Ibrahim Shihab
Ibrahim Shihab | |
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އިބްރާހިމް ޝިހާބު | |
Official portrait, c. 1980 | |
| Vice President of the Maldives | |
| In office 12 March 1975 – 6 January 1977 | |
| President | Ibrahim Nasir |
| Preceded by | Ibrahim Muhammad Didi (1953) |
| Succeeded by | Office abolished |
| Speaker of the People's Majlis | |
| In office 11 November 1982 – 15 January 1988 | |
| President | Maumoon Abdul Gayoom |
| Preceded by | Ahmed Shathir |
| Succeeded by | Abdulla Hameed |
| Attorney General (Maldives) | |
| In office 11 November 1968 – 8 March 1975 | |
| President | Ibrahim Nasir |
| Preceded by | Himself |
| Succeeded by | Adnan Hussain |
| In office 3 August 1959 – 11 November 1968 | |
| Monarch | Muhammad Fareed Didi |
| Preceded by | Adnan Hussain |
| Succeeded by | Himself |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 10 October 1922 |
| Died | 15 January 1988 (aged 65) Sri Lanka |
| Parent | Hussain Salahuddin |
Ibrahim Shihab (10 October 1922 – 15 January 1988), was an influential Maldivian writer, poet, essayist and statesman. He was the son of scholar Hussain Salahuddin
Ibrahim Shihab is considered one of the most prolific writers of Maldivian literature at a time named 'Era of Crawling' (Dhivehi: ޅަފަތުގެ ދައުރު, romanized: Lhafathuge Dhauru).