Batu Pahat Municipal Council (MPBP; ) 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 (, MDBPB) 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 (Progress and Prosper) in Romanised Malay is written below.
On 1 January 2018 (its 17th anniversary), the municipal council adopted a new emblem which contains its original emblem inside an oval shield with colours of the Batu Pahat District flag (divided per bend in red and black), 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 Presidents Term start Term end 1 Zainal Abidin Ahmad 1973 1977 2 Abd Kadir Samion 1977 1979 3 Ishak Yusof 1979 1979 4 Rahmat Asri 1980 1983 5 Hashim Yahya 1983 1986 6 Lokman Thany 1987 1993 7 Rashidi Mohd Noor 1993 1995 8 Sukiman Sahlan 1996 1998 9 Punjian Sutarjo 1999 2000 10 Abd Latiff Yusof 16 January 2000 15 July 2002 11 Md Naim Nasir 16 July 2002 15 March 2003 12 Mohamed Karim 16 March 2003 31 May 2004 13 Md Shafiee Hashim 1 June 2004 March 2006 14 Kamarudin Abdullah March 2006 15 August 2006 15 Amran A Rahman 16 August 2006 15 March 2009 16 Sallehuddin Hassan 16 March 2009 31 May 2011 17 Abd Rashid Ismail 1 June 2011 30 April 2014 18 Mahadon Marnin 1 May 2014 31 August 2015 19 Ramli Abdul Rahman 1 September 2015 16 January 2017 20 Shafiei Ahamad 17 January 2017 2 February 2019 21 Kamalluddin Jamal 3 February 2019 1 January 2022 22 Ezahar Abu Sairin 2 January 2022 15 October 2025 23 Mohd Nazid Jasiman 16 October 2025 Present
Departments Finance (Kewangan) Engineering and Landscape (Kejuruteraan Dan Landskap) Community Development (Pembangunan Masyarakat) Valuation And Property Management (Penilaian Dan Pengurusan Harta) Management Services (Khidmat Pengurusan) Environmental Health (Kesihatan Persekitaran) Development Planning (Perancangan Pembangunan) Enforcement (Penguatkuasaan) Licensing (Pelesenan)
Division Information Technology (Teknologi Maklumat)
Units Law (Undang-undang) Internal Audit (Audit Dalam) Corporate And Public Relations (Korporat Dan Perhubungan Awam) One Stop Centre (Pusat Sehenti) Income And Contract (Perolehan Dan Kontrak)
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 Semerah Amir Hamzah Mamon@Mohamad UMNO Sri Sulong Hamdan Ayub UMNO Peserai Mohd Ismail Roslan UMNO Shahbandar Lim Key Sen MCA Semarang Abdul Halid Saat UMNO Parit Raja Utara Toh Poey Tiong MCA Taman Maju Kevin Chok Ngen Kerk MCA Tongkang Pechah Mohd Lassim Burhan UMNO Parit Besar Haryani Sukarman UMNO Jalan Kluang Murugan Shanmugam MIC Pura Kencana Teo Shang Chuan MCA Parit Raja Norhanim Monadam UMNO Parit Bilal Zaidi Japar UMNO Taman Universiti Khairul Amin Sa'adan UMNO Taman Bukit Pasir Abd Kahar Osman UMNO Desa Botani King Ban Siang MCA Kampung Kenangan Dato Onn Haliza Abdullah UMNO Bukit Perdana Koh Yee Yong MCA Taman Soga Ranjit Singh Gurdial Singh MIC Town Centre Ter Hwa Kwong MCA Evergreen Heights Azmin Nizam Alias@Elias UMNO Senggarang Abdul Rashid Sahari UMNO Rengit Utara Teo Siau Pei MCA Rengit Selatan Arzahar Salleh UMNO
See also Batu Pahat District Yong Peng Batu Pahat
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