Nikolai von Bunge

Nikolai von Bunge
Portrait by Ivan Tyurin, 1887
Chairman of the Committee of Ministers of the Russian Empire
In office
31 December [O.S. 21 December] 1886 – 15 June [O.S. 3 June] 1895
MonarchAlexander III
Preceded byMichael von Reutern
Succeeded byIvan Durnovo
Minister of Finance
In office
7 July [O.S. 19 May] 1881 – 31 December [O.S. 21 December] 1886
MonarchAlexander III
Preceded byAlexander Abaza
Succeeded byIvan Vyshnegradsky
Senior sport offices
Deputy Minister of Finance
In office
27 October [O.S. 17 October] 1880 – 27 April [O.S. 6 May] 1881
Rector of St. Vladimir Imperial Kiev University
In office
1859–1880
MonarchAlexander II
Preceded byAleksandr Matveyev
Succeeded byKonstantin Feofilaktov
Personal details
Born23 November [O.S. 11 November] 1823
Kiev, Russian Empire
Died14 June [O.S. 3 June] 1895 (aged 71)
Alma materSt. Vladimir Imperial University
Occupation
  • Statesman
  • economist
  • politician
  • rector
  • academic
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Nikolai Karl Paul von Bunge, known in Russian as Nikolai Khristianovich Bunge (Russian: Николай Христианович Бунге; 23 November [O.S. 11 November] 1823 – 15 June [O.S. 3 June] 1895), was a Russian economist, academic and statesman who served as the minister of finance of the Russian Empire from 1881 to 1886. He is known as the preeminent architect of Russian capitalism under the reign of Alexander III. He was thus an economic liberal.