Kuala Lumpur City Hall

City Council

The Kuala Lumpur City Hall (, abbreviated DBKL) is the city council which administers the city of Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia. This council was established after the city was officially granted city status on 1 February 1972. Their jurisdiction covers an area of 243 square kilometres. The council consists of the mayor plus fifteen members of the city advisory board appointed to serve a one year term by the Minister of Territories. The current mayor of Kuala Lumpur is Kamarulzaman Mat Salleh, who has been in office since 17 April 2023.

The agency was formerly known as Kuala Lumpur Municipal Council formed in 1957 to take over the role of Kuala Lumpur Sanitary Board. (Malay: Majlis Perbandaran Kuala Lumpur). During British colonial times and early independence, Kuala Lumpur had been the capital of the country as well as the state of Selangor. On 1 April 1961, the name changed into Kuala Lumpur Federal Capital Commission (Malay: Suruhanjaya Ibu Kota Persekutuan). Kuala Lumpur later achieved city status on 1 February 1972, becoming the first settlement in Malaysia to be granted the status after independence. The name changed into Kuala Lumpur City Hall (Malay: Dewan Bandaraya Kuala Lumpur). Later, on 1 February 1974, Kuala Lumpur became a Federal Territory. Kuala Lumpur ceased to be the capital of Selangor in 1978 after the city of Shah Alam was declared as the new state capital. Kuala Lumpur was administered by a corporation sole called the Federal Capital Commissioner (Malay: Pesuruhjaya Ibu Kota Persekutuan) from 1 April 1961 until it was awarded city status on 1 February 1972, after which executive power was transferred to the Mayor (Malay: Datuk Bandar). Executive power lies with the mayor in the city hall, who is appointed for three years by the Minister of Federal Territories. This system of appointing the mayor and councillor has been in place ever since the local government elections were suspended in 1970. Kuala Lumpur City Hall launched its own emblem on 31 January 1992, incorporated the city's emblem in use since Kuala Lumpur became a city.

Since 1972, the city has been led by twelve mayors. The previous mayors are listed as below:

#MayorTerm startTerm end1. Lokman Yusof 1972 2 1 1972 5 152. Yaacob Abdul Latiff 1972 5 16 1980 11 303. Elyas Omar 1980 12 1 1992 11 164. Mazlan Ahmad 1992 11 17 1995 12 145. Kamaruzzaman Shariff 1995 12 14 2001 12 126. Mohmad Shaid Mohd Taufek 2001 12 14 2003 12 127. Ruslin Hasan 2003 12 14 2005 12 128. Ab. Hakim Borhan 2005 12 14 2007 12 129. Ahmad Fuad Ismail 2007 12 14 2013 7 1610. Ahmad Phesal Talib 2013 7 18 2015 7 1611. Mhd Amin Nordin Abdul Aziz 2015 7 17 2018 9 3012. Nor Hisham Ahmad Dahlan 2018 10 2 1 October 202013. Mahadi Che Ngah1 October 202031 March 202314. Kamarulzaman Mat Salleh17 April 2023Incumbent