Ipoh City Council Majlis Bandaraya Ipoh | |
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Emblem | |
Flag | |
| Type | |
| Type | |
| History | |
| Founded | 27 May 1988 |
| Preceded by | Ipoh Municipal Council |
| Leadership | |
Mayor | Rumaizi Baharin since 1 April 2020 |
Secretary | Ahmad Munir Ishak since Not defined |
| Structure | |
| Seats | 24 |
Political groups | Councillors: |
Length of term | 16 February 2023 - 15 February 2024 |
| Motto | |
| Service and Progress (Berkhidmat dan Maju) | |
| Meeting place | |
| MBI Building Jalan Sultan Abdul Jalil, Greentown, 30450 Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia 4°35′55″N101°05′24″E / 4.59866°N 101.08992°E /4.59866; 101.08992 | |
| Website | |
| mbi | |
| Constitution | |
| Local Government Act 1976 | |
TheIpoh City Council (Malay:Majlis Bandaraya Ipoh, abbreviatedMBI) is thecity council which administers the city ofIpoh in the state ofPerak,Malaysia. This council was established after the city was officially granted city status on 27 May 1988. Their jurisdiction covers an area of 643 square kilometres.
The council consists of the mayor plus twenty-four councillors appointed to serve a one-year term by the Perak State Government. MBI 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.
Ipoh City Council started as a Sanitary Board in 1893, formed by the British. From its gradual and sturdy development, it obtained its Municipal status on 31 May 1962 and was declared a city on 27 May 1988.[1]
In general, the Ipoh City Council as the local authority, is a Corporate Body established under the Local Government Act 1976 (Act 171), being the body responsible for managing the Ipoh City area based on local interest, as well as a local planning authority under the Town and Country Planning Act 1976 (Act 172); MBI is directly tasked by Law to formulate and implement development planning policies based on centralised locality in accordance to the policies set by the Government.
Currently, the boundary of the Council covers an area of 643 square kilometres with a population of over 720,000 people. As the state capital of Perak, Ipoh serves as the centre of administration, commerce, sports, finance, politics, religion and education. Now under the leadership of the Mayor, the Ipoh City Council continues its effort to transform the city into a dynamic and distinguished city.
| No | Mayor | Term start | Term end |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Umar Abu | 27 May 1988 | 31 May 1993 |
| 2 | Ismail Shah Bodin | 1 June 1993 | 31 December 1994 |
| 3 | Ahmad Saleh Sarif | 2 January 1995 | 31 December 1997 |
| 4 | Talaat Husain | 1 February 1998 | 2 December 2002 |
| 5 | Sirajuddin Salleh | 3 December 2002 | 15 April 2004 |
| 6 | Hassan Nawawi Abdul Rahman | 1 May 2004 | 23 July 2006 |
| 7 | Mohd Rafiai Moktar | 24 July 2006 | 5 June 2008 |
| 8 | Roshidi Hashim | 23 July 2008 | 2 January 2014 |
| 9 | Harun Rawi | 2 January 2014 | 30 June 2015 |
| 10 | Zamri Man | 1 July 2015 | 1 July 2019 |
| 11 | Ahmad Suaidi | 1 July 2019 | 31 March 2020 |
| 12 | Rumaizi Baharin | 1 April 2020 | 27 Mar 2025 |
| 13 | Zamakhshari Hanipah | 16 April 2025 | Incumbent |
Source:[2]
| PH (19) | BN (5) |
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| Parliament Seat | State Assembly Seat | No. | Zone | Councilor | Alliance | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P63Tambun | N24Hulu Kinta | 1 |
| Mazlan Abd Rahman | BN | UMNO | ||
| 2 |
| Norhayati Sani | PH | PKR | ||||
| N23Manjoi | 3 |
| Faidz Ismail | AMANAH | ||||
| 4 |
| Ahmad Khair Faizal Yahaya | PKR | |||||
| 5 |
| Azizul Kama Abd Aziz | BN | UMNO | ||||
| P65Ipoh Barat | N30Buntong | 6 |
| Lawrence R.Palanisamy | PH | DAP | ||
| 7 |
| Sivam Kalimuthu | ||||||
| N29Kepayang | 8 |
| Wong Kar Keat | |||||
| 9 |
| Norul Huda Ahmad | BN | UMNO | ||||
| N28Bercham | 10 |
| Logiswary Subramaniam | PH | PKR | |||
| 11 |
| Ng Haen Vee | DAP | |||||
| P64Ipoh Timur | N25Canning | 12 |
| Lam Yew Tect | ||||
| 13 |
| Lee Tze Hoo | ||||||
| N27Pasir Pinji | 14 |
| Lim Chee Aun | |||||
| 15 |
| Basri Mohamad Nor | BN | UMNO | ||||
| N26Tebing Tinggi | 16 |
| Ahmad Fariq Walit Ahmad Puad | PH | DAP | |||
| 17 |
| Ahmad Hariri Haji Kamarudin | BN | UMNO | ||||
| P66Batu Gajah | N31Jelapang | 18 |
| Tang Cheng Wei | PH | DAP | ||
| 19 |
| Tan Seong Peng | ||||||
| N32Menglembu | 20 |
| Chen Jian Cong | |||||
| P71Gopeng | N44Sungai Rapat | 21 |
| Syamsul Effendey Abd Rahim | AMANAH | |||
| N45Simpang Pulai | 22 |
| Chung Cum Cheong | PKR | ||||
| 23 |
| Mohamed Helmi Mohamed Fuzi | ||||||
| 24 |
| Zuraidah Zakaria |
Below are the administration area for Ipoh City Council which further breakdown into 24 zones.[3]
ZONE 1A
| ZONE 8
| ZONE 15
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| PH (22) | NGO (2) |
Source:[4]
| BN (12) | PN (12) |
| Parliament Seat | State Assembly Seat | No. | Zone | Councilor | Alliance | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P63Tambun | N24Hulu Kinta | 1 |
| Mazlan Abd Rahman | BN | UMNO | ||
| 2 |
| Puteri Holijah Muhamad Rali | PN | BERSATU | ||||
| N23Manjoi | 3 |
| Mohammad Sharif | PN | BERSATU | |||
| 4 |
| Syed Mohd Noor Hisam Syed Hassan | PN | PAS | ||||
| 5 |
| Azizul Kama Abd Aziz | BN | UMNO | ||||
| P65Ipoh Barat | N30Buntong | 6 |
| Jayagopi M.Subramaniam | BN | MIC | ||
| 7 |
| Ganesan Athinarayanan | PN | BERSATU | ||||
| N29Kepayang | 8 |
| Mohammad Iskandar Abdul Rahman | PN | BERSATU | |||
| 9 |
| Norul Huda Ahmad | BN | UMNO | ||||
| N28Bercham | 10 |
| Mohd Rafaad Razalli | PN | PAS | |||
| 11 |
| Ho Wai Mun | BN | MCA | ||||
| P64Ipoh Timur | N25Canning | 12 |
| Thilak Raj Gunasekaran | PN | PAS | ||
| 13 |
| Kamarulzaman Abdullah | BN | UMNO | ||||
| N27Pasir Pinji | 14 |
| Richard Ng | PN | BERSATU | |||
| 15 |
| Khoo Boon Chuan | BN | MCA | ||||
| N26Tebing Tinggi | 16 |
| Ahmad Hariri Kamarudin | BN | UMNO | |||
| 17 |
| Nor Afzainizam Salleh | PN | BERSATU | ||||
| P66Batu Gajah | N31Jelapang | 18 |
| Jaya Ganesh Selvaraju | BN | MIC | ||
| 19 |
| Chan Soon Yip | BN | MCA | ||||
| N32Menglembu | 20 |
| Mahader Ahmad Mohammad Ayob | PN | BERSATU | |||
| P71Gopeng | N44Sungai Rapat | 21 |
| Abu Bakar Haji Hussian | PN | PAS | ||
| N45Simpang Pulai | 22 |
| Mohd Nasri Shaari | BN | UMNO | |||
| 23 |
| Mohamad Annuar Baharudin | BN | UMNO | ||||
| 24 |
| Azmi Murad Mohamad Yusof | PN | PAS |