| Honorific Prefix: | Sir |
| Kashim Ibrahim | |
| Honorific Suffix: | KCMG CBE |
| Office1: | Governor of Northern Nigeria |
| Term Start1: | 1962 |
| Term End1: | 16 January 1966 |
| Predecessor1: | Sir Gawain Westray Bell |
| Successor1: | Hassan Usman Katsina |
| Title5: | Minister for Social Services |
| Term Start5: | 1952 |
| Term End5: | 1953 |
| Title2: | Minister for Education |
| Term Start2: | 1953 |
| Term End2: | 1955 |
| Title3: | Regional Minister for Survey |
| Term Start3: | 1955 |
| Term End3: | 1956 |
| Title4: | Waziri of Borno |
| Term Start4: | 1956 |
| Term End4: | 1990 |
| Predecessor4: | Waziri Wali |
| Birth Date: | 10 June 1910 |
| Birth Place: | Maiduguri, Northern Nigeria Protectorate |
| Death Place: | Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria |
| Party: | Northern People's Congress |
| Profession: | Teacher |
Sir Shettima Kashim Ibrahim, (10 June 1910 – 25 July 1990)[1] was a Nigerian politician who was head of the Native Administration in Borno State and was a minister for Social Services in the 1950s. He held the traditional title of the Waziri of the Emirate of Borno after two previous Waziris had been forced to resign as a result of scandals in the Borno local administration.
He was a close associate of Sir Ahmadu Bello.[2]
Ibrahim was born in Gargar Ward, Yerwa to the family of Ibrahim Lakanmi.[3] He started his education learning Arabic and Quran before attending Borno Provincial School in 1922. In 1925, he was admitted into the Katsina Training College and finished his studies with a teacher's certificate in 1929. He started working as a teacher in 1929 at the Borno Middle School and by 1933, he had become a Provincial Visiting Teacher. He was later promoted to a Senior Visiting Teacher and education officer for the province of Borno. He was conferred with the title of Shettima of Borno in 1935 and for a while he was known as Shettima Kashim. He joined politics in 1951–52, when he was elected into the Northern Regional Assembly, he was nominated from the North as a cabinet nominee. Thereafter, he was appointed the Federal minister for Social Services and later that of Education.
In 1956, he was appointed as the Waziri of Borno by the Shehu.[4] Waziri Ibrahim became the Governor of the Northern region in 1962, holding office until the military coup of 16 January 1966 that brought Major General Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi to power.[5] He was appointed a CBE in 1960 and knighted as a KCMG in 1962.[6]