Mayor of Kuala Lumpur

Mayor of Kuala Lumpur
Datuk Bandar Kuala Lumpur
Incumbent Dato' Seri Maimunah Mohd Sharif since 15 August 2024
Kuala Lumpur City Hall
Style	Yang Berbahagia
Member of	Kuala Lumpur City Advisory Board
Reports to	Department of Federal Territories
Seat	Tingkat 28, Menara DBKL 1, Jalan Raja Laut, 50350 Kuala Lumpur
Term length	Two years
Constituting instrument	City of Kuala Lumpur Act 1971 [Act 59] Federal Capital Act 1960 [Act 190]
Inaugural holder	Lokman Yusof
Formation	1 February 1972 (1972-02-01)
Website	www.dbkl.gov.my

The Mayor of Kuala Lumpur (Malay: Datuk Bandar Kuala Lumpur) is the chief executive for the local government of Kuala Lumpur, the capital and largest city of Malaysia. Each year, the Mayor of Kuala Lumpur presents the Kuala Lumpur city budget to the Kuala Lumpur City Hall. The mayor is charged with managing an annual budget of MYR 2.905 billion (as of 2018).

Chronological list

Appointed mayors of Kuala Lumpur

Since 1972, the city has been led by 14 mayors. The previous mayors are listed as below:

No.	Mayor	Term of office
		Took office	Left office	Time in office
1.	Lokman Yusof	1 February 1972 (1972-02-01)	13 May 1972 (1972-05-13)	103 days
2.	Yaacob Abdul Latiff	1 July 1972 (1972-07-01)	31 October 1980 (1980-10-31)	8 years, 123 days
3.	Elyas Omar	1 November 1980 (1980-11-01)	17 September 1992 (1992-09-17)	11 years, 322 days
4.	Mazlan Ahmad	17 November 1992 (1992-11-17)	12 December 1995 (1995-12-12)	3 years, 26 days
5.	Kamaruzzaman Shariff	13 December 1995 (1995-12-13)	13 December 2001 (2001-12-13)	6 years, 1 day
6.	Mohmad Shaid Mohd Taufek	14 December 2001 (2001-12-14)	13 December 2003 (2003-12-13)	2 years, 0 days
7.	Ruslin Hasan	14 December 2003 (2003-12-14)	13 December 2005 (2005-12-13)	2 years, 0 days
8.	Ab Hakim Borhan	14 December 2005 (2005-12-14)	13 December 2007 (2007-12-13)	2 years, 0 days
9.	Ahmad Fuad Ismail	14 December 2007 (2007-12-14)	13 July 2013 (2013-07-13)	5 years, 216 days
10.	Ahmad Phesal Talib	18 July 2013 (2013-07-18)	16 July 2015 (2015-07-16)	1 year, 364 days
11.	Mhd Amin Nordin Abdul Aziz	18 July 2015 (2015-07-18)	30 September 2018 (2018-09-30)	3 years, 75 days
12.	Datuk Seri Nor Hisham Ahmad Dahlan	2 October 2018 (2018-10-02)	30 September 2020 (2020-09-30)	1 year, 365 days
13.	Datuk Seri Mahadi Che Ngah	1 October 2020 (2020-10-01)	31 March 2023 (2023-03-31)	2 years, 182 days
14.	Datuk Seri Kamarulzaman Mat Salleh (b.1964)	17 April 2023 (2023-04-17)	14 August 2024 (2024-08-14)	1 year, 120 days
15.	Dato' Seri Maimunah Mohd Sharif (b.1961)	15 August 2024 (2024-08-15)	Incumbent	136 days