Kuala Lumpur City Hall
| Dewan Bandaraya Kuala Lumpur | |
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| Formed | 1 February 1972 |
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| Jurisdiction | City of Kuala Lumpur |
| Headquarters | Menara DBKL 1, Jalan Raja Laut, 50350 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
| Motto | Ready to Contribute towards an Excellent City (Bersedia Menyumbang Bandaraya Cemerlang) |
| Annual budget | MYR 2.871 billion (2017) |
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| Website | www |
Coordinates: 3°9′8.8″N 101°41′39.0″E / 3.152444°N 101.694167°E
The Kuala Lumpur City Hall (Malay: Dewan Bandaraya Kuala Lumpur, 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 Federal Territories. The current mayor of Kuala Lumpur is Mhd Amin Nordin Abdul Aziz, who has been in office since 18 July 2015.
The agency was formerly known as Kuala Lumpur Municipal Council (Malay: Majlis Bandaran 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.
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