1. Name: Ibrahim Mahmood
2. Occupation: Editor, Author, Political activist
3. Date of birth: 1908
4. Date of death: August 31,1993
5. Contributions:
- Editor of Penang Shimbun (newspaper published during Japanese Occupation), Warta Negara, Warta Jenaka, Suara UMNO
- Joined Datuk Onn Jaafar in opposing Malayan Union and in the struggle for independence
- Closed to Tunku Abdul Rahman and helped to draft the Merdeka Proclamation
- Founder member of United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) and one of the ten who signed a charter on the formation of UMNO
- Served as information officer for UMNO Malaya in 1951
Source:
A. Shukor Rahman. 2010. Flying Colours of Tanjung: The Story of Penang Malays . Pulau Pinang: Shaik Asgar Ibrahim
