Han Bwee Kong
| Kapitein Han Bwee Kong | |
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| Kapitein der Chinezen of Surabaya | |
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In office early 1700s – 1778 |
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| Preceded by | unknown |
| Succeeded by | Majoor Han Chan Piet |
| Constituency | Surabaya |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1727 Lasem, Central Java |
| Died | 1778 Surabaya, East Java |
| Spouse(s) | Tan Ciguan |
| Relations |
Tan Ho Gian (father-in-law) |
| Children |
Han Chan Piet, Majoor der Chinezen |
| Father | Han Siong Kong |
| Residence | Surabaya, East Java |
| Occupation | Majoor der Chinezen, landlord |
| Religion | Chinese religion |
Tan Ho Gian (father-in-law)
Ngabehi Soero Pernollo (brother)
Han Chan Piet, Majoor der Chinezen
Han Bwee Kong, Kapitein der Chinezen (1727 – 1778), also known as Han Bwee Sing, Han Bwee Ko and in historic Dutch sources as Han Boeijko, was a Chinese-Indonesian magnate, government official and ally of the Dutch East India Company. He was the first member of the patrician Han family of Lasem to hold an official government position, that of Kapitein der Chinezen of Surabaya. He was also the pachter, or leaseholder, of the government districts of Besuki and Panarukan.
Han Bwee Kong was born in 1727 at the port city of Lasem in Central Java. He was the youngest of five sons born to Han Siong Kong (1673 – 1743), a Chinese migrant of ancient lineage, by an unnamed woman, probably a native or of at least part-native ancestry. Sometime in the first half of the eighteenth century, he moved to East Java with two of his elder brothers, the Chinese-Javanese leader Soero Pernollo (1720 – 1776) and Han Hing Kong.
By 1748 at the latest, Han Bwee Kong had contracted a highly advantageous marriage to the Peranakan daughter of a prominent Chinese leader in Surabaya, Tan Ho Goan (1672 – 1744). The couple had twelve sons and two daughters. Probably as a result of his wife's family backing, Han Bwee Kong was eventually appointed Kapitein der Chinezen of Surabaya at an unknown date. This position gave him governmental authority over the Chinese community of Surabaya as part of the Dutch colonial system of Indirect Rule.
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