Ahmad Ibrahim (Singapore)

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Ahmad Ibrahim is a former Singaporean Member of Parliament and Labour Minister in the 1950s and 1960s.

Ibrahim studied at Raffles Institution, where he formed a Malay literary association with friends including Hamid Jumaat, Tun Sardon Jubir and Aziz Ishak and contributed articles on the Malays and their plight to Warta Malaya, a leading Malay newspaper in Singapore. This was done through Aziz's brother, Yusof Ishak, who was already working as a journalist. Yusof later went on to become the first President of Singapore.

Ibrahim joined politics in the 1950s by contesting as an Independent for the Sembawang constituency. He won the seat and later retained it throughout the 1950s and 1960s, making him a regular fixture of the Parliament of Singapore. He later became a member the People's Action Party and contested elections under the party's ticket. He became Labour Minister in 1961.