Pyotr Lopukhin

Portrait of Lopukhin by Stepan Shchukin

Pyotr Vasilyevich Lopukhin (1753, Saint Petersburg – 1827) was a Russian politician. He was president of the Council of Ministers from 1816 to 1827.

Marriage and issue

He married twice:

1. Praskovia Ivanovna, née Levshina - their daughter Anna was a mistress of Paul I of Russia.
2. Iekaterina, née Shetnevoy (1763–1839).

Life

Educated at home, he was recorded as Life Guards of the Transfiguration Regiment and entered service in 1769.

Preceded by Alexis Kourakine	Procurator General of the Governing Senate 1798–1799	Succeeded by Alexander Andreivitch Beklechov
Preceded by Gavrila Derzhavin	Procurator General of the Governing Senate (Minister of Justice of the Russian Empire) 1803–1810	Succeeded by Ivan Dmitriev
Preceded by Nikolay Saltykov	Chairman of the Russian Council of Ministers 1816–1827	Succeeded by Viktor Kochubey