H. H. Kung

K'ung Hsiang-hsi (孔祥熙 1881 - 1967), often known as H. H. Kung, was a wealthy Chinese banker and politician in the early 20th Century.

He was educated at Oberlin College and Yale University.

Kung was an early supporter of Sun Yat-sen and later of Chiang Kai-shek. He long served in the Republic of China government as minister of industry and commerce (1928�31), minister of finance (1933�44), and governor of the Central Bank of China (1933�45). He joined the central executive committee of the Kuomintang in 1931.

Kung married Soong Ai-ling, one of the Soong sisters. He claimed that he was a 75th generation descendant of Confucius.

After the retreat of the KMT to Taiwan at the end of the Chinese Civil War, he moved to the United States.