Mayor of Penang Island

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Mayor of Penang Island
Datuk Bandar Pulau Pinang
Seal of George Town.svg
Coat of arms of George Town
Incumbent
Rajendran P. Anthony
since 6 May 2023
Penang Island City Council
Reports to Chief Minister of Penang
Seat City Hall, George Town
Appointer Chief Minister of Penang
Term length Two years
Inaugural holderPatahiyah Ismail
Formation1 January 2015;9 years ago (2015-01-01)
Website mbpp.gov.my

The Mayor of Penang Island is the chief executive for the local government of George Town, the capital of the State of Penang. The Mayor's responsibilities include the management of the Penang Island City Council's annual budget, which amounted to RM606.53 million as of 2018. [1]

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Chronological list

Mayor of George Town

Between 1957 and 1966, the city of George Town, under the governance of the George Town City Council, was led by three Mayors.

#MayorTermNote
1 D. S. Ramanathan 1957 – 1961
2Ooi Thiam Siew1961 – 1964 [2] [3]
3Chooi Yew Choy1964 – 1966 [3]

In 1966, the functions of the George Town City Council were taken over by the then Chief Minister of Penang, Wong Pow Nee. [4]

Mayor of Penang Island

To date, the Penang Island City Council has been headed by four successive mayors.

Patahiyah Ismail served as the first female Mayor of Penang Island from 2015 to 2017, when she was succeeded by Maimunah Mohd Sharif. [5] [6] However, Maimunah's tenure lasted for only a year, following her concurrent appointment as the executive director of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme by the Secretary-General of the United Nations, António Guterres; Maimunah thus became the first Asian to be elected for the role. [7] [8]

Yew Tung Seang was subsequently appointed as the third Mayor of Penang Island. He held the position until 2023, when Rajendran P. Anthony was appointed as his successor. [9]

#MayorTermNote
1Patahiyah Ismail31 March 2015 – 30 June 2017 [6]
2 Maimunah Mohd Sharif 1 July 2017 – 19 January 2018 [5]
3Yew Tung Seang20 January 2018 – 5 May 2023 [10]
4Rajendran P. Anthony6 May 2023 – present [9]

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