Ivan Logginovich Goremykin (Russian: Ива́н Логгинович Горемы́кин) (November 8, 1839 - December 24, 1917) was a Russian politician. A Russian lawyer with extreme conservative political views, Goremykin was a loyal supporter of Nicholas II and the autocracy. He served as interior minister (1895-99) before succeeding Sergei Witte as premier in 1906. However, as a strong opponent of political reform, he was in conflict with the First Duma and was soon forced to resign in July, 1906, and was replaced by Peter Stolypin. He again served as Prime Minister from 1914 to 1916 and accomplished nothing notable.
However during his tenure he submitted a proposal to the Emperor advocating administrative reform and the expansion of the Zemstvo program and representation within the existing Zemstvos.
Goremykin was also seen as a close ally of Gregory Rasputin and this made him extremely unpopular with Russia's leading politicians.
Goremykin was arrested during the February Revolution but Alexander Kerensky agreed that he should be allowed to retire to his estate in the Caucasus, where he was murdered by a mob after the October Revolution.
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