Ahmad Ibrahim (Singaporean politician)

Ahmad Ibrahim
Ahmad in 1961
Minister for Health
In office
5 June 1959 – 24 September 1961
Prime MinisterLee Kuan Yew
Preceded byA. J. Braga
Succeeded byK. M. Byrne
Minister for Labour
In office
24 September 1961 – 21 August 1962
Prime MinisterLee Kuan Yew
Preceded byK. M. Byrne
Succeeded byOng Pang Boon
Personal details
Born(1927-05-17)17 May 1927
Penang, Straits Settlements (now Malaysia)
Died21 August 1962(1962-08-21) (aged 35)
Singapore
Resting placeBidadari Cemetery, Singapore
Political partyPeople's Action Party
(from 1959)
Other political
affiliations
Independent
(until 1959)

Ahmad bin Ibrahim (17 May 1927 – 21 August 1962) was a Singaporean politician who served as Minister of Health between 1959 and 1961, and Minister for Labour from 1961 until his death in 1962, in the First Cabinet of Singapore. An active unionist, Ahmad was first elected as the Member of the Legislative Assembly for Sembawang as an independent candidate in the 1955 general election.[1]

  1. ^ "Ahmad bin Ibrahim". National Library Board. Retrieved 25 February 2011.