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.^[1][2]

Seremban City Council Majlis Bandaraya Seremban
Emblem
Flag
Type
Type	City council of Seremban
History
Founded	1 January 2020
Leadership
Mayor	Masri Razali
City Secretary	Mas Midyawan Yahya
Seats	24
Meeting place
Wisma MBS, Persiaran Forest Heights 1, Jalan Seremban-Tampin 70450 Seremban, Negeri Sembilan
Website
www.mbs.gov.my
Footnotes
Merger of Seremban Municipal Council and Nilai Municipal Council on 1 January 2020.

Seremban City Council headquarters arch

History

Emblem of Seremban Municipal Council.

Former Seremban Municipal Council headquarters at Jalan Yamtuan, now the headquarters of the Negeri Sembilan Islamic Religious Affairs Department (Jabatan Hal Ehwal Agama Islam Negeri Sembilan, JHEAINS).^[3]

Emblem of Nilai Municipal Council.

Former Nilai Municipal Council Headquarters at Persiaran Pusat Bandar, Bandar Baru Nilai, now the Nilai branch office of the Seremban City Council.

Seremban City Council Hall at Jalan Yamtuan.

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.^[4]

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,^[5] 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.^[6][7][8]

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.^[9]

Mayor of the Seremban City Council

Number	Name	Start Of Term	End of Term
1	Zazali Salehudin[10]	1 January 2020	22 July 2021
2	Masri Razali[11]	23 July 2021	Incumbent

Departments

The council is made up of 11 departments and 7 units as follows.^[12]

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)