H. S. Lee
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Yang Amat Berbahagia Tun Sir Henry Lee Hau Shik SMN, KBE, JP |
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| 1st Finance Minister of Malaysia | |
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In office 31 August 1957 – 22 August 1959 |
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| Monarch | Abdul Rahman |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Tan Siew Sin |
| Transport Minister of Malaya | |
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In office 1 August 1955 – 31 August 1957 |
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| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Abdul Rahman Talib |
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19 November 1900 Hong Kong |
| Died | 22 June 1988 (aged 87) Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
| Political party | Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA) |
| Spouse(s) | Dawn Kathleen Glen Kwan Choi Lin |
| Children | Douglas K.K. Lee (M) Thomas M.L. Lee (M) Alex Y.L. Lee (M) George Y.L. Lee (M) Jasmine Lee (F) |
| Residence | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
| Occupation | Politician, businessman, banker, lawyer |
Colonel Tun Sir Henry Lee Hau Shik, SMN, KBE, JP, (19 November 1900 – 22 June 1988), also known as H.S. Lee, was a Malaysian Chinese politician and businessman who served as the first Finance Minister of the Federation of Malaya and co-founded the Malaysian Chinese Association and Alliance Party, forerunner to Malaysia's ruling coalition Barisan Nasional. Lee was also a member of the Merdeka mission to London and the only Chinese signatory to Malaya's independence agreement with Britain. He was the only major leader of the independence movement not born in Malaya.
Henry Lee Hau Shik was born on 19 November 1900 in Hong Kong, the eldest son of prominent and wealthy businessman Lee Kwai-Lim and Kam Kwok-Chun. His family ran a silk-trading firm, Kam Lun Tai, and was also involved in remittance and mining, with offices in Hong Kong and Singapore. He had two brothers and two sisters.
Lee's great-grandfather had been a senior official during the reign of Emperor Tongzhi of the Qing dynasty while his grandfather was a famous scholar and philanthropist in his hometown of Zhenlong, Xinyi in Guangdong.
Lee received his secondary education in Guangzhou in 1914, before attending Queen's College in Hong Kong. He completed degrees in Economics and Law at the University of London and St John's College, Cambridge, where he came to know the future King George VI.
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