Tommy Thomas (barrister)
Tommy Thomas | |
|---|---|
| 8th Attorney General of Malaysia | |
| In office 4 June 2018 – 28 February 2020 | |
| Monarchs | Muhammad V Abdullah |
| Prime Minister | Mahathir Mohamad |
| Preceded by | Mohamed Apandi Ali |
| Succeeded by | Idrus Harun |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 3 September 1952 Kuala Lumpur, Federation of Malaya |
| Citizenship | Malaysian |
| Nationality | Malaysia |
| Spouse | Anna Lype |
| Education | Victoria Institution |
| Alma mater | University of Manchester (LLB) London School of Economics (MSc) |
| Profession | Barrister (Middle Temple, London) |
Tommy Thomas (born 3 September 1952) is a Malaysian barrister and the former Attorney General of Malaysia from 2018 to 2020. He was the first practising barrister to be appointed directly from the Malaysian Bar to be the Attorney General, and the first non-Malay and non-Muslim Malaysian to hold this post after the formation of Malaysia in 1963.