Ismail Mohd Ali

Tun Ismail bin Mohamad Ali (1918–1998) was the second Governor of Bank Negara Malaysia and the chairman of the Pemodalan Nasional Berhad (PNB).

Ismail was born on September 16, 1918 in Port Klang, Selangor and is the eldest brother in the family. He was of Minangkabau descent from Rao, West Sumatera.

He is the brother of a number of famous figures such as Tan Sri Muhammad Ali Hashim (former Chief of the Armed Forces), Dato Ahmad Razali Mohd. Ali (former Chief Minister of Selangor), Abdul Aziz Mohd. Ali (former chairman of MARA), Datuk Jaafar Mohd. Ali, Siti Hasmah Mohamad Ali, and Datin Saleha Mohd. Ali.

His wife Toh Puan Maimunah Abdul Latif died on 1996. He left two sons, Iskander bin Ismail Mohammad Ali, a merchant bank and Ahmad Kamal, an architect.

Ismail received his early education at the Malay School and Victoria Institution (VI), Kuala Lumpur from 1931 to 1938. He was active in Scouts, swimming, badminton and gardening. He is prefect of Shaw House. He is the second Malay students in the country won its competitive Queen Scholarship. He studied economics at Cambridge University (1938-1941). He was stranded in England as a result of the Second World War and continued to learn his law studies in 1943 at the Inns of Court in London, Middle Temple and became a lawyer after that.

Ismail returned to Malaya / Malaya after the war in 1946. Tun Ismail joined the Malayan Civil Service; Assistant Secretary of State Government (1948 ) - one of the first non-European officers recruited directly into the MCS. In 1920, the British Secretary of State accepts that services should be recognized throughout Malaya. Services Malayan Civil Service was formally adopted in January 1921 with the creation of 183 posts. Candidates for the position must be a " natural born British subjects of pure European descent on both sides ". The number of Malay officers in the MCS on 11 November 1946 during the Malayan Union is 21 out of the total strength of 230 officers MCS .

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