Boris Stürmer
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Baron Boris Stürmer |
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| 6th Prime Minister of Russia | |
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In office 2 February 1916 – 23 November 1916 |
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| Monarch | Nicholas II |
| Preceded by | Ivan Goremykin |
| Succeeded by | Alexander Trepov |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia | |
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In office 7 July 1916 – 10 November 1916 |
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| Preceded by | Sergey Sazonov |
| Succeeded by | Nikolai Pokrovsky |
| Minister of the Interior of Russia | |
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In office 3 March 1916 – 7 July 1916 |
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| Preceded by | Alexei Khvostov |
| Succeeded by | Aleksandr Khvostov |
| Yaroslavl Governor | |
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In office 30 July 1896 – 10 August 1902 |
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| Preceded by | Alexey Fride |
| Succeeded by | Alexey Rogovich |
| Novgorod Governor | |
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In office 14 April 1894 – 30 July 1896 |
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| Preceded by | Alexander Molosolov |
| Succeeded by | Otton Medem |
| Personal details | |
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27 July 1848 Baykovo, Tver Governorate, Russian Empire |
| Died | 2 September 1917 (aged 69) Petrograd, Russian Republic |
| Nationality | Russian |
| Alma mater | Saint Petersburg State University |
Baron Boris Vladimirovich Stürmer (Russian: Бори́с Влади́мирович Штю́рмер, Boris Vladimirovich Shtyurmer) (27 July 1848 – 9 September 1917) was a Russian lawyer, a Master of Ceremonies at the Russian Court, and a district governor. He became a member of the Russian Assembly, and as a master of political compromise, he served as Prime Minister, and Minister of Internal Affairs and Foreign Minister of the Russian Empire in the year 1916, but he had little or no experience with Foreign Affairs.
Stürmer was born into a landowning family in Baykovo, Kesovogorsky District, Tver Governorate. His father Vladimir Vilgelmovich Stürmer was a retired Captain of Cavalry in the Imperial Russian Army. His mother was Ermoniya Panina.
As an honorary graduate of the Faculty of Law, Saint Petersburg State University in 1872, Stürmer entered the Ministry of Justice, the Governing Senate and the Interior Ministry. He was appointed in 1879 as Master of the Bedchamer at the Russian Imperial Court. Stürmer gained a reputation as "a great connoisseur of all sorts, especially diplomatic ceremonies". However, in the early 1890s his career took a completely unexpected turn.
In 1891 he became chairman of the district council in Tver. As an unquestionably talented administrator an appointment as Governor of Novgorod in 1894 and Yaroslavl in 1896 followed. Stürmer proved himself as a master of political compromise; he avoided any clash with Zemstvo, being patient. In a very delicate situation he "maneuvered quite well". He "declared himself a conservative not out of fear but out of conscience." Despite recurrent rumors of financial mismanagement, Stürmer became one of the most trusted administrators. In 1902 Vyacheslav von Plehve, the Minister of Interior, appointed him as director at the Ministry of Internal Affairs. After Plehve was killed, Stürmer was willing to succeed. The Tsar even signed a ukase to that effect, yet the post eventually went to Prince Svyatopolk-Mirsky. Stürmer was then admitted into the State Council of Imperial Russia in 1904. This appointment was "absolutely exceptional example in the history of Russian bureaucracy." After Bloody Sunday (1905) again Stürmer was mentioned to become Minister of Interior. Stürmer became close friends with Bobrinsky. He dreamed of "autocracy, located in combination with the constitutional regime." Stürmer was one of those representatives of the bureaucratic elite, who preferred to distance themselves from the extreme right. He enjoyed enormous prestige not only at the right but also from his left-wing colleagues. Few members of the Council of State could boast of such a relationship with the monarch.
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