Kota Kinabalu City Hall

Kota Kinabalu City Hall
Dewan Bandaraya Kota Kinabalu
Agency overview
Formed 2 February 2000 (2000-02-02)
Preceding agency
  • Kota Kinabalu Municipal Council
Jurisdiction City of Kota Kinabalu
Headquarters 1, Jalan Bandaran, Pusat Bandar Kota Kinabalu, 88000 Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
Motto Nature Resort City (Bandaraya Peranginan Semula Jadi)
Agency executives
  • Yeo Boon Hai, Mayor
  • Joannes Solidau, Director-General
Website www.dbkk.sabah.gov.my
Flag of Kota Kinabalu

The Kota Kinabalu City Hall (Malay: Dewan Bandaraya Kota Kinabalu, abbreviated DBKK) is the city council which administers the city and district of Kota Kinabalu in the state of Sabah, Malaysia. This council was established after the city was officially granted city status on 2 February 2000. Kota Kinabalu was formerly administrated by Majlis Perbandaran Kota Kinabalu (MPKK) or the Kota Kinabalu Municipal Council. Their jurisdiction covers an area of 351 square kilometres, Jesselton Town Board 1935, Jesselton Rural District Council 1953, Kota Kinabalu Rural District Council 1964, Kota Kinabalu Municipal Council 1979 , Kota Kinabalu City Hall 2000 encompassing the sub-districts and towns of, among others, Tanjung Aru, Kepayan, Kota Kinabalu city, Luyang, Inanam, Menggatal, Telipok, and Sepanggar.

The council consists of the mayor plus twenty-four councillors appointed to serve a one-year term by the Sabah State Government.

History

Appointed mayors of Kota Kinabalu

Since 2000, the city has been led by four mayors. The previous mayors are listed as below:[1]

NoMayorTerm startTerm end
1Abd. Ghani Abd. Rashid2 February 20001 February 2005
2Iliyas Ibrahim2 February 20051 February 2011
3Abidin Madingkir2 February 20111 February 2016
4Yeo Boon Hai2 February 2016Incumbent

Mascot

Source: http://www.dbkk.sabah.gov.my/images/maskot.jpg

References

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.