Kung, H. H. (Hsiang-hsi), 1880-1967

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Dates:
Birth 1880-09-11
Death 1967-08-16
Chinese,
Chinese,

Biographical notes:

Chinese banker and politician; minister of industry, 1928-1932; minister of finance, 1933-1938; vice president, Executive Yuan, 1938-1945.

From the description of H. H. Kung papers, 1917-1948. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754872870

Cabinet member, financier.

From the description of Reminiscences of H.H. Kung : oral history, 1958. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122481381

Biographical/Historical Note

1881 Born, Shanxi Province, China 1896 1900 Studied at North China Union College in Tongzhou 1906 Graduated from Oberlin College, Ohio 1907 Graduated from Yale University, M.A. in Economics 1913 Secretary of the Chinese YMCA, in Tokyo, Japan 1914 Married Soong Ailing 1924 Joined the Kuomintang (KMT) 1925 Received honorary LL.D. degree from Oberlin College 1928 Named Minister of Industry and Commerce 1929 Elected to the KMT Central Executive Committee 1932 Appointed special commissioner to study European industrial conditions, assigned to secure foreign aid for the development of China's national defense 1933 Governor, Bank of China Minister of Finance Vice-Premier, Executive Yuan 1937 Represented the Chinese National Government as special envoy during the coronation of King George VI Received honorary degree from Yale University 1938 1939 Premier, Executive Yuan President, Chinese-American Institute of Cultural Relations 1948 Moved to New York, United States 1967 August 15 Died, Long Island, New York

From the guide to the H. H. Kung papers, 1917-1949, 1919-1949, (Hoover Institution Archives)

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Subjects:

  • Cabinet officers
  • Capitalists and financiers
  • China
  • China
  • Finance, Public
  • Finance, Public
  • Statesmen
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • World War, 1939-1945

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  • Statesmen

Places:

  • China (as recorded)
  • China (as recorded)

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