Mikhail Loris-Melikov

Count Mikhail Tarielovich Loris-Melikov Граф Михаил Тариелович Лорис-Меликов Միքայել Լոռու-Մելիքյան
An 1888 portrait of Loris-Melikov by Ivan Aivazovsky.
Minister of the Interior
In office 6 August 1880 – 4 May 1881
Monarchs	Alexander II Alexander III
Preceded by	Lev Makov
Succeeded by	Nikolay Ignatyev
Personal details
Born	(1824-10-21)21 October 1824 Tiflis, Georgia Governorate, Caucasus Viceroyalty, Russian Empire (now Tbilisi, Georgia)
Died	24 December 1888(1888-12-24) (aged 64) Nice, France
Resting place	St. Kevork Armenian Apostolic Church, Tbilisi, Georgia
Spouse	Princess Nina Ivanovna Argutinska-Dolgorukova
Awards
Military service
Allegiance	Russian Empire
Branch/service	Imperial Russian Army Cavalry
Rank	General of the Cavalry & Adjutant general
Unit	IX Russian Army Corps
Battles/wars	Caucasian War Crimean War Russo-Turkish War of 1877-78 Battle of Kars Battle of Kızıl Tepe Battle of Aladzha

Count Mikhail Tarielovich Loris-Melikov (Russian: Граф Михаил Тариелович Лорис-Меликов, Armenian: Միքայել Լոռու-Մելիքյան; October 21 [O.S. November 2] 1824 – 24 December 1888) was a Russian-Armenian statesman, General of the Cavalry, and Adjutant General of H. I. M. Retinue.

The Princes of Lori - Loris-Melikovs are the representatives of an old noble family whose ancestors in the 14th century owned the town of Lori and the province of the same name. They belonged to the top aristocratic society of Georgia. In Russian nobility the princely family of the Loris-Melikovs (is translated from Georgian as “The Princes of Lori”) was approved in 1832.