Georg Ludwig Cancrin | |
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Minister of Finance | |
In office April 22, 1823 – May 1, 1844 (O.S.) | |
Monarchs | Alexander I Nicholas I |
Preceded by | Dmitry Guriev |
Succeeded by | Fyodor Vronchenko |
Personal details | |
Born | November 16, 1774 Hanau, County of Hesse-Hanau, Holy Roman Empire |
Died | September 10, 1845 Pavlovsk, Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire | (aged 70)
Count Georg Ludwig Cancrin (Russian: Егор Францевич Канкрин; 16 November 1774 – 10 September 1845) was a Russian German aristocrat and as a politician best known for spearheading reforms in the Russian financial system early in the 19th century.[1]