| Barishal City Corporation | |
| Native Name: | বরিশাল সিটি কর্পোরেশন |
| Native Name Lang: | bn |
| Background Color: | green |
| Coa Pic: | Barisal City Corporation logo.png |
| Coa Res: | 170px |
| Coa Alt: | Logo of the Barishal City Corporation |
| Coa Caption: | Emblem of the Barishal City Corporation |
| House Type: | City Corporation |
| Preceded By: | Barishal Municipality |
| Term Limits: | 5 years |
| New Session: | 14 November 2023 |
| Leader1 Type: | Mayor |
| Leader1: | Vacant |
| Election1: | 19 August 2024 |
| Leader2 Type: | Administrator |
| Leader2: | Md. Shaukat Ali |
| Election2: | 19 August 2024 |
| Leader3 Type: | Deputy Mayor |
| Leader3: | Vacant |
| Election3: | 19 August 2024 |
| Leader4 Type: | Chief Executive Officer |
| Leader4: | S. M. Munir Uddin |
| Election4: | 5 October 2023 |
| Structure1: | File:Barishal City Council election 2023.svg |
| Structure1 Res: | 300px |
| Political Groups1: | Majority (29)
Minority (11)
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| Session Room: | File:Barisal City Corporation photo.jpg |
| Session Res: | 250px |
| Meeting Place: | Nagar Bhaban, Barishal |
| Members: | 1 mayor and 40 councillors |
| Voting System1: | First past the post |
| Last Election1: | 12 June 2023 |
| Next Election1: | June 2028 |
| Website: | barishalcity.gov.bd |
Barishal City Corporation is a self-governed municipal administration in Bangladesh that administers and oversees development and maintenance works in the city of Barisal. The corporation covers an area of over 58 square kilometers in the Barisal district where over five million people live as permanent residents. The body was known as Barisal Municipality previously, until it obtained the city corporation status by a ministry of local government declaration on 25 July 2002.
To provide civil service and facilities to the inhabitants, Barisal Town Committee was formed in 1969 under Act VI of 1868 (B.C.) with the district magistrate as its chairman. J. C. Price was the first chairman of the town committee. It was upgraded to Barisal municipality in 1876 under the Municipal Act of 1876.It was then managed by a committee, of which the district magistrate was president, and was aided by government with establishment grants.[1] It remained as a municipality for over 130 years though the number of population have been rising with time. Later in 2001, the ministry of local government meeting on declared to turn two divisional headquarters, Barisal and Sylhet to city corporations and passed "Barisal City Corporation Act, 2001". An administrative move was made abolishing the Barisal Municipality as the final step to introduce the administrative body as a city corporation. On 25 July 2002, the municipality was officially upgraded as Barisal City Corporation.[2]
See main article: List of mayors of Barisal.
| Portrait | Name | Election | Term of office | Tenure | Party | Reference | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| bgcolor= | Ahsan Habib Kamal | – | 25 July 2002 | 14 July 2003 | Bangladesh Nationalist Party | [3] [4] | |||
| bgcolor= | Mujibur Rahman Sarwar | 2003 | 24 April 2003 | 21 April 2007 | Bangladesh Nationalist Party | [5] | |||
| bgcolor= | Awlad Hossain Dilu | – | 22 July 2007 | 11 September 2008 | Bangladesh Nationalist Party | [6] [7] | |||
| bgcolor= | Shawkat Hossain Hiron | 2008 | 11 September 2008 | 15 June 2013 | Bangladesh Awami League | [8] | |||
| bgcolor= | Ahsan Habib Kamal | 2013 | 15 June 2013 | 8 October 2018 | Bangladesh Nationalist Party | [9] | |||
| bgcolor= | Serniabat Sadiq Abdullah | 2018 | 31 October 2018 | 9 November 2023 | Bangladesh Awami League | [10] | |||
| bgcolor= | Abul Khair Abdullah | 2023 | 14 November 2023 | 19 August 2024 | Bangladesh Awami League | [11] | |||
| Md. Shaukat Ali | – | 19 August 2024 | Incumbent | Independent | |||||
The mayor of Barisal City is head of the Barisal City Corporation. The mayor's office is located in Nagar Bhabon. It has jurisdiction over all thirty wards of the city, administers all city services, public property, most public agencies, and enforces all city and state laws within the city.
The mayor of Barisal City may appoint several deputy mayors to assist him and to oversee major offices within the executive branch of the city government. The current deputy mayors are Ziaur Rahman Biplob (Panel Mayor-1) and Rafiqul Islam Khokon (Panel Mayor-2).
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 area of BCC is divided into 4 thanas: Kotwali, Kawnia, Bandar and Airport. The thanas are subdivided into 30 wards and 225 mahallas. It is administrated by 30 councilors, 9 woman councilors and the mayor elected by the local government election who sits in the office for a five-year tenure.
The Barisal City Corporation is responsible for administering and providing basic infrastructure to the city.