Batu Pahat Municipal Council


Batu Pahat Municipal Council is a local authority which administrates West Batu Pahat District in Johor, Malaysia. This agency is under Johor state government. MPBP 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. The MPBP main headquarters is located at Jalan Rugayah since 22 May 2022, replaced its previous location at Jalan Pejabat, Bandar Penggaram, Batu Pahat.
Batu Pahat Municipal Council was formerly known as the Bandar Penggaram Town Board from 1912 to 1951, the Bandar Penggaram Town Council from 1952 to 1975 and the Batu Pahat West District Council from 1 November 1976 until 31 December 2000. The last was formed by merging the Bandar Penggaram Town Council with six other local councils of Senggarang, Parit Raja, Semerah, Sri Gading, Tongkang Pechah and Rengit.

Emblem history

The original emblem of the Batu Pahat Municipal Council was adopted since its establishment on 1 January 2001. It is a combination of several elements such as the Rub el Hizb to symbolise Islamic Faith, circuit board and waves to symbolise technological progress, as well as three gates and dots to symbolise economical, social and educational progress and citizen harmony and cooperativeness. The Municipal Council's name in Jawi and Romanised Malay script is written at the top of the emblem, while the motto Maju dan Sejahtera in Romanised Malay is written below.
On 1 January 2018, the municipal council adopted a new emblem which contains its original emblem inside an oval shield with colours of the Batu Pahat District flag, supported by two Johor State arms tigers on both sides and topped by the Johor Royal Crown. Its name in Jawi and Romanised Malay has been moved into the outer part of the shield, separated from the original emblem by a white oval, with two sprigs of black peppers between them. The council's motto – Maju dan Sejahtera is now written on a blue scroll under the shield decorated with two yellow leaves.

Presidents of Batu Pahat

#Name of PresidentsTerm startTerm end
1Zainal Abidin Ahmad19731977
2Abd Kadir Samion19771979
3Ishak Yusof19791979
4Rahmat Asri19801983
5Hashim Yahya19831986
6Lokman Thany19871993
7Rashidi Mohd Noor19931995
8Sukiman Sahlan19961998
9Punjian Sutarjo19992000
10Abd Latiff Yusof16 January 200015 July 2002
11Md Naim Nasir16 July 200215 March 2003
12Mohamed Karim16 March 200331 May 2004
13Md Shafiee Hashim1 June 2004March 2006
14Kamarudin AbdullahMarch 200615 August 2006
15Amran A Rahman16 August 200615 March 2009
16Sallehuddin Hassan16 March 200931 May 2011
17Abd Rashid Ismail1 June 201130 April 2014
18Mahadon Marnin1 May 201431 August 2015
19Ramli Abdul Rahman1 September 201516 January 2017
20Shafiei Ahamad17 January 20172 February 2019
21Kamalluddin Jamal3 February 20191 January 2022
22Ezahar Abu Sairin2 January 202215 October 2025
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Departments

  • Finance '
  • Engineering and Landscape '
  • Community Development '
  • Valuation And Property Management '
  • Management Services '
  • Environmental Health '
  • Development Planning '
  • Enforcement '
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Division

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Units

  • Law '
  • Internal Audit '
  • Corporate And Public Relations '
  • One Stop Centre '
  • Income And Contract ''''

Administration areas (zones)

As of 2025, Batu Pahat is divided into 24 zones represented by 24 councillors to act as mediators between residents and the municipal council. The councillors for the 1 April 2024 to 31 December 2025 session are as below:
ZoneCouncillorPolitical affiliation
SemerahAmir Hamzah Mamon@MohamadUMNO
Sri SulongHamdan AyubUMNO
PeseraiMohd Ismail RoslanUMNO
ShahbandarLim Key SenMCA
SemarangAbdul Halid SaatUMNO
Parit Raja UtaraToh Poey TiongMCA
Taman MajuKevin Chok Ngen KerkMCA
Tongkang PechahMohd Lassim BurhanUMNO
Parit BesarHaryani SukarmanUMNO
Jalan KluangMurugan ShanmugamMIC
Pura KencanaTeo Shang ChuanMCA
Parit RajaNorhanim MonadamUMNO
Parit BilalZaidi JaparUMNO
Taman UniversitiKhairul Amin Sa'adanUMNO
Taman Bukit PasirAbd Kahar OsmanUMNO
Desa BotaniKing Ban SiangMCA
Kampung Kenangan Dato OnnHaliza AbdullahUMNO
Bukit PerdanaKoh Yee YongMCA
Taman SogaRanjit Singh Gurdial SinghMIC
Town CentreTer Hwa KwongMCA
Evergreen HeightsAzmin Nizam Alias@EliasUMNO
SenggarangAbdul Rashid SahariUMNO
Rengit UtaraTeo Siau PeiMCA
Rengit SelatanArzahar SallehUMNO