Khouw Kim An
| Majoor Khouw Kim An | |
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| Majoor der Chinezen of Batavia | |
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In office 1910–1918 |
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| Preceded by | Tio Tek Ho, Majoor der Chinezen |
| Succeeded by | Office in abeyance |
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In office 1927–1945 |
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| Preceded by | Office in abeyance |
| Succeeded by | Office abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Batavia, Dutch East Indies |
| Died | 1945 (aged 69–70) Tjimahi, West Java, Dutch East Indies |
| Spouse(s) | Phoa Tji Nio |
| Relations |
Khouw Tian Sek, Luitenant der Chinezen (grandfather) Phoa Keng Hek Sia (father-in-law) Khouw Kim Tjiang, Kapitein der Chinezen (brother) O. G. Khouw (cousin) |
| Children | Phoa Liong Djin |
| Parents | Luitenant der Chinezen Khouw Tjeng Tjoan (father) |
| Occupation | Majoor der Chinezen, community leader, parliamentarian, |
| Awards | Great Gold Star for Loyalty and Merit; Officer of the Order of Orange-Nassau |
Khouw Kim An (Chinese: 許金安; pinyin: Xǔ Jīn'ān; 1875-1945) was a prominent Chinese Indonesian public figure, patrician and landowner who served as the last Majoor der Chinezen ("Major of the Chinese") of Batavia, Dutch East Indies (now Jakarta). The Chinese Mayoralty was the highest-ranking, Chinese government position in the East Indies with considerable political and judicial jurisdiction over the colony's Chinese subjects. The Batavian Mayoralty was one of the oldest public institutions in the Dutch colonial empire, perhaps second only in antiquity to the viceregal post of Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies.
Khouw Kim An Sia was born in Batavia to the ninth concubine of his father, Khouw Tjeng Tjoan, Luitenant-titulair der Chinezen ("Lieutenant of the Chinese"). His paternal grandfather, Khouw Tian Sek, Luitenant-titulair der Chinezen, was a potentate and patriarch of the Khouw family of Tamboen, arguably the richest clan among the Chinese gentry (baba bangsawan) of colonial Java. As the son and grandson of Chinese officieren ('Chinese officers'), colonial office-holders in the civil bureaucracy, Khouw Kim An was born with the hereditary title of Sia.
Khouw Kim An Sia received a traditional Chinese education grounded in the Chinese Classics, and acquired a good grasp of both Mandarin and Hokkien in addition to his native Batavian Malay. He was also instructed by private tutors in European languages, including Dutch which he spoke fluently. The future Majoor's Chinese training, however, stands in sharp contrast to the Dutch education of many in his increasingly westernised social class and generation, most obviously exemplified by his cousin, the naturalised Dutchman and philanthropist O. G. Khouw. This familiarity with Chinese culture gave him a distinct, and by then rare, advantage in his career as the head and public face of the Chinese in the colony.
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