Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Russian Empire

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The Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Russian Empire was the empire’s de facto prime minister, overseeing the central government’s executive functions in the late imperial period.

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Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf government office ⓘ
prime ministerial position ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Russian Empire ⓘ
appointedBy Emperor of Russia ⓘ
linked to: Tsar of Russia
belongsToCategory heads of government by country ⓘ
political office in the Russian Empire ⓘ
constitutionalContext fundamental laws of the Russian Empire ⓘ
country Russian Empire ⓘ
deFactoRole prime minister of the Russian Empire ⓘ
endedWith collapse of the Russian Empire ⓘ
establishedInPeriod late Russian Empire ⓘ
governmentBranch executive branch of the Russian Empire ⓘ
governmentSystemContext Tsarist autocracy ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver imperial ministries of the Russian Empire ⓘ
hasCharacteristic centralized executive authority ⓘ
coordination of ministerial activities ⓘ
subordination to the monarch ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver Council of Ministers of the Russian Empire ⓘ
historicalRole coordination of imperial policy ⓘ
leadership of the Council of Ministers ⓘ
isDistinctFrom Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the USSR ⓘ
Prime Minister of the Russian Federation ⓘ
isHigherThan imperial ministers of the Russian Empire ⓘ
isOfficeIn imperial capital Saint Petersburg ⓘ
isPositionIn autocratic monarchy ⓘ
isPositionOf head of the imperial cabinet ⓘ
isRelatedTo Council of Ministers ⓘ
Russian monarchy ⓘ
imperial bureaucracy of Russia ⓘ
languageOfTitle Russian ⓘ
officeHolderTitleInRussian Председатель Совета министров Российской империи ⓘ
officeScope empire-wide ⓘ
officeType head of government ⓘ
partOf Council of Ministers of the Russian Empire ⓘ
politicalNature non-elective office ⓘ
politicalSystemContext Old Regime Russia ⓘ
linked to: Tsarist government
reportsTo Emperor of Russia ⓘ
linked to: Tsar of Russia
responsibleFor executive functions of the central government ⓘ
roleIn Government of the Russian Empire ⓘ
linked to: Tsarist government
scopeOfPower coordination of ministries ⓘ
implementation of imperial decrees ⓘ
state administration ⓘ
seat Saint Petersburg ⓘ
selectionMethod imperial appointment ⓘ
temporalContext pre-revolutionary Russia ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Council of Ministers of the Russian Empire → headOfGovernment → Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Russian Empire ⓘ
Sergei Witte → positionHeld → Prime Minister of the Russian Empire ⓘ
linked to: Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Russian Empire
Boris Stürmer → positionHeld → Prime Minister of the Russian Empire ⓘ
linked to: Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Russian Empire
Alexander Trepov → positionHeld → Prime Minister of the Russian Empire ⓘ
linked to: Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Russian Empire