{{Short description|Vice President of the Maldives from 1975 to 1977}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2020}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Ibrahim Shihab | office = Vice President of the Maldives | office1 = Speaker of the People's Majlis | native_name = އިބްރާހިމް ޝިހާބު | native_name_lang = dv | image = Ibrahim Shihab portrait.jpg | caption = Official portrait, c. 1980 | succeeded1 = Abdulla Hameed | predecessor1 = Ahmed Shathir | president1 = Maumoon Abdul Gayoom | birth_date = {{Birth date|1922|09|22|df=y}} | death_date = {{Death date and age|1988|01|15|1922|10|10|df=yes}} | parents = Hussain Salahuddin | office2 = Attorney General | term_start2 = 11 November 1968 | term_end2 = 8 March 1975 | term_start3 = 3 August 1959 | term_end3 = 11 November 1968 | monarch3 = Muhammad Fareed Didi | president2 = Ibrahim Nasir | succeeded2 = Adnan Hussain | predecessor2 = Himself | predecessor3 = Adnan Hussain | succeeded3 = Himself | term_end1 = 15 January 1988 | term_start1 = 11 November 1982 | term_start = 12 March 1975 | term_end = 6 January 1977 | alongside = {{ubl|Abdul Sattar Moosa Didi|Ahmed Hilmy Didi|Ali Maniku|Hassan Zareer}} | president = Ibrahim Nasir | succeeded = ''Office abolished'' | death_place = Sri Lanka | birth_place = Fura Malé, Maldive Islands | office4 = Vazeerul Ma'aarif | term_start4 = 3 June 1956 | term_end4 = 3 August 1959 | monarch4 = Muhammad Fareed Didi | predecessor4 = Ibrahim Fareed Didi | succeeded4 = Ibrahim Nasir | relations = Salahuddin family }}
'''Ibrahim Shihab''' (22 September 1922{{sndash}}15 January 1988),<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ibrahim Shihab |url=https://feydhooroots.com/family.php?database=humo1_&id=F1036&main_person=I3170 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240509023658/https://feydhooroots.com/family.php?database=humo1_&id=F1036&main_person=I3170 |archive-date=9 May 2024 |website=Feydhoo Roots}}</ref> 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' ({{Langx|dv|ޅަފަތުގެ ދައުރު|translit=Lhafathuge Dhauru}}).{{Citation needed|date=January 2010}}
==Life== He began at Maldivian Government's Service as clerk, Mahkamathul Dhaakhiliyyaa (from 14 January 1942 to 27 April 1951). After that he rose and held various high government posts, on 26 Muharram 1379 (3 August 1959) Ibrahim Shihab was designated as Attorney General and Mahukamathul Irushaadiyya in the cabinet nominated by Shihab's brother-in-law and Prime Minister Ibrahim Nasir.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Former Attorneys General |url=http://www.agoffice.gov.mv/#/Attorney%20General/Former%20Attorneys%20General |access-date=6 September 2024 |website=Attorney General's Office}}</ref>
During his life he held also Ministerial posts, was appointed as one of the Vice Presidents,<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://hdl.handle.net/2027/osu.32435024020034|hdl = 2027/osu.32435024020034|title = Chiefs of State and Cabinet members of foreign governments / National Foreign Assessment Center. 1975July-Dec.| year=2003 }}</ref> and became a member of the Committee set up by the Cabinet to review and amend the Constitution.
He served as the speaker of People's Majlis from 1982 to 1988.<ref name="majlis">{{cite web |date= |title=Past Speakers |url=https://majlis.gov.mv/en/speakers-history |url-status= |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=6 September 2024 |website=People's Majlis |publisher=}}</ref>
Towards the end of his life he was also named president of the council for linguistic and historical research.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.qaumiyyath.gov.mv/ |title=National Institute for Linguistic and Historical Research |access-date=11 August 2009 |archive-date=29 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191029001815/http://www.qaumiyyath.gov.mv/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
Among his works, the General introduction to the concept of history, Preface to the Dhivehi Tareek is a good sample of his stylexs.<ref>{{Cite web |title=History of Maldives - Divehi Tareek - Preface 1981 |url=http://www.maldivesculture.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=26&Itemid=55 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402171701/http://www.maldivesculture.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=26&Itemid=55 |archive-date=2 April 2012 |website=Maldives Culture}}</ref>
Ibrahim Shihab was loved and respected by Maldivians. At the time of his death the Television Maldives announcer giving the news broke down and cried {{Citation needed|date=June 2023}}.
He died on 15 January 1988 at 12:15 MVT.<ref>{{Cite web |date=15 January 1988 |title=އޮނަރަބްލް އަލްއުސްތާޛު އިބްރާހިމް ޝިހާބު އަވަހާރަވުން |trans-title=Honorable Al-Usthaz Ibrahim Shihab died |url=https://presidency.gov.mv/Press/Article/10677 |access-date=6 September 2024 |website=The President's Office}}</ref>
== Awards == In 1979, Shihab received an award in the field of the Dhivehi language.<ref>{{Cite web |title=ދިވެހިބަހަށް ޚިދުމަތްކުރެއްވުމުގެ ރޮނގުން - އަލްއުސްތާޛު އިބްރާހީމް ޝިހާބު |trans-title=Al Ustaz Ibrahim Shihab - Award in the field of Dhivehi language |url=https://presidency.gov.mv/NationalAwards/Winner/1414 |access-date=18 September 2025 |website=The President's Office |language=dv}}</ref> In 1982, he received another award for his Dhivehi poetry.<ref>{{Cite web |title=ދިވެހި ޅެންވެރިކަމުގެ ރޮނގުން - އަލްއުސްތާޛު އިބްރާހީމް ޝިހާބު |trans-title=Al Ustaz Ibrahim Shihab - Award in the field of Dhivehi poetry |url=https://presidency.gov.mv/NationalAwards/Winner/1471 |access-date=18 September 2025 |website=The President's Office |language=dv}}</ref> In 1990, he received an award for his service to the Maldivian government.<ref>{{Cite web |title=މިނިވަން 25 ގެ ޢާންމު ޚިދުމަތުގެ އިނާމު - އަލްއުސްތާޛު އިބްރާހިމް ޝިހާބް |trans-title=25th Independence Public Service Award |url=https://presidency.gov.mv/NationalAwards/Winner/78 |access-date=18 September 2025 |website=The President's Office |language=dv}}</ref>
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==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20081231000455/http://video.maldiveschronicle.com/politics-maldives5/ Siyaasee Oivaru 5:Late Ibrahim Shihab] *[http://www.maldivesculture.com/index2.php?option=com_content&do_pdf=1&id=32 Hakeem 1948] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110217134139/http://www.maldivesculture.com/index2.php?option=com_content&do_pdf=1&id=32 |date=17 February 2011 }}
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