| Cumilla City Corporation | |
| Native Name: | কুমিল্লা সিটি কর্পোরেশন |
| Native Name Lang: | bn |
| Background Color: | green |
| Coa Pic: | Comilla City Corporation Logo.png |
| Coa Res: | 150px |
| Coa Alt: | Logo of the Comilla City Corporation |
| Coa Caption: | Emblem of the Comilla City Corporation |
| House Type: | City Corporation |
| Preceded By: | Comilla Municipality |
| Term Limits: | 5 years |
| Leader1 Type: | Mayor |
| Leader1: | Vacant |
| Election1: | 19 August 2024 |
| Leader2 Type: | Administrator |
| Leader2: | Saif Uddin Ahmed |
| Election2: | 19 August 2024 |
| Leader3 Type: | Deputy Mayor |
| Leader3: | Vacant |
| Election3: | 19 August 2024 |
| Leader4 Type: | Chief Executive Officer |
| Leader4: | Md. Shamsul Alam |
| Election4: | 19 August 2024 |
| Structure1: | File:Cumilla City Council 2022.svg |
| Structure1 Res: | 300px |
| Political Groups1: | Majority (21)
Minority (15)
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| Session Room: | File:Comilla City Corporation 13-01-2018.jpeg |
| Session Res: | 250px |
| Meeting Place: | Nagar Bhaban, Comilla |
| Members: | 1 mayor and 36 councillors |
| Voting System1: | First past the post |
| Last Election1: | 9 March 2024 |
| Next Election1: | June 2027 |
Cumilla City Corporation is a self-governed municipal administration in Bangladesh that administers and oversees development and maintenance works in the city of Comilla. The corporation covers an area of over 53.84 square kilometers in the Comilla District. The body was known as Comilla Municipality previously, until it obtained the City Corporation status by a ministry of local government declaration on 10 July 2011.
The Comilla municipality was formed in the mid-1890s and the city remained as a municipality for over 125 years though the number of the population has been rising with time. An administrative proposition, issued from the Comilla district administration, was passed on 20 August 2009. The ministry of local government meeting on 4 March 2011 declared to turn at least four of the populated municipalities into city corporations, largely bringing Comilla as a suggestion as one of the contenders. An administrative move was made on 23 June 2011 abolishing the Comilla Municipality as the final step to introduce the administrative body as a city corporation. Later on 10 July 2011, a ministry gazette named the Comilla Municipality as the new Comilla City Corporation.
The city corporation is run by a joint staff of elected public representatives and government officials. Officials both come from departmental recruitment and the administrative cadre service of the country. The Comilla City Corporation has 37 members, containing 27 councilors, 9 woman councilors led by the mayor. Bangladesh Election Commission is constituted to oversee city corporation polls, which sits in the office for a five-year tenure.
The first ever mayoral election of Comilla City Corporation was held on 5 January 2012, has an area of 200 kilometers, elected the municipality's Monirul Haque Sakku as its new mayor, 27 councilors and 9 woman councilors from 27 wards.2024 Comilla City Corporation by-election
The Comilla City Corporation is responsible for administering and providing basic infrastructure to the city.
See main article: Mayor of Comilla.
| Portrait | Name | Election | Term of office | Political party | Reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||||
| 1 | Monirul Haque Sakku | 2012 2017 | 5 January 2012 | 16 May 2022 | Bangladesh Nationalist Party | [1] [2] | |||
| – | Dr. Safiqul Islam | – | 17 May 2022 | 5 July 2022 | Independent | ||||
| 2 | Arfanul Haque Rifat | 2022 | 5 July 2022 | 13 December 2023 | Bangladesh Awami League | [3] [4] | |||
| 3 | Dr. Tahseen Bahar Shuchona | 2024 | 4 April 2024 | 19 August 2024[5] | Bangladesh Awami League | [6] [7] | |||
| – | Saif Uddin Ahmed | – | 19 August 2024 | Incumbent | Independent | ||||
See main article: 2022 Comilla City Corporation election.