自称是孔子的第七十五代裔孙的孔祥熙,青年时期经贸有术,在家乡山西太谷拥有一定资财。1927年4月投靠蒋介石集团,并促成蒋介石宋美龄联姻,从此官运亨通,历任工商、实业、财政等部部长和行政院副院长、院长等要职。孔主管财政达11年之久,对币制改革、支持西安事变和平解决以及支撑抗战财政,有过一定的贡献。但孔以权谋私、贪污腐败,一再受到舆论的指摘,1944年11月即被迫去职,从此离开政坛。
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