Viktor Kochubey

Prince Viktor Pavlovich Kochubey
Portrait by Franz Krüger, 1832

10th Chancellor of the Russian Empire
In office
4 May – 15 June 1834
MonarchNicholas I
Preceded byNikolay Rumyantsev
Succeeded byKarl Nesselrode

4th Chairman of the Committee of Ministers of the Russian Empire
In office
11 May 1827 – 15 June 1834
MonarchNicholas I
Preceded byPyotr Lopukhin
Succeeded byNikolay Novosiltsev

4th Chairman of the State Council of the Russian Empire
In office
11 May 1827 – 15 June 1834
MonarchNicholas I
Chairman of the Committee of MinistersHimself
Preceded byPyotr Lopukhin
Succeeded byNikolay Novosiltsev

1st and 5th Minister of Interior of Russian Empire
In office
20 September 1802 – 6 December 1807
MonarchAlexander I
Chairman of the Committee of MinistersVacant
Preceded byMinistry established
Succeeded byAleksei Kurakin
In office
16 November 1819 – 11 July 1823
MonarchAlexander I
Chairman of the Committee of MinistersPyotr Lopukhin
Preceded byAlexander Golitsyn
Succeeded byBalthasar von Campenhausen

11th President of the Collegium of Foreign Affairs
In office
12 October 1801 – 20 September 1802
MonarchAlexander I
Chairman of the Committee of MinistersVacant
Preceded byNikita Panin
Succeeded byAlexander Vorontsov (as Minister of Foreign Affairs)
BornViktor Pavlovich Kochubey
(1768-11-22)November 22, 1768
Dykanka
DiedJune 15, 1834(1834-06-15) (aged 65)
Moscow
Burial
RussianВиктор Кочубей
SignatureViktor Kochubey's signature

Prince Viktor Pavlovich Kochubey (Russian: Князь Ви́ктор Па́влович Кочубе́й); (22 November [O.S. 11 November] 1768 – 15 June [O.S. 3 June] 1834) was a Russian statesman and close aide of Alexander I of Russia. Of Ukrainian origin, he was a great-grandson of Vasily Kochubey. He took part in the Privy Committee that outlined Government reform of Alexander I. He served in London and Paris embassies as counsel, then as Ambassador to Turkey. In 1798 he was appointed to the board of College of Foreign Affairs and was made Count next year, but then Paul I of Russia exiled him. At the start of the reign of Alexander I, he joined the liberal Privy Committee that outlined Government reform of Alexander I. He was the Minister of Foreign Affairs in 1801–1802 and also Minister of the Interior until 1812, then in 1819–1825. Since 1827 he was the President of the State Council and Chairman of the Committee of Ministers. In 1834, he was granted the rank of Chancellor of the Russian Empire.