Ahmad bin Ibrahim (17 May 1927 – 21 August 1962) was a Singaporean politician who served as

Minister of Health A health minister is the member of a country's government typically responsible for protecting and promoting public health and providing welfare and other social security services. Some governments have separate ministers for mental health. Coun ...

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 Sembawang is a planning area and residential town located in the North Region of Singapore. Sembawang planning area is bordered by Simpang to the east, Mandai to the south, Yishun to the southeast, Woodlands to the west and the Straits of Jo ...

as an

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candidate in the 1955 general election.

Biography

Born in Penang, Ahmad attended

Penang Free School , motto_translation = Strong and Faithful , streetaddress = Green Lane, , city = George Town , state = Penang , postcode = 11600 , country = Malaysi ...

. Ahmad contested in

as an

candidate during the 1955 general election and won. A former First Branch Secretary of the All-Singapore Fire Brigade Employees Union and Vice-President of the Naval Base Labour Union, Ahmad was co-opted into the

People's Action Party The People's Action Party (abbreviation: PAP) is a major conservative centre-right political party in Singapore and is one of the three contemporary political parties represented in Parliament, alongside the opposition Workers' Party (WP) and ...

's Central Executive Committee in 1956. During the 1959 general election, he was re-elected as a Member of the Legislative Assembly as a PAP candidate. When the PAP government formed its first Cabinet that year, Ahmad served as

Minister for Health A health minister is the member of a country's government typically responsible for protecting and promoting public health and providing welfare and other social security services. Some governments have separate ministers for mental health. Coun ...

. He was also appointed Assistant Secretary-General of the party's CEC. After a Cabinet reshuffle in September 1961, Ahmad was appointed Minister for Labour. Ahmad died on 21 August 1962, at the age of 35, at

Singapore General Hospital Singapore General Hospital (SGH) is an academic health science centre and tertiary referral hospital in Singapore. It is located next to the Bukit Merah and Chinatown districts of the Central Region, close to the Outram Community Hospital (OC ...

after a prolonged illness while holding the portfolio of Minister for Labour. He was accorded a state funeral and buried at

Bidadari Cemetery Bidadari Cemetery ( Malay: ''Perkuburan Bidadari'', Chinese: 比达达利坟场) is a defunct cemetery in Singapore. It used to serve the Christian, Muslim, Hindu and Sinhalese communities, and accepted burials between 1907 and 1972. The site ...

Legacy

Jalan Ahmad Ibrahim Jalan Ahmad Ibrahim () is a road located in Boon Lay, Singapore Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It lies about one degree of latitude () north ...

—a road in Boon Lay,

Ahmad Ibrahim Primary School Ahmad ( ar, أحمد, ʾAḥmad) is an Arabic male given name common in most parts of the Muslim world. Other spellings of the name include Ahmed and Ahmet. Etymology The word derives from the root (ḥ-m-d), from the Arabic (), from the ve ...

Ahmad Ibrahim Secondary School Ahmad Ibrahim Secondary School (AISS) is a co-educational government secondary school in Singapore. Founded in 1962, it was the second integrated school to be established in Singapore. The school is named after Ahmad Ibrahim, Singapore's first ...

and

Masjid Ahmad Ibrahim Masjid Ahmad Ibrahim, or Ahmad Ibrahim Mosque is a mosque in Singapore located at Jalan Ulu Seletar off Sembawang Road in front of Springside housing estate. History Masjid Ahmad Ibrahim was built in 1955 and sits on a Temporary Occupation Lic ...

in Yishun are named after him.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ahmad Ibrahim 1927 births 1962 deaths People from Penang Members of the Cabinet of Singapore Members of the Parliament of Singapore People's Action Party politicians Singaporean people of Malay descent Singaporean Muslims Singaporean people of Malaysian descent Ministers for Health of Singapore Ministers for Labour of Singapore Members of the Legislative Assembly of Singapore