Vladimir Kokovtsov
| Vladimir Kokovtsov | |
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| 4th Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Russian Empire |
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In office 9 September 1911 – 30 January 1914 |
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| Monarch | Nicholas II |
| Preceded by | Peter Stolypin |
| Succeeded by | Ivan Goremykin |
| Finance Minister of Imperial Russia | |
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In office 26 April 1906 – 30 January 1914 |
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| Prime Minister |
Ivan Logginovich Goremykin Pyotr Arkadyevich Stolypin Himself |
| Preceded by | Ivan Shipov |
| Succeeded by | Pyotr Bark |
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In office 5 February 1904 – 24 October 1905 |
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| Prime Minister | Sergei Yulyevich Witte |
| Preceded by | Eduard Pleske |
| Succeeded by | Ivan Shipov |
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Vladimir Nikolaevich Kokovtsov 18 April [O.S. 6 April] 1853 Russian Empire |
| Died | 29 January 1943 (aged 89) Paris, France |
| Nationality | Russian |
Count Vladimir Nikolaevich Kokovtsov (Russian: Влади́мир Никола́евич Коко́вцов; 18 April [O.S. 6 April] 1853 — 29 January 1943) was a Russian politician who served as the Prime Minister of Russia from 1911—1914, during the reign of Emperor Nicholas II.
He was born in Ujezd Borovichi in the Novgorod Governorate on 18 April [O.S. 6 April] 1853.
Following graduation from the Imperial Alexander Lyceum in December 1872 Kokovtsov applied for admittance to Saint Petersburg State University to study law on the recommendation of Aleksandr Gradovsky, Nikolai Tagantsev and S. Pakhman all notable legal authorities of the time. However, his father, who had promised to pay for his education suddenly died leaving the family in strained financial circumstances. As a result, instead of attending university he entered the civil service to provide him and his family an additional income.
Kokovtsov was admitted as a candidate for a civil service position in the Imperial Ministry of Justice serving first in the statistical, then the legislative and finally in the criminal office. From 1879–90 he served as Senior Inspector and Assistant Head of the Central Administration of Prisons. This period is noted for its prison reforms formulated by State Secretary K.K. Grot a senior member of the Imperial State Council. From 1890–96 he served in the State Council as Assistant State Secretary, State Secretary and finally as Assistant Imperial Secretary where he worked primarily on matters reviewed by the Russian Imperial State Council's Department of State Economy.
From 1896–1902 he served in one of the three Assistant Minister of Finance positions under Sergei Witte.
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