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Dhaka City Corporation

Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) was the former self-governing corporation that was entrusted with the task of administering the municipal affairs of Dhaka, the Bangladeshi capital. The incorporated area was divided into several wards. Each ward has an elected ward commissioner. The mayor of the city was elected by popular vote every five years, although the last mayoral election took place in 2002. The corporation was dissolved by the Local Government Amendment Bill 2011 on 29 November, passed in the Parliament of Bangladesh, and formally ceased to exist on 1 December 2011, following the President's approval, making way for a Dhaka North and a Dhaka South city corporations.

History
Dacca Municipality, the predecessor of the city corporation, was established on 1 August 1864. In April 2002, Mr. Sadeque Hossain Khoka was elected Mayor of Dhaka City Corporation and he was the last mayor of Dhaka City Corporation. Annisul Huq was elected mayor of the Dhaka North City Corporation in April 2015. == List of officeholders ==
List of officeholders
;Political parties • • • == Bifurcation ==
Bifurcation
The Awami League government on 29 November 2011 dissolved the Dhaka City Corporation by the Local Government (City Corporation) Amendment Bill 2011 passed by the Parliament of Bangladesh Dhaka North City Corporation Dhaka North City Corporation consists of 54 wards covering the thanas of Mirpur, Mohammadpur, Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Pallabi, Adabor, Kafrul, Dhaka Cantonment, Tejgaon, Gulshan, Rampura, Banani, Bimanbandar, Khilkhet, Vatara, Badda, Uttara & some others. The area of Dhaka north city corporation is 196.22 square km. The current administrator of Dhaka North City Corporation is Mohammad Ejaz. Dhaka South City Corporation Dhaka South City Corporation consists of 75 wards covering the thanas of Paltan, Motijheel, Jatrabari, Kotwali, Sutrapur, Bangsal, Wari, Ramna, Gendaria, Chowkbazar, Lalbagh, Hazaribagh, Dhanmondi, Shahbagh, New Market, Khilgaon, Kamrangirchar & some others. The area of Dhaka south city corporation is 109.24 square km.The current administrator of Dhaka South City Corporation is MD. Shahjahan Miah == Opposition to the bifurcation ==
Opposition to the bifurcation
The split was condemned by opposition party BNP, some citizens, and even by members of the incumbent government. Incumbent mayor Khoka (who lost his seat) as well as staff of the former City Corporation went on strike if the bill was passed. Protesting staff of the corporation were met with an armed police force. There were calls by some for a referendum before the split was made. Since only the corporations are being split without a split in service providing agencies, this may give rise to a messy situation with a bureaucratic bottleneck, causing co-ordination failure amongst the services provided to the citizens. Since the Constitution of Bangladesh names Dhaka as the capital of Bangladesh, some legal experts believe that the law may be challenged as a violation of the constitution. == References ==
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