The Alor Setar City Council ( ms, Majlis Bandaraya Alor Setar, abbreviated MBAS) is the
city council
A municipal council is the legislative body of a municipality or local government area. Depending on the location and classification of the municipality it may be known as a city council, town council, town board, community council, rural counc ...
which administers the city of
Alor Setar in the state of
Kedah
Kedah (), also known by its honorific Darul Aman and historically as Queda, is a state of Malaysia, located in the northwestern part of Peninsular Malaysia. The state covers a total area of over 9,000 km2, and it consists of the mainland ...
,
Malaysia
Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federation, federal constitutional monarchy consists of States and federal territories of Malaysia, thirteen states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two r ...
. 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 and administrates the whole
Kota Setar District
The Kota Setar District is a district in Kedah, Malaysia where the state capital Alor Star is situated.http://apps.water.gov.my/jpskomuniti/dokumen/DEEP_KOTA%20SETAR_APRIL2011.pdf
Name
The name ''Kota Setar'' came from the setar or ‘Stak’ tr ...
(where the Alor Setar city centre is located) and
Pokok Sena District
The Pokok Sena District is a district and parliamentary constituency in Kedah, Malaysia. It is the 12th district of Kedah which was formerly a subdistrict of Kota Setar, about 20 km east of Alor Setar. The declaration of the 24,000ha distri ...
in Kedah.
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:
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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