Seremban City Council
Seremban City Council 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.
History
Seremban Sanitary Board and Seremban Town Board
The town of Seremban was previously administered by the Sanitary Board in 1897, which was upgraded into the Town Board 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 in 1953. From 1954 until 22 July 1965, the Seremban Town Council was led by a president 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 when the town of Seremban was accorded municipality status on 1 March 1979.| 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 was established on 1 January 1979 through the merger of 6 Local Authorities outside Seremban town itself, which are:- Pajam Local Council
- Mantin Local Council
- Rantau Local Council Town Board
- Nilai Local Council Town Board
- Broga Local Council Town Board
- Labu Local Council Town Board
| 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 on 2 February 2002. It administered eight mukims 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.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 theintersection 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.
Departments
The council is made up of 11 departments and 7 units as follows.| Number | Department |
| 1 | Building Control Department |
| 2 | Finance Department |
| 3 | Engineering Department |
| 4 | Services Management Department |
| 5 | Community and Public Relations Department |
| 6 | Licensing and Cleaning Department |
| 7 | Valuation and Property Department |
| 8 | Development Planning Department |
| 9 | Department of Parks and Landscape |
| 10 | Department of Information Technology and Communication |
| 11 | Law and Enforcement Department |
| 12 | Corporate Communication Unit |
| 13 | Integrity Unit |
| 14 | Building Commissioner Unit |
| 15 | One Stop Centre Unit |
| 16 | Internal Audit Unit |
| 17 | Meetings, Car Parking & Hall Secretariat Unit |