Richard Hu

Richard Hu
Richard Hu
胡赐道
Minister for Finance
	In office; 7 May 1985 – 9 November 2001
Prime Minister	Lee Kuan Yew; Goh Chok Tong;
Preceded by	Tony Tan
Succeeded by	Lee Hsien Loong
Chairman of the Monetary Authority of Singapore
	In office; January 1985 – December 1997
Prime Minister	Lee Kuan Yew; Goh Chok Tong;
Preceded by	Goh Keng Swee
Succeeded by	Lee Hsien Loong
Minister for Health
	In office; 7 May 1985 – 31 December 1986
Prime Minister	Lee Kuan Yew
Preceded by	Tony Tan
Succeeded by	Yeo Cheow Tong
Member of the Singapore Parliament; for Kreta Ayer–Tanglin GRC (Kreta Ayer)
	In office; 2 January 1997 – 18 October 2001
Preceded by	Himself (Kreta Ayer SMC)
Succeeded by	Constituency abolished
Member of the Singapore Parliament; for Kreta Ayer SMC
	In office; 22 December 1984 – 16 December 1996
Preceded by	Goh Keng Swee
Succeeded by	Himself (Kreta Ayer–Tanglin GRC – Kreta Ayer)
Personal details
Born	Richard Hu Tsu Tau; 30 October 1926; Singapore, Straits Settlements, British Malaya
Died	8 September 2023 (aged 96); Singapore[citation needed]
Political party	People's Action Party
Spouse	Irene Tan Dee Leng
Children	2
Parent	Hu Tsai Kuen (father);
Alma mater	University of California, Berkeley (BS); University of Birmingham (PhD);
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	胡賜道
Simplified Chinese	胡赐道
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Hú Cìdào
Southern Min
Hokkien POJ	Hô͘ Sù-tǎu

Richard Hu Tsu Tau (Chinese: 胡赐道; 30 October 1926 – 7 September 2023) was a Singaporean politician who served as Minister for Finance between 1985 and 2001. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), he was Member of Parliament (MP) for Kreta Ayer SMC between 1984 and 1997, and Kreta Ayer–Tanglin GRC between 1997 and 2001. Hu was Singapore's longest-serving finance minister and gave a record number of 16 Budget speeches. He served as chairman of the Monetary Authority of Singapore between 1985 and 1997.