V K Rajah, Singapore Attorney-General

This article was last updated on April 16, 2022

Canada: Oye! Times readers Get FREE $30 to spend on Amazon, Walmart…
USA: Oye! Times readers Get FREE $30 to spend on Amazon, Walmart…

This Wednesday, the Singapore President Tony Tan Keng Yam has appointed Justice V K Rajah, a judge of Indian origin, as the eighth Attorney-General of Singapore, according to a statement from the Istana issued today this 25^th of June.

Rajah, 57, takes over the position from Steven Chong. The appointment takes effect from today, the statement further stated, adding that the President also appointed Justice Rajah as a Member of the Presidential Council for Minority Rights for a term of three years with which also takes effect from today. Rajah is the second Indian-origin person to become the attorney general of Singapore after Sundaresh Menon, the current Chief Justice of Singapore.

Justice Rajah was appointed a Judicial Commissioner of the Supreme Court on the 2^nd of January, 2004 and a Judge on the 1^st of November, 2004. He was appointed a Judge of Appeal on the 11^th of April, 2007, the statement further informed. He has been the Chairman of the Singapore Institute of Legal Education as well as the Board of Judicial Learning since 2010.