Ahmad Mohamed Ibrahim
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Tan Sri Datuk Prof Ahmad Mohamed Ibrahim (b. 1916 - d. 1999) was a distinguished Singaporean
law professor.
He was educated at Kampong Glam Malay School (now Victoria School
), Raffles Institution
, and Raffles College. He received the Queen's Scholarship in 1936 which enabled him to study at St. John's College, Cambridge. He graduated in 1939 with 1st Class Economics Tripos I and 1st Class Law Tripos II. and Cambridge University.
In 1948, he ran as an independent in the Municipal Commission Election in Singapore and won.
He became Singapore's first State Advocate General in 1959, and Singapore's first non-British Attorney-General in 1966
Prof Ahmad moved to Malaysia in 1969.
In 1972, he became the Dean of the Faculty of Law, University of Malaya
He was a key person in the merger talks between Singapore and Malaysia in the early 1960s. He was also the legal expert in the Singapore delegation to the Malaysia Talks in London in 1963, which discussed independence from Britain.
Former Senior Cabinet minister Dr. Goh Keng Swee, once described him as a man of "tremendous breadth and depth of intellect, whose ability as a legal draftsman is unsurpassed in this country".
Prof Ahmad was also the brother of Hollywood actor, Cal Bellini
(real name Khalid Ibrahim).
He died in 1999.
Singapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...
law professor.
He was educated at Kampong Glam Malay School (now Victoria School
Victoria School
Victoria School in Singapore is a government secondary school for boys, founded in 1876, at Siglap Link, about one kilometre from affiliated Victoria Junior College....
), Raffles Institution
Raffles Institution
Raffles Institution , founded in 1823, is the oldest centre for pre-tertiary learning in Singapore. It is an independent school in Singapore providing secondary and pre-university education. RI consists of a boys-only secondary section , and a coeducational pre-university section...
, and Raffles College. He received the Queen's Scholarship in 1936 which enabled him to study at St. John's College, Cambridge. He graduated in 1939 with 1st Class Economics Tripos I and 1st Class Law Tripos II. and Cambridge University.
In 1948, he ran as an independent in the Municipal Commission Election in Singapore and won.
He became Singapore's first State Advocate General in 1959, and Singapore's first non-British Attorney-General in 1966
Prof Ahmad moved to Malaysia in 1969.
In 1972, he became the Dean of the Faculty of Law, University of Malaya
University of Malaya
The University of Malaya is located on a campus near the centre of Kuala Lumpur, and is the oldest university in Malaysia. It was founded in 1905 as a public-funded tertiary institution...
He was a key person in the merger talks between Singapore and Malaysia in the early 1960s. He was also the legal expert in the Singapore delegation to the Malaysia Talks in London in 1963, which discussed independence from Britain.
Former Senior Cabinet minister Dr. Goh Keng Swee, once described him as a man of "tremendous breadth and depth of intellect, whose ability as a legal draftsman is unsurpassed in this country".
Prof Ahmad was also the brother of Hollywood actor, Cal Bellini
Cal Bellini
Cal Bellini is a former actor, a Malay originally from Singapore, who was cast in roles of mostly foreigners, American Indians, or ethnic minorities, primarily on American television between 1960 and 1986....
(real name Khalid Ibrahim).
He died in 1999.