The Early Malay Doctors: Tun Syed Sheh Al-Haj bin Syed Hassan Barakbah

Saturday, 15 June 2013

Tun Syed Sheh Al-Haj bin Syed Hassan Barakbah

BIOGRAPHY

Tun Syed Sheh was born on 10 November 1906 in Alor Star, Kedah.

He received his education at the Sultan Abdul Hamid College (SAHC) in Alor Star, Kedah before continuing his studies in England on a Kedah State Government's scholarship. He was accepted to read law at the Inner Temple. He graduated with a LL.B degree in 1934.

Tan Sri Syed Sheh Al-Haj bin Syed Hassan Barakbah was a judge and senior official in Malaya, starting his career under British rule and continuing in independent Malaysia.

He was an Arab descendant in Malaya. He was the first Arab-Malay to lead as chief judge (ketua hakim) in independent and modern Malaysia. He was the second chief judge after the Englishman, Tun Sir James Beveridge Thomson.

YAA James Beveridge Thomson, Tun Sir
S.S.M, P.M.N., P.J.K.
16.9 1963-31.5.1966
(Ketua Hakim Negara Pertama)

YAA Tun Syed Sheh bin Syed Hassan Barakbah Al-Haj
S.S.M., P.M.N., D.P.M.K., P.S.B.
1.6.1966-9.9.1968
(Ketua Hakim Negara Kedua)

YAA Tun Dato' Mohamed Azmi bin Haji Mohamed
S.S.M., P.M.N., D.P.M.K., P.S.B., P.J.K.
10.9.1968-30.4.1974
(Ketua Hakim Negara Ketiga)

YAA Tun Mohamed Suffian bin Haji Mohamed Hashim
S.S.M., P.S.M., S.P.C.M., D.I.M.P., J.M.N., S.M.B. (Brunei), P.J.K.
LL.D., D. Litt
1.5.1974-12.11.1982
(Ketua Hakim Negara Keempat) ... Note: He was mentioned in Dr Megat Khas's biography in Biography of the Early Malay Doctors 1900-1957 Malaya and Singapore.

YAA D.Y.M.M. Sultan Azlan Shah Ibni Almarhum Sultan Yussuf Izzuddin Shah
S.S.M., D.K., P.M.N., P.S.M.,
S.P.C.M., S.P.T.S., S.P.M.P., S.I.M.P.,
D. Litt, LL.D.
12.11.1982-2.2.1984
(Ketua Hakim Negara Kelima) ... Note: He passed away on 28 May 2014.

YAA Tun Dato' Mohamed Salleh bin Abas
S.S.M., P.M.N., P.S.M., S.P.M.T. D.P.M.T., J.M.N., S.M.T.
3.2.1984-8.8.1988
(Ketua Hakim Negara Keenam)

YAA Tun Dato' Seri Abdul Hamid bin Haji Omar
S.S.M., P.M.N., P.S.M., S.S.M.T., S.I.M.T, S.I.M.P. S.P.M.S., D.P.M.P. P.M.P.
9.8.1988-9.11.1988
(Acting Lord President)
10.11.1988-24.9.1994
(Ketua Hakim Negara Ketujuh/
Ketua Hakim Mahkamah Persekutuan Pertama) ... Note: refer to Tan Sri Dr Abdul Majid's biography.

YAA Tun Dato' Seri Mohd Eusoff bin Chin
S.S.M., P.S.M., S.P.C.M., D.P.M.J.
D.P.M.K., J.S.M., S.M.J.
25.9.1994-19.12.2000
(Ketua Hakim Mahkamah Persekutuan Kedua)

YAA Tun Dato' Seri Mohamed Dzaiddin bin Haji Abdullah,
S.S.M., P.S.M., S.P.C.M.,
D.S.P.J., D.P.M.P, D.M.P.N.
20.12.2000-14.3.2003
(Ketua Hakim Mahkamah Persekutuan Ketiga)

YAA Tun Dato' Sri Ahmad Fairuz Bin Dato' Sheikh Abdul Halim
Age: 62 years
Appointed as Judicial Commissioner: 1.12.1988
Elevated to the High Court: 1.8.1990
Elevated to the Court of Appeal: 1.12.1995
Elevated to the Federal Court: 1.9.2000
Appointed as Chief Judge High Court of Malaya: 1.9.2001
Appointed as President of The Court of Appeal: 1.12.2002
Appointed as Chief Justice of The Federal Court: 16.3.2003
(Ketua Hakim Mahkamah Persekutuan Keempat)

YAA Tun Abdul Hamid Bin Hj. Mohamad
Age: 62 years
Appointed as Judicial Commissioner: 1.5.1990
Elevated to the High Court: 1.3.1992
Elevated to the Court of Appeal: 1.9.2000
Elevated to the Federal Court: 1.8.2003
Appointed as Chief Justice of the Federal Court: 2.11.2007
(Ketua Hakim Mahkamah Persekutuan Kelima)

YAA Tun Dato’ Seri Zaki Bin Tun Azmi
SPCM, SPMK, SSM, PSM, SSDK,
PJN, DSMT (Terengganu), DSDK(Kedah), JSM, KMN
Ketua Hakim Negara Mahkamah Persekutuan Malaysia
18 Oktober 2008 - 09 September 2011

Career

April 1946: Special Magistrate
1948: President, Kedah Sessions Court in the Colonial Legal Service
October 1955 – June 1958: Judge, Seremban Court
1962: Judge, Court of Appeal
1963: Chief Judge of Malaya
1 June 1966 – 10 October 1968: Lord President of the Supreme Court Government
1 June 1966 - 9 September 1968: Ketua Hakim Negara Ke-2
Government Administrative Officer in Penang
1968: Senator
27 January 1969: Yang di-Pertua Dewan Negara (Governor) - appointed by Agong
Feb 1969-Feb 1975: 3rd Governor of Penang - he served two terms.

Awards

S.S.M.

P.M.N.

D.P.M.K.

P.S.B.

Name style
His name was styled in 2 ways.

Tun Syed Sheh Al-Haj bin Syed Hassan Barakbah
YAA Tun Syed Sheh bin Syed Hassan Barakbah Al-Haj, S.S.M., P.M.N., D.P.M.K., P.S.B., 1.6.1966-9.9.1968, (Ketua Hakim Negara Kedua)