Alexander Trepov

Alexander Fyodorovitch Trepov (Russian: Александр Фёдорович Трепов, 30 September 1862, Kiev – 10 November 1928, Nice) was the prime minister of Russia from November 1916 until January 1917.

Life

Educated in His Majesty's Page Corps. Worked in the Ministry of the Interior (1889-1892). Elected Marshal of Nobility of Pereiaslavl Uezd (1892-1895). Assistant State Secretary (1899).

Member of the special commission to draft a plan for a State Duma, according to the rescript of February 18, 1905, and the Manifesto of October 17. Later, he was sent abroad to study the legislative institutions of Western Europe.

Senator in 1906. Member of the State Council since 1914. Trepov was appointed Transport Minister in November 1915 and prime minister in November 1916, keeping also his position of Transport Minister. He resigned just prior to the February Revolution as a result of disagreement with minister of interior Alexander Protopopov. He emigrated from Russia after the Bolshevik revolution.

Related to Fyodor Trepov.

References

• An obituary can be found in The Times, Monday, Nov 12, 1928; pg. 18 (using the old translitartion as Trepoff)
• V.I. Gurko. Features And Figures Of The Past. Government And Opinion In The Reign Of Nicholas II.