V. K. Rajah

Vijaya Kumar Rajah (born 14 January 1957) is a Singaporean lawyer who served as the eighth attorney-general of Singapore between 2014 and 2017. Prior to his appointment as attorney-general, he served as a judge of the Court of Appeal of Singapore between 2007 and 2014, and a judge of the High Court of Singapore between 2004 and 2007.

Early life Rajah was born in Singapore on 14 January 1957.

His father was Thampore Thamby Rajah, better known as T. T. Rajah, a leader of Barisan Sosialis, and founder of one of the "Big Four" law firms in Singapore, Rajah & Tann.

Rajah graduated from the National University of Singapore with a Bachelor of Laws degree in 1982.

He went on to complete a Master of Laws with first class degree at Trinity Hall, Cambridge in 1986.

Career Rajah was among the first batch of lawyers in Singapore to be appointed Senior Counsel in 1997,

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.

Rajah served as Attorney-General of Singapore until he was succeeded by Lucien Wong on 14 January 2017. During his term, he "emphasised fair prosecution and outcomes", even appealing as a prosecutor for a reduced sentence in 2015, which was unprecedented in Singapore. Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong thanked him for carrying out his duties "with dynamism and commitment".

In 2021, Rajah was appointed Vice-President of the International Chamber of Commerce's Court of Arbitration.

Mr. V. K. Rajah is also the Chair Professor of 'Chair on International Commercial Arbitration and Investment treaty Arbitration', instituted at NLUD by Justice Indu Malhotra, former Judge, Supreme Court of India.