death_date children birth_date residence term_end death_place term_start spouse name occupation relations predecessor birth_place party office successor religion primeminister majority article_title
17 march 1988 3 daughters 21 may 1916 kuala lumpur april 8 , 1974 april 8 , 1974 kuala lumpur november , 1961 august 22 , 1959 toh puan catherine lim cheng neo tan siew sin mca chairman minister of finance son of tun dato sir tan cheng lock dr. cheah toon lok -lrb- acting -rrb- h.s. lee jalan heeren , malacca malayan chinese association -lrb- mca -rrb- 3rd of finance president of the malaysian chinese association malaysian minister tan sri lee san choon hussein onn buddhist tunku abdul rahman abdul razak chinese tan siew sin

tan siew sin

tun tan siew sin -lrb- ; 21 may 1916 -- 17 march 1988 -rrb- was malaya 's -lrb- later malaysia 's -rrb- first minister of commerce and industry , finance minister for 15 years , and president of the malayan chinese association -lrb- mca , later malaysian chinese association -rrb- .
