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Witte Appointed Finance Minister

When
August 1892
Where
Russian Empire
Part of
Sergei Witte succeeds Ivan Vyshnegradsky as Russian finance minister

Sergei Witte was appointed Minister of Finance in August 1892, succeeding Ivan Vyshnegradsky, who had served since 1887.

Witte had previously served as Director of Railway Affairs under Vyshnegradsky. In August 1892, he was appointed to the post of Minister of Finance, a position he held for eleven years. This appointment occurred during the reign of Alexander III. The legacy record's date of September 15, 1892, is corrected to August 1892 per the sourced passage; no passage gives an exact day, and Saint Petersburg is not sourced as the location of the appointment.

Sources

  1. Sergei Witte Wikipedia, revision of 2026-10-03
  2. Alexander III of Russia Wikipedia, revision of 2026-10-06

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