Ibrahim Kipong | |
Birth: | 1875? Singapore (then a British colony) |
Death: | 6 November 1986 Lorong Sari, Pasir Panjang, South Region, Singapore |
Age: | 110 years, 310+ days? |
Country: | ![]() |
Unvalidated |
Ibrahim Kipong (1875? – 6 November 1986) was a Singaporean supercentenarian claimant whose age is currently unvalidated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG).
Biography[]
Ibrahim Kipong claimed he was born in Singapore (then a British colony) in 1875. He was once the biggest kampong (village) chief in Singapore. During the Japanese Occupation of Singapore, Ibrahim was made leader of the kampong folk in the west region and all the islands of the west coast. He had 10 penghulus (village headmen) under his charge to help look after the people. He was a respected member of the Malay and Muslim community in Singapore, and worked as a notice server in the Singapore Municipality. Singapore's first president, Yusof Ishak had been a good friend for over 40 years.
Ibrahim was mentally lucid up until 1983 and had gone missing in Johor, Malaysia, after visiting a penghulu of a kampong in Pontian. He was found without a passport, and had told Customs he was "going to see his son, a three-star Customs officer".
A patriarch to a clan of about 180 family members, Ibrahim passed away peacefully on 6 November 1986, aged 110 years, 310+ days. He had been living with his second eldest son in a 50-year old kampong house at Lorong Sari in Pasir Panjang, where about 400 people visited to pay their final respects including religious and community leaders. He was survived by eight children, 65 grandchildren (one of whom was former Member of Parliament for Kampong Kembangan, Mansor Sukaimi), and 84 great-grandchildren, among others. He outlived five of his children and his two wives.
Ibrahim was buried at Pusara Aman, a Muslim cemetery in Choa Chu Kang.
Ibrahim Kipong is one of four known male supercentenarian claims from Singapore, the oldest of whom is Yang Chiow Sen who claimed the age of 113.
References[]
- Grand old man Ibrahim Kipong dies at 110 The Straits Times, 7 November 1986, Page 16
- The biggest island chief of his time The Straits Times, 14 June 1985, Page 18