The vision of a new Federal Government Administrative Centre to replace Kuala Lumpur as the administrative capital emerged in the late 1980s, during the tenure of Malaysia's fourth prime minister, Mahathir bin Mohamad.
A idea de crear un novo Centro Administrativo do Goberno Federal para substituír a Kuala Lumpur como a capital administrativa xurdiu a finais de 1980, durante o mandato do cuarto primeiro ministro de Malaisia, Dr. Mahathir Bin Mohamad .