 30 June 1982 |
| 2 | Hamidi Bin Abd. Hamid | 01 July 1982 | 15 May 1983 |
| 3 | Abd Rahman Bin Hj. Ahmad | 16.05.1983 | 30.04.1987 |
| 4 | Abd Latiff Bin Datuk Masud | 01.05.1987 | 01.12.1991 |
| 5 | Ariffin Bin Hj. Yusof@Jusoh | 02.12.1991 | 01.12.1992 |
| 6 | Damanhuri Bin Hussin | 01.06.1993 | 31.05.1998 |
| 7 | Ahmad Zakki Bin Yahya | 01.06.1998 | 31.01.2002 |

### Nilai Municipal Council, 2002–2019

The Seremban District Council was upgraded to the Nilai Municipal Council (Malay: Majlis Perbandaran Nilai) on 2 February 2002. It administered eight mukims (communes) in Seremban District and was led by 3 presidents before merger.

* Mukim Setul
* Mukim Labu
* Mukim Rantau
* Mukim Lenggeng
* Mukim Pantai
* Part of Rasah
* Part of Ampangan
* Part of metropolitan Seremban

| Number | Name | Start Of Term | End of Term |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Noordin Mohd Yatib | 1 January 2003 | 31 December 2007 |
| 2 | Abdul Halim Abdul Latif | 1 January 2008 | 30 July 2018 |
| 3 | Zazali Salehudin | 1 August 2018 | 31 December 2019 |

### Seremban City Council, 2020–present

Seremban Municipal Council and Nilai Municipal Council merged to form the Seremban City Council on 1 January 2020.

## Functions

Like all local governments in Malaysia, MBS is 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. The main headquarters is located at the intersection between Persiaran Forest Heights 1 and Jalan Seremban-Tampin in Forest Heights, Rahang, immediately south of downtown Seremban. There are also branches at Bandar Baru Nilai, Jalan Keliling and Jalan Tengku Kursiah.

## Mayor of the Seremban City Council

| Number | Name | Start Of Term | End of Term |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Zazali Salehudin | 1 January 2020 | 22 July 2021 |
| 2 | Masri Razali | 23 July 2021 | Incumbent |

## Departments

The council is made up of 11 departments and 7 units as follows.

| Number | Department |
| - | - |
| 1 | Building Control Department (Jabatan Kawalan Bangunan) |
| 2 | Finance Department (Jabatan Kewangan) |
| 3 | Engineering Department (Jabatan Kejuruteraan) |
| 4 | Services Management Department (Jabatan Khidmat Pengurusan) |
| 5 | Community and Public Relations Department (Jabatan Komuniti Dan Perhubungan Awam) |
| 6 | Licensing and Cleaning Department (Jabatan Pelesenan dan Pembersihan) |
| 7 | Valuation and Property Department (Jabatan Penilaian dan Hartanah) |
| 8 | Development Planning Department (Jabatan Perancangan Pembangunan) |
| 9 | Department of Parks and Landscape (Jabatan Taman Dan Landskap) |
| 10 | Department of Information Technology and Communication (Jabatan Teknologi Maklumat Dan Komunikasi) |
| 11 | Law and Enforcement Department (Jabatan Undang-Undang dan Penguatkuasaan) |
| 12 | Corporate Communication Unit (Unit Komunikasi Korporat) |
| 13 | Integrity Unit (Unit Integriti) |
| 14 | Building Commissioner Unit (Unit Pesuruhjaya Bangunan) |
| 15 | One Stop Centre Unit (Unit Pusat Setempat) |
| 16 | Internal Audit Unit (Unit Audit Dalaman) |
| 17 | Meetings, Car Parking & Hall Secretariat Unit (Unit Urusetia Mesyuarat, Letak Kereta & Dewan) |
