The Alor Setar City Council (, 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 28 November 2003. Their jurisdiction covers an area of 333 square kilometres and administers the whole Kota Setar District (where the Alor Setar city centre is located) and Pokok Sena District in Kedah.
The council consists of the mayor plus twenty-four councillors appointed to serve a one-year term by the Kedah State Government. They also has offices within a tower at City Plaza, which is also the tallest building in Alor Setar's central business district.
History
Alor Setar Sanitary Board was established in 1905 and later upgraded into the Alor Setar Town Board in 1958. On 1 March 1976, the Kota Setar Local Government was formed through the merger of the Town Board (previously governed only Kota Sarang Semut, Kuala Kedah and Simpang Empat) and the local councils of Anak Bukit, Langgar and Pokok Sena later upgraded into the Kota Setar Municipal Council on 1 February 1978 and eventually the Alor Setar City Council on 28 November 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 eight 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 2008 3 Khazali Din 1 December 2008 30 June 2011 4 Mat Noh Ahmad 1 July 2011 26 July 2016 5 Mohd Zohdi Saad 15 August 2016 22 April 2020 6 Zaid Ahmad 15 May 2020 31 October 2022 7 Mohd Yusri Md Daud 11 November 2022 29 January 2025 8 Abdul Gafar Yahya 2 February 2025 Present
Current appointed councillors Fouzi Ali Rohaizad Rashid Norizan Khazali Mokhtar Hasran Robi Desa Abd Jalil Abdul Majid Rozi Jidin Ishak Hussain Ahmad Fitri Othman Mohd Fuad Mohd Isa Varatharajoo Krishnan Muniandy Ramaya Teoh Boon Teong Cheah Kee Chong Zakaria Nayan Abdul Muthalib Harun Mohd Guntor Mansor Tobeng Abdul Kadir Mohamad Lee Seong Joo Mohamad Abdullah Mohd Kholib Hamid Salmah Mt. Isa
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