V. K. Rajah | |
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![]() Rajah in 2017 at SMU School of Law | |
8th Attorney-General of Singapore | |
In office 25 June 2014 – 14 January 2017 | |
Appointed by | Tony Tan |
Deputy | Tan Siong Thye Lucien Wong |
Preceded by | Steven Chong |
Succeeded by | Lucien Wong |
Judge of the Court of Appeal of Singapore | |
In office 11 April 2007 – 24 June 2014 | |
Appointed by | S. R. Nathan |
Judge of the High Court of Singapore | |
In office 1 November 2004 – 10 April 2007 | |
Appointed by | S. R. Nathan |
Judicial Commissioner of the Supreme Court of Singapore | |
In office 2 January 2004 – 31 October 2021 | |
Appointed by | S. R. Nathan |
Personal details | |
Born | Colony of Singapore | 14 January 1957
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Alma mater | National University of Singapore (LLB) Trinity Hall, Cambridge (LLM) |
Vijaya Kumar Rajah SC (born 14 January 1957)[1] is a Singaporean lawyer who served as the eighth attorney-general of Singapore between 2014 and 2017. Prior to his appointment as attorney-general, he served as a judge of the Court of Appeal of Singapore between 2007 and 2014, and a judge of the High Court of Singapore between 2004 and 2007.