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.
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.
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]
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