Singaporean politician
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]
Biography
Born in Penang , Ahmad attended Penang Free School .
Ahmad contested in Sembawang as an independent 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 '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 . 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 after a prolonged liver illness while holding the portfolio of Minister for Labour. He was accorded a state funeral and buried at Bidadari Cemetery .[ 2] [ 3]
Legacy
Jalan Ahmad Ibrahim —a road in Boon Lay , Ahmad Ibrahim Primary School , Ahmad Ibrahim Secondary School , and Masjid Ahmad Ibrahim in Yishun are named after him.[ 4]
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