Hok Hoei Kan

Hok Hoei Kan
Volksraad members in 1918: D. Birnie (appointed), Kan Hok Hoei (appointed), R. Sastro Widjono (elected) and Mas Ngabehi Dwidjo Sewojo (appointed).
Born	1881 Batavia, Dutch East Indies
Died	1951 (aged 69–70) Jakarta, Indonesia
Occupation	politician, parliamentarian, community leader,
Spouse(s)	Lie Tien Nio
Parents	Han Oen Lee, Luitenant der Chinezen (father) Kan Oe Nio (mother)
Family	Kan Keng Tjong (grandfather) Lie Tjoe Hong, Majoor der Chinezen (father-in-law)
Awards	Knight of the Order of the Netherlands Lion, Officer of the Order of Orange-Nassau

Kan Hok Hoei Sia (Chinese: 簡福輝舍; pinyin: Jiǎn Fúhuī Shè; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Kán Hok-hui Sià; January 6, 1881 - March 1, 1951), generally known as Hok Hoei Kan or in short H. H. Kan, was a prominent public figure, statesman, patrician and landowner of Peranakan Chinese descent in the Dutch East Indies. He was a leading member of the Volksraad, and advocated cooperation with the Dutch colonial state in order to attain racial and legal equality for the colony's Chinese community.

Kan was born Han Khing Tjiang Sia in Batavia into the baba bangsawan, or Chinese gentry of colonial Indonesia. His father, Han Oen Lee, served as Luitenant der Chinezen of Bekasi, and hailed from the Han family of Lasem – one of the oldest and most storied of Java's Chinese lineages. Through his father, Kan could trace his ancestry in Java back to Han Khee Bing, Luitenant der Chinezen (1749 – 1768), the eldest son of the mid-eighteenth century magnate Han Bwee Kong, Kapitein der Chinezen (1727 – 1778), and grandson of the founder of the family, Han Siong Kong (1673-1743). Kan's ancestor, Luitenant Han Khee Bing, was the elder brother of the landlords Han Chan Piet (1759 – 1827) and Han Kik Ko, Majoors der Chinezen (1766 – 1813). As a descendant of a long line of Chinese officials in Java, Kan held the courtesy title of Sia from birth.

His mother, Kan Oe Nio, was one of Batavia's richest heiresses, and daughter of the famed tycoon and landowner, Kan Keng Tjong, later elevated by the Chinese Imperial Government to the rank of mandarin of the third grade. Han Khing Tjiang was adopted by his childless uncle, Kan Tjeng Soen, and renamed Kan Hok Hoei. He was also made the principal heir of the name and fortune of his maternal grandfather.