V. K. Rajah
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V. K. Rajah SC |
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V. K. Rajah in November 2010
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| 8th Attorney-General of Singapore | |
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In office 25 June 2014 – 14 January 2017 |
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| Preceded by | Steven Chong |
| Succeeded by | Lucien Wong |
| Judge of Appeal of the Supreme Court of Singapore | |
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In office 11 April 2007 – 24 June 2014 |
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| Appointed by | S. R. Nathan |
| Judge of the Supreme Court of Singapore | |
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In office 1 November 2004 – 10 April 2007 |
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| Appointed by | S. R. Nathan |
| Judicial Commissioner of Singapore | |
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In office 2 January 2004 – 31 October 2004 |
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| Appointed by | S. R. Nathan |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
14 January 1957 Singapore |
| Nationality | Singaporean |
| Alma mater |
National University of Singapore Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge |
| Religion | Hinduism |
| Website | app |
Vijaya Kumar Rajah, SC (born 14 January 1957), better known as V. K. Rajah, was the Attorney-General of Singapore. Previously Judge of Appeal of the Supreme Court of Singapore, Rajah succeeded Steven Chong as Attorney-General on 25 June 2014.
Rajah graduated from the National University of Singapore Faculty of Law in 1982 and obtained his Masters of Law (First Class) from the University of Cambridge in 1986. His father, Thampore Thamby Rajah, better known as T. T. Rajah, was a leader of the former Singaporean left-wing political party Barisan Sosialis.
Rajah was among the first batch of lawyers in Singapore to be appointed Senior Counsel in 1997, and was once the managing partner of law firm Rajah & Tann. He was also part of the NUS law school moot team which won the Philip C. Jessup International Law moot competition in 1982, a first for NUS. The other members of the team were Davinder Singh, Jimmy Yim, and Steven Chong. He was first appointed Judicial Commissioner on 2 January 2004, Judge of the High Court on 1 November 2004, and subsequently Judge of Appeal in April 2007.
Rajah's publications include Judicial Management in Singapore (with T. C. Choong, Singapore: Butterworths, 1990). He was also the chair of a committee that produced an influential report in 2007 reviewing Singapore's legal sector.
Rajah has been a Director at Monetary Authority of Singapore since 1 November 2014.
He is also the incumbent Attorney-General of Singapore.
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