Ibrahim Shihab

Ibrahim Shihab
އިބްރާހިމް ޝިހާބު
Official portrait, c. 1980
Vice President of the Maldives
In office
12 March 1975 – 6 January 1977
Serving with
PresidentIbrahim Nasir
Succeeded byOffice abolished
Speaker of the People's Majlis
In office
11 November 1982 – 15 January 1988
PresidentMaumoon Abdul Gayoom
Preceded byAhmed Shathir
Succeeded byAbdulla Hameed
Attorney General
In office
11 November 1968 – 8 March 1975
PresidentIbrahim Nasir
Preceded byHimself
Succeeded byAdnan Hussain
In office
3 August 1959 – 11 November 1968
MonarchMuhammad Fareed Didi
Preceded byAdnan Hussain
Succeeded byHimself
Vazeerul Ma'aarif
In office
3 June 1956 – 3 August 1959
MonarchMuhammad Fareed Didi
Preceded byIbrahim Fareed Didi
Succeeded byIbrahim Nasir
Personal details
Born(1922-09-22)22 September 1922
Died15 January 1988(1988-01-15) (aged 65)
RelationsSalahuddin family
ParentHussain Salahuddin
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Ibrahim Shihab (22 September 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, romanizedLhafathuge Dhauru).