Ibrahim Ismail (general)

Yang Amat Berbahagia General (Rtd) Tun Ibrahim Ismail SSM PMN SPMJ SPMK SPDK PNBS DIMP PIS
إبراهيم إسماعيل‎
5th Chief of Defence Forces
In office 1 July 1970 – 30 November 1977
Monarchs	Abdul Halim Yahya Petra
Prime Minister	Abdul Razak Hussein Hussein Onn
Minister of Defence	Abdul Razak Hussein Hamzah Abu Samah Mustapha Harun Hussein Onn
Preceded by	Abdul Hamid Bidin
Succeeded by	Mohd Sany Abdul Ghaffar
Personal details
Born	Ibrahim bin Ismail (1922-10-19)19 October 1922 Johor Bahru, Johor, British Malaya (now Malaysia)
Died	23 December 2010(2010-12-23) (aged 88) Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Resting place	Makam Pahlawan, Masjid Negara, Kuala Lumpur
Spouse	Zakiah Ahmad ​ (m. 1949)​
Children	4
Alma mater	English College Johore Bahru Indian Military Academy
Occupation	Senior military officer, secret agent, businessman
Civilian awards	Grand Commander of the Order of Loyalty to the Crown of Malaysia (SSM) Commander of the Order of the Defender of the Realm (PMN)
Military service
Allegiance	Malaysia  United Kingdom
Branch/service	Johor Military Force British Indian Army Special Operations Executive  Malaysian Army
Years of service	1941–1977
Rank	General
Unit	Johor Volunteer Forces 19th Hyderabad Regiment Force 136
Commands	6th Bn, Royal Malay Regiment 5th Infantry Brigade 1st Infantry Division
Battles/wars	World War II Malayan Emergency Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation 2nd Malayan Emergency
Military awards	Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)

General (Rtd) Tun Ibrahim bin Ismail^[1] (Jawi: إبراهيم بن إسماعيل; 19 October 1922 – 23 December 2010) was a Malaysian soldier who served in the British Special Operations Executive (SOE) during World War II, subsequently rising to the post of Chief of the Malaysian Defence Forces from 1970 until 1977.^[2] He was the first Chief of the Defence Forces to be granted the honorific title “Tun”.^[3]