Statesmen
Sergei Witte
Finance, industry and diplomacy
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- 1892–1906
Minister of Finance associated with industrialisation, railway development and monetary reform. In 1905 he headed the delegation negotiating with Japan and became the first chairman of the reconstituted Council of Ministers. He helped prepare the Manifesto of 17 October.
- Lifetime
- 1849–1915
- Minister of Finance
- 1892–1903
- Chairman of the Council of Ministers
- 1905–1906