Mikhail Speransky

His Excellency Count Mikhail M. Speransky
Михаил М. Сперанский
Portrait by Alexander Varnek, 1824
Born	(1772-01-12)12 January 1772 Cherkutino, Russia
Died	23 February 1839(1839-02-23) (aged 67) St. Petersburg, Russia
Nationality	Russian
Other names	Michael Speransky
Alma mater	Vladimir Theological Seminary Saint Petersburg Theological Academy
Occupations	Reformer Lawmaker
Children	Elisabeth Bagréeff-Speransky
Family	House of Speransky [ru]
Honours	Order of St. Alexander Nevsky (1812-01-13) Order of St. Vladimir 1st Class (1826) Order of St. Andrew (1833)
State Secretary of the Russian Empire
In office 13 January 1810 – 29 March 1812
Monarch	Alexander I
Preceded by	office created
Succeeded by	Alexander Semyonovich Shishkov

Count Mikhail Mikhailovich Speransky (Russian: Михаи́л Миха́йлович Спера́нский; 12 January 1772 – 23 February 1839)^[1] was a Russian 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).^[2] Speransky is referred to as the father of Russian liberalism.^{[citation needed]}