Iskandar Puteri City Council

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Iskandar Puteri City Council Majlis Bandaraya Iskandar Puteri
Local Government Act 1976
Emblem
Type
Type	City council of the Iskandar Puteri
History
Founded	22 November 2017
Preceded by	Johor Bahru Tengah Municipal Council
Leadership
Mayor	Hon Sir Haji Ahmad Nazir bin Haji Mohd Nasir
Secretary	Hon Ungku Suzana binti Ungku Mohammad
Meeting place
Temenggong Ibrahim Building, Bandar Medini Iskandar
Website
www.mbip.gov.my

The Iskandar Puteri City Council (MBIP; Malay: Majlis Bandaraya Iskandar Puteri) is the city council which administrates Iskandar Puteri City in Johor, Malaysia. This agency is under Johor state government. MBIP 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 MBIP new headquarters is located at Medini.

On 1 March 1978, Johor Bahru Tengah District Council (Malay: Majlis Daerah Johor Bahru Tengah) became the last local authority in the State of Johor to be formed under the Local Government Act 1976 (Act 171) by merging the local councils of Skudai, Lima Kedai, Gelang Patah, Kangkar Pulai, Ulu Choh, Ulu Tiram, Plentong and Masai. The former five councils area comprised the west part of Johor Bahru Tengah, while the rest comprised the east part.^[1]

All these local councils were established in the 1950s, with the Lima Kedai's local council being the last to be established in the Johor Bahru Tengah area. At the time of its formation, the then-district council area consisted of mostly rural areas within the Johor Bahru District outside of Johor Bahru, except for Pasir Gudang (The former was governed by a municipal council, while the latter was governed by State-owned entreprise – Johor Corporation). On the other hand, Kulai also a part of Johor Bahru District at the time was governed by a separate District Council (now Kulai Municipal Council) since 1 January 1976.

It covered an area of 104.7 km² at the time of establishment, with headquarters near Skudai main road. Initially, the headquarters consisted of only the main hall. A double-storey building, completed in 1981, was later added to the premises. By 1988, the main operations of the District Council were moved to the double-storey building. However, in the 1990s, the Skudai Building could no longer cater the increasing staff members of the council. Thus, some of the council's departments had to be operated from a rented double-storey shop office in Taman Sri Skudai, until the Johor Bahru Tengah District Council's 10-storey building was completed in 1996. Extensions of the building were built later in 2005.

The Johor Bahru Tengah District council's area was increased to 303.48 km² on 1 July 1995, as Nusajaya township in West Johor Bahru District develops rapidly since the start of the project in 1993.^[2] Johor Bahru Tengah District Council was upgraded to the Johor Bahru Tengah Municipal Council (Malay: Majlis Perbandaran Johor Bahru Tengah) on 1 January 2001.^[3]

By 31 December 2015, the municipality's area had increased to 560.71 km², as many other parts of Johor Bahru Tengah particularly the North Tebrau and West Plentong Mukim became highly urbanised over the years as well.^[4] But the Johor State Government, on a 2 July 2014 meeting, decided to transfer some parts of Ulu Tiram, Plentong and Masai to Johor Bahru City Council and Pasir Gudang Municipal Council respectively through a redelineation exercise of Kulai and Johor Bahru District Municipalities which took effect on 1 January 2016. This shrank the border of the Johor Bahru Tengah municipality to only its Western portion, which became the Iskandar Puteri City area on 22 November 2017. The erstwhile Johor Bahru Tengah Municipal Council was also upgraded into the Iskandar Puteri City Council that very same day and began operating from its new headquarters in Medini Iskandar Malaysia, now known as the Temenggong Ibrahim Building.^[5]

As of 2025, Iskandar Puteri is divided into 24 zones represented by 24 councillors to act as mediators between residents and the city council.^[14] The councillors for the 1 April 2024 to 31 December 2025 session are as below:

• Gelang Patah
• Skudai

• Johor Bahru City Council
• Pasir Gudang City Council

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