Johor Bahru City Council

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.

Johor Bahru City Council Majlis Bandaraya Johor Bahru
Local Government Act 1976
Coat of arms
Type
Type	Local authority of Johor Bahru
History
Founded	1 January 1994
Preceded by	Johor Bahru Municipal Council
Leadership
Mayor	Hon Dato' Haji Mohd Haffiz bin Haji Ahmad, Since 3 January 2025
Secretary	Miswan Yunus
Seats	22
Motto
Berkhidmat, Berbudaya, Berwawasan (Service, Cultural, Visionary)
Meeting place
MBJB Tower, Bukit Senyum[1][2]
Website
www.mbjb.gov.my

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

• Former Headquarters Jalan Dato Onn
• Larkin
• Taman Pelangi
• Stulang
• Permas Jaya
• Bandar Baru UDA
• Tampoi

See also

• Iskandar Puteri City Council
• Pasir Gudang City Council