Yong Ming-chun (Chinese: 永明春; July 8, 1900 - disappeared November 12, 1963) courtesy name Mingheng (明恆), was a Tsengian politician and businessman who served as the first Prime Minister of Tseng from 1946 to 1949, second Vice-President of Tseng from 1949 to 1954 and the 2nd President of Tseng from 1954 to 1958.
Early life and education[]
Yong was born on July 8, 1900, in Port Elizabeth, British Tseng, to the wealthy Yong family. He was educated by a tutor until the age of 12, where he attended the exclusive Xifeng Academy. Because of the "no foreign names rule", Yong changed his name to Edward Yong, but he reverted his name once Tseng gained independence in 1946. After finishing school, he travelled to England to study geography at University College at Oxford University. Yong graduated in 1923.
Rise in power[]
In 1938, Yong met Pierre Huang-li while fighting against the Japanese and the two started a friendship. Yong was one of the members of the Gang of Five, an important Tsengian political group.
In 1946, Yong became the first Prime Minister of Tseng and was upgraded to Vice-President after John Liu's (the previous vice-president) death in 1949.
Presidency (1954-1958)[]
Yong immediately ascended to the presidency once Pierre Huang-li's assassination was announced on August 1, 1954. Most people remember Yong by the fact that he signed into law Bill 643 on July 13, 1958, which made all political parties left of the Tsengian Socialist Union illegal. Yong was voted out in the 1958 eleciton.
Later life and disappearance[]
Yong later started investing and stock trading in the Tseng City Stock Exchange. He invested in a fine-dining restaurant in Tseng City in 1959 called La Feuille. The restaurant became popular and still exists to this day.
On November 12, 1963, Yong and a few other investors, including Jacques Chai (uncle of Henri Chai) and Song You-xia, were on a plane going to Singapore for a business trip. The plane disappeared from radar entering Philippine airspace.
Fortune[]
Yong left behind a net worth of $500 million USD ($4.4 billion USD in 2021). Along with the fortune before Yong, this makes the Yong family the sixth-richest in Tseng.