Majoor Khouw Kim An | |
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Majoor der Chinezen of Batavia | |
In office 1910–1918 | |
Preceded by | Tio Tek Ho, Majoor der Chinezen |
Succeeded by | Office in abeyance |
In office 1927–1945 | |
Preceded by | Office in abeyance |
Succeeded by | Office abolished |
Personal details | |
Born | Batavia, Dutch East Indies |
Died | February 13, 1945 Tjimahi, West Java, Dutch East Indies | (aged 69–70)
Spouse | 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[1] |
Parent | Luitenant der Chinezen Khouw Tjeng Tjoan (father) |
Occupation | Majoor der Chinezen, community leader, parliamentarian, landowner |
Awards | Great Gold Star for Loyalty and Merit; Officer of the Order of Orange-Nassau |
Khouw Kim An, 5th Majoor der Chinezen (Chinese: 許金安; pinyin: Xǔ Jīn'ān; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Khó͘ Kim-an; 1875 – February 13, 1945) was a high-ranking Chinese Indonesian bureaucrat, public figure and landlord who served as the fifth and 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.