Count Mikhail Mikhailovich Speransky was a Russian statesman and reformist during the reign of Alexander I of Russia, to whom he was a close advisor. Honorary member of the Free Economic Society (1801) and the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences (1819). He later served under Tsar Nicholas I of Russia and was Active Privy Councillor (1827). Speransky is referred to as the father of Russian liberalism.
- Occupation
- statesperson, politician, jurist, philosopher
- Position held
- state secretary, member of the State Council of the Russian Empire
- Citizenship
- Russian Empire
- Born
- January 1, 1772, January 12, 1772
