H. H. Kung

H. H. Kung
孔祥熙
Premier of the Republic of China
In office 1 January 1938 – 11 December 1939
President	Lin Sen
Vice Premier	Zhang Qun
Preceded by	Chiang Kai-shek
Succeeded by	Chiang Kai-shek
Vice Premier of the Republic of China
In office 11 December 1939 – 4 June 1945
Premier	Chiang Kai-shek T. V. Soong
Preceded by	Zhang Qun
Succeeded by	Weng Wenhao
In office 4 November 1933 – 1 January 1938
Premier	Lin Sen
Preceded by	T. V. Soong
Succeeded by	Zhang Qun
Personal details
Born	Kung Hsiang-hsi (1880-09-11)11 September 1880 Taigu, Shanxi, Qing Empire
Died	16 August 1967(1967-08-16) (aged 86) Locust Valley, New York, United States
Nationality	Chinese
Political party	Kuomintang
Spouses	Han Yu-mei ​ ​ (m. 1910; died 1913)​ Soong Ai-ling ​ (m. 1914)​
Children	4, including Kung Ling-i and David Kung Ling-kan
Alma mater	Oberlin College (B.A., LL.D.) Yale University (M.A.)

Kung Hsiang-hsi (Chinese: 孔祥熙; pinyin: Kǒng Xiángxī; Wade–Giles: K'ung³ Hsiang²-hsi¹; 11 September 1880 – 16 August 1967), often known as Dr. H. H. Kung, also known as Dr. Chauncey Kung, was a Chinese banker and politician. He married Soong Ai-ling, the eldest of the three Soong sisters; the other two married President Sun Yat-sen and President Chiang Kai-shek. Together with his brother-in-law, Soong Tse-ven, he was highly influential in determining the economic policies of the Kuomintang-led Nationalist government of the Republic of China in the 1930s and 1940s.