Print

Our History

Attorneys-General of Singapore

From

1 Apr 1867
2 Jan 1883
3 Oct 1883
7 Nov 1893
5 Feb 1906
1 Mar 1907
1 Jan 1910
21 Feb 1911
25 Jan 1913
25 Apr 1913
19 Nov 1919
10 Jul 1925
13 Jul 1929
21 Apr 1933
27 Oct 1936
11 Aug 1936

-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-

To

1 Jan 1883
2 Oct 1883
6 Nov 1893
4 Feb 1906
28 Feb 1907
31 Dec 1909
20 Feb 1911
20 Feb 1913
24 Apr 1913
18 Nov 1919
9 Jul 1925
12 Jul 1929
20 Apr 1933
10 Aug 1936
14 Dec 1936
14 Feb 1942

Name

Thomas Braddell
John Augustus Harwood (Acting)
John Winfield Bonser
William Robert Collyer
John Robert Innes (Acting)
Walter John Napier
Frederick Belfield
Thomas de Multon Lee Braddell
Evelyn Campbell Ellis (Acting)
Gerald Aubrey Goodman
James William Murison
Michael Henry Whitley
Walter Clarence Huggard
Percy Alexander McElwaine
Newnham Arthur Worley (Acting)
Charles Gough Howell

Chief Legal Officer, British Military Administration

Sep 1945

-

31 Mar 1946

Lt Col TC Spencer - Wilkinson

Attorney-General of the Crown Colony of Singapore

1 Apr 1946
6 Sep 1955
2 Jul 1957

-
-
-

5 Sep 1955
1 Jul 1957
24 Jun 1959

Edward John Davies
Charles Harris Butterfield
E P Shanks

State Advocates-General of the State of Singapore

25 Jun 1959

-

8 Aug 1965

Ahmad bin Mohamed Ibrahim

Attorneys-General of the Republic of Singapore

9 Aug 1965
1 Feb 1967
1 Jan 1969
1 May 1992
11 Apr 2006
11 Apr 2008
11 Apr 2010
1 Oct 2010
25 Jun 2012
25 Jun 2014
14 Jan 2017

-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-

31 Jan 1967
31 Dec 1968
30 Apr 1992
10 Apr 2006
11 Apr 2008
10 Apr 2010
30 Sep 2010
24 Jun 2012
24 Jun 2014
14 Jan 2017
Present

Ahmad bin Mohamed Ibrahim
Tan Boon Teik (Acting)
Tan Boon Teik
Chan Sek Keong
Chao Hick Tin
Walter Woon
Mrs Koh Juat Jong (Acting)
Sundaresh Menon
Steven Chong
V K Rajah
Lucien Wong

Last updated / reviewed on 8 Jul 2019