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List of Ottoman grand viziers

The grand vizier of the Ottoman Empire (Turkish: Vezir-i Azam or Sadr-ı Azam (Sadrazam); Ottoman Turkish: صدر اعظم or وزیر اعظم) was the de facto prime minister of the sultan in the Ottoman Empire, with the absolute power of attorney and, in principle, removable only by the sultan himself in the classical period, before the Tanzimat reforms, or until the 1908 Revolution. He held the imperial seal and could summon all other viziers to attend to affairs of the state in the Imperial Council; the viziers in conference were called "kubbe viziers" in reference to their meeting place, the Kubbealtı ('under-the-dome') in Topkapı Palace. His offices were located at the Sublime Porte.

Grand vizier of the Ottoman Empire
Seal of the grand vizier
StyleHis Excellency
ResidenceBab-ı Ali
AppointerThe sultan
Formation1328
First holderAlaeddin Pasha
Final holderAhmet Tevfik Pasha
Abolished1 November 1922
SuccessionPrime Minister of Turkey

History

During the emerging phases of the Ottoman state, "vizier" was the only title used. The first of these Ottoman viziers who was titled "grand vizier" was Çandarlı Kara Halil Hayreddin Pasha (also known as Çandarlı Halil Pasha the Elder). The purpose in instituting the title "grand vizier" was to differentiate the holder of the sultan's seal from other viziers. The initially more regularly used title of vezir-i âzam was slowly replaced by sadrazam, both meaning grand vizier in practice. Throughout Ottoman history, the grand viziers have also been called sadr-ı âlî ('high vizier'), vekil-i mutlak ('absolute attorney'), sâhib-i devlet ('holder of the state'), serdar-ı ekrem ('gracious general'), serdar-ı azam ('grand general') and zât-ı âsafî ('vizieral person') and başnazır,[1] literally "prime minister" in Ottoman Turkish.

In the late periods of the Ottoman Empire, especially during and after the 19th century, the grand vizier began to hold a position almost identical to that of a prime minister in other European states.[2] Reforms seen during and after the Tanzimat (1838), the First Constitutional Era (1876–1878), and the Second Constitutional Era (1908–1920) further brought the office of the grand vizier in line with the European standard, making the incumbent the head of a Cabinet of other ministers. During the two constitutional eras, the grand vizier also served as the speaker of the Senate, the upper house of the bicameral Ottoman Parliament. With the establishment of the Republic of Turkey in 1923, the Prime Minister of Turkey took on the roles of the former office.

Grand viziers were often replaced or resigned in rapid succession, frequently leading to political instability. In the final 10 years of the Empire alone, the office of the grand vizier changed hands 13 times between 12 men; some, such as Ahmed Izzet Pasha and Salih Hulusi Pasha, held office for less than a month.

Absolute monarchy (1320–1839)

Grand Vizier Term of office Sultan
Portrait Epithet
Name
(Birth-Death)
Took office Left office Time in office
  Alaeddin Pasha

(d. 1331)

1320 1331 11 years Osman I

 
(1299–1326)

Orhan

 
(1326–1362)

  Nizamüddin Ahmed Pasha
(1281–1380)
1331 1348 17 years
  Mehmet Hacı Pasha
(?)
1348 1349 1 year
  Sinanüddin Fakih Yusuf Pasha
(d. 1364)
1349 September
1364 †
(Died in office)
15 years
Murad I

 
(1362–1389)

  Kara

Çandarlı Halil Hayreddin Pasha
(1330–1387)

1364 22 January
1387 †
(Died in office)
23 years, 21 days
Çandarlı Ali Pasha
(d. 1406)
1387 1406 †
(Died in office)
19 years
  Bayezid I
 
(1389–1402)
Süleyman Çelebi
 
(1402–1406)
  Osmancıklı
Imamzade Halil Pasha
(?)
1406 1413 7 years Mehmed I
 
(1413–1421)
  Amasyalı
Bayezid Pasha
(d. 1421)
1413 July
1421 †
(Fell in battle)
8 years
  Çandarlı Ibrahim Pasha the Elder
(d. 1429)
1421 1429 †
(Died in office)
8 years Murad II
 
(1421–1444)
  Koca Amasyalı
Mehmed Nizamüddin Pasha
(d. 1439)
1429 1439 10 years
Çandarlı Halil Pasha the Younger
(d. 1453)
1439 1 June
1453 †
(Imprisoned, executed)
14 years, 151 days
  Mehmed II
 
(1444–1446)
Murad II
 
(1446–1451)
Mehmed II
 
(1451–1481)
  Zaganos Pasha
(d. 1469)
1453 1456 3 years
  Mahmud Pasha Angelović
(1420–1474)
First term
1456 1468 12 years
  Rum Mehmed Pasha
(d. 1470)
1468 1469 1 year
  İshak Pasha
(d. 1487)
First term
1469 1472 3 years
  Mahmud Pasha Angelović
(1420–1474)
Second term
1472 1474 †
(Executed)
2 years
  Gedik Ahmed Pasha
(d. 1482)
1474 1477 3 years
  Karamani Mehmed Pasha
(d. 1481)
1477 4 May
1481 †
(Executed)
4 years
  İshak Pasha
(d. 1487)
Second term
1481 1482 1 year Bayezid II
 
(1481–1512)
  Koca
Davud Pasha
(1446–1498)
1482 1497 15 years
  Hersekzade Ahmed Pasha
(1459–1517)
First term
1497 1498 1 year
  Çandarlı Ibrahim Pasha the Younger
(1429–1499)
1498 1499 †
(Died in office)
1 year
  Mesih Pasha
(d. 1501)
1499 November
1501 †
(Died in office)
2 years
  Hadım
Ali Pasha
(d. 1511)
First term
1501 1503 2 years
  Hersekzade Ahmed Pasha
(1459–1517)
Second term
1503 1506 3 years
  Hadım
Ali Pasha
(d. 1511)
Second term
1506 July
1511 †
(Fell in battle)
5 years
  Hersekzade Ahmed Pasha
(1459–1517)
Third term
1511 1511 59 days
  Koca
Mustafa Pasha
(d. 1512)
1511 1512 †
(Executed)
1 year
  Hersekzade Ahmed Pasha
(1459–1517)
Fourth term
1512 28 November
1514
2 years, 331 days Selim I
 
(1512–1520)
  Dukakinzade Ahmed Pasha
(d. 1515)
18 December
1514
8 September
1515 †
(Executed)
264 days
  Hersekzade Ahmed Pasha
(1459–1517)
Fifth term
8 September
1515
26 April
1516
231 days
  Hadım
Sinan Pasha
(1459–1517)
26 April
1516
22 January
1517 †
(Fell in battle)
271 days
  Yunus Pasha
(d. 1517)
22 January
1517
13 September
1517 †
(Executed)
234 days
  Piri
Mehmed Pasha
(1465–1532)
25 January
1518
27 June
1523
5 years, 153 days
Suleiman I
 
(1520–1566)
  Pargalı İbrahim Pasha
(1495–1536)
27 June
1523
14 March
1536 †
(Executed)
12 years, 261 days
  Ayas Mehmed Pasha
(1483–1539)
14 March
1536
13 July
1539 †
(Died in office)
3 years, 121 days
  Çelebi
Lütfi Pasha
(1488–1564)
13 July
1539
April
1541
1 year, 262 days
  Hadım
Süleyman Pasha
(1467–1547)
April
1541
28 November
1544
3 years, 241 days
  Damat
Rüstem Pasha
(1500–1561)
First term
28 November
1544
6 October
1553
8 years, 312 days
  Kara
Ahmed Pasha
(d. 1555)
6 October
1553
29 September
1555 †
(Executed)
1 year, 358 days
  Damat
Rüstem Pasha
(1500–1561)
Second term
29 September
1555
10 July
1561 †
(Died in office)
5 years, 284 days
  Semiz Ali Pasha
(d. 1565)
10 July
1561
28 June
1565 †
(Died in office)
3 years, 353 days
Sokollu Mehmed Pasha
(1506–1579)
28 June
1565
12 October
1579 †
(Assassinated)
14 years, 106 days
  Selim II
 
(1566–1574)
Murad III
 
(1574–1595)
  Semiz Ahmed Pasha[3][4][5][6][7](1492–1580) 12 October
1579
27 April
1580 †
(Died in office)
199 days
  Kara Lala
Mustafa Pasha
(1500–1580)
28 April
1580
7 August
1580 †
(Died in office)
101 days
  Koca
Sinan Pasha
(1506–1596)
First term
7 August
1580
6 December
1582
2 years, 121 days
  Kanijeli Siyavuş Pasha
(d. 1602)
First term
24 December
1582
25 July
1584
1 year, 214 days
  Özdemiroğlu Osman Pasha
(1526–1585)
28 July
1584
29 October
1585 †
(Died in office)
1 year, 93 days
  Hadım
Mesih Pasha
(d. 1589)
1 November
1585
14 April
1586
164 days
  Kanijeli Siyavuş Pasha
(d. 1602)
Second term
14 April
1586
2 April
1589
(Deposed)
2 years, 353 days
  Koca
Sinan Pasha
(1506–1596)
Second term
14 April
1589
1 August
1591
2 years, 109 days
  Serdar Ferhad Pasha
(d. 1595)
First term
1 August
1591
4 April
1592
247 days
  Kanijeli Siyavuş Pasha
(d. 1602)
4 April
1592
28 January
1593
299 days
  Koca
Sinan Pasha
(1506–1596)
Third term
28 January
1593
16 February
1595
2 years, 19 days
Mehmed III
 
(1595–1603)
  Serdar Ferhad Pasha
(d. 1595)
Second term
16 February
1595
7 July
1595
141 days
  Koca
Sinan Pasha
(1506–1596)
Fourth term
7 July
1595
19 November
1595
135 days
  Lala
Tekeli Mehmed Pasha
(d. 1595)
19 November
1595
28 November
1595 †
(Died in office)
9 days
  Koca
Sinan Pasha
(1506–1596)
Fifth term
1 December
1595
3 April
1596 †
(Died in office)
124 days
  Damat
Ibrahim Pasha
(1517–1601)
First term
4 April
1596
27 October
1596
206 days
  Cağalazâde Yusuf Sinan Pasha
(1545–1605)
27 October
1596
5 December
1596
39 days
  Damat
Ibrahim Pasha
(1517–1601)
Second term
5 December
1596
3 November
1597
332 days
  Hadım
Hasan Pasha
(d. 1598)
3 November
1597
9 April
1598 †
(Imprisoned, executed)
157 days
  Cerrah
Mehmed Pasha
(d. 1604)
9 April
1598
6 January
1599
272 days
  Damat
Ibrahim Pasha
(1517–1601)
Third term
6 January
1599
10 July
1601 †
(Died in office)
2 years, 185 days
  Damat Yemişçi
Hasan Pasha
(1535–1603)
22 July
1601
4 October
1603 †
(Executed)
2 years, 74 days
  Yavuz Ali Pasha
(d. 1604)
16 October
1603
26 July
1604 †
(Died in office)
253 days
Ahmed I
 
(1603–1617)
  Lala
Sokolluzade Mehmed Pasha
(d. 1606)
5 August
1604
21 June
1606 †
(Died in office)
1 year, 320 days
  Boşnak
Derviş Mehmed Pasha
(1569–1606)
21 June
1606
9 December
1606 †
(Executed)
171 days
  Kuyucu
Murad Pasha
(1535–1611)
11 December
1606
5 August
1611 †
(Died in office)
4 years, 237 days
  Damat Gümülcineli
Nasuh Pasha
(d. 1614)
5 August
1611
17 October
1614 †
(Executed)
3 years, 73 days
  Kara Damat Öküz
Mehmed Pasha
(d. 1619)
First term
17 October
1614
17 November
1616
2 years, 31 days
Damat
Halil Pasha
(1570–1629)
First term
17 November
1616
18 January
1619
2 years, 62 days
  Mustafa I
 
(1617–1618)
Osman II
 
(1618–1622)
  Kara Damat Öküz
Mehmed Pasha
(d. 1619)
Second term
18 January
1619
23 December
1619 †
(Assassinated)
339 days
  Güzelce
Ali Pasha
(d. 1621)
23 December
1619
9 March
1621 †
(Died in office)
1 year, 76 days
  Ohridli
Hüseyin Pasha
(d. 1622)
9 March
1621
17 September
1621
(Lynched)
192 days
  Dilaver Pasha
(d. 1622)
17 September
1621
20 May
1622 †
(Lynched)
245 days
  Kara
Davud Pasha
(1570–1623)
20 May
1622
13 June
1622 †
(Executed)
24 days Mustafa I

 
(1622–1623)

  Mere
Hüseyin Pasha
(d. 1624)
First term
13 June
1622
8 July
1622
25 days
  Lefkeli Mustafa Pasha
(d. 1648)
8 July
1622
21 September
1622
75 days
Murad IV
 

(1623–1640)

  Hadım
Mehmed Pasha
(d. 1626)
21 September
1622
5 February
1623
137 days
  Mere
Hüseyin Pasha
(d. 1624)
Second term
5 February
1623
30 August
1623
206 days
  Kara Kemankeş
Ali Pasha
(d. 1624)
30 August
1623
3 April
1624 †
(Executed)
217 days
  Çerkez
Mehmed Pasha
(d. 1625)
3 April
1624
28 January
1625 †

(Died in office)

300 days
  Hafız
Ahmed Pasha
(1564–1632)
First term
8 February
1625
1 December
1626
1 year, 296 days
  Damat
Halil Pasha
(1570–1629)
Second term
1 December
1626
6 April
1628
1 year, 127 days
  Gazi
Ekrem Hüsrev Pasha
(d. 1632)
6 April
1628
25 October
1631
3 years, 202 days
  Hafız
Ahmed Pasha
(1564–1632)
Second term
25 October
1631
10 February
1632 †
(Lynched)
108 days
  Topal
Recep Pasha
(d. 1632)
10 February
1632
18 May
1632 †
(Executed)
98 days
  Tabanıyassı
Mehmed Pasha
(1589–1637)
18 May
1632
2 February
1637
4 years, 260 days
  Bayram Pasha
(d. 1638)
2 February
1637
26 August
1638
1 year, 205 days
  Tayyar
Mehmed Pasha
(d. 1638)
27 August
1638
24 December
1638 †
(Fell in battle)
119 days
  Kara Kemankeş
Mustafa Pasha
(1592–1644)
23 December
1638
31 January
1644 †
(Executed)
5 years, 39 days
Ibrahim
 
(1640–1648)
  Sultanzade Mehmet Pasha
(1603–1646)
31 January
1644
17 December
1645
1 year, 320 days
  Nevesinli Salih Pasha
(d. 1647)
17 December
1645
16 September
1647 †
(Executed)
1 year, 273 days
  Kara
Musa Pasha
(d. 1649)
16 September
1647
21 September
1647
5 days
  Hazarpare
Ahmet Pasha
(d. 1648)
21 September
1647
8 August
1648 †
(Lynched)
322 days
  Sofu
Mehmed Pasha
(d. 1649)
8 August
1648
21 May
1649 †
(Exiled, executed)
286 days Mehmed IV
 
(1648–1687)
  Kara Dev
Murat Pasha
(1595–1655)
First term
21 May
1649
5 August
1651
2 years, 76 days
  Damat Melek
Ahmed Pasha
(1604–1662)
5 August
1651
21 August
1651
16 days
  Abaza
Siyavuş Pasha the Elder
(d. 1656)
21 August
1651
27 September
1651
37 days
  Gürcü
Mehmed Pasha
(d. 1665)
27 September
1651
20 June
1652
267 days
  Tarhoncu Ahmed Pasha
(d. 1653)
20 June
1652
21 March
1653 †

(Executed)

274 days
  Koca
Dervish Mehmed Pasha
(d. 1655)
21 March
1653
28 October
1654
1 year, 221 days
  İpşiri Mustafa Pasha
(1607–1655)
28 October
1654
11 May
1655 †
(Executed)
195 days
  Kara Dev
Murat Pasha
(1595–1655)
Second term
11 May
1655
19 August
1655
100 days
  Ermeni
Suleyman Pasha
(1607–1687)
19 August
1655
28 February
1656
193 days
  Deli Gazi
Hüseyin Pasha
(d. 1659)
28 February
1656
5 March
1656
6 days
  Zurnazen Mustafa Pasha
(d. 1666)
5 March
1656
5 March
1656
4 hours[8]
  Abaza
Siyavuş Pasha the Elder
(d. 1656)
5 March
1656
25 April
1656 †
(Died in office)
51 days
  Boynuyaralı Mehmed Pasha
(d. 1665)
26 April
1656
15 September
1656
142 days
  Köprülü Mehmed Pasha
(1575–1661)
15 September
1656
31 October
1661 †
(Died in office)
5 years, 46 days
  Köprülü Fazıl Ahmed Pasha
(1635–1676)
31 October
1661
19 October
1676 †
(Died in office)
14 years, 354 days
  Kara
Mustafa Pasha
(1635–1683)
19 October
1676
25 December
1683 †
(Executed)
7 years, 67 days
  Kara
İbrahim Pasha
(d. 1687)
15 December
1683
18 November
1685
1 year, 338 days
  Sarı
Süleyman Pasha
(d. 1687)
18 November
1685
18 September
1687 †
(Deposed)
3 years, 304 days
  Abaza

Siyavuş Pasha the Younger
(d. 1688)

18 September
1687
23 February
1688 †
(Murdered)
158 days
Suleiman II

 
(1687–1691)

  Ayaşlı İsmail Pasha
(1620–1690)
23 February
1688
2 May
1688
69 days
  Bekri
Mustafa Pasha
(d. 1690)
30 May
1688
7 November
1689
1 year, 161 days
  Köprülü Fazıl Mustafa Pasha
(1637–1691)
10 November
1689
19 August
1691 †
(Fell in battle)
1 year, 282 days
Ahmed II
 
(1691–1695)
  Arabacı
Ali Pasha
(1620–1693)
24 August
1691
21 March
1692
210 days
  Hacı
Merfizonlu Ali Pasha
(d. 1698)
23 March
1692
17 March
1693
359 days
  Bozoklu Mustafa Pasha
(1638–1698)
17 March
1693
13 March
1694
360 days
  Sürmeli Ali Pasha
(1645–1695)
13 March
1694
22 April
1695
359 days
Mustafa II

 
(1695–1703)

  Elmas
Mehmed Pasha
(1661–1697)
3 May
1695
11 September
1697 †
(Fell in battle)
2 years, 131 days
  Amcazade Köprülü Hüseyin Pasha
(1644–1702)
17 September
1697
4 September
1702
4 years, 352 days
  Daltaban
Mustafa Pasha
(d. 1703)
4 September
1702
24 January
1703 †
(Executed)
142 days
  Rami Mehmed Pasha
(1645–1706)
25 January
1703
22 August
1703
(Deposed)
209 days
  Nişancı
Kavanoz Ahmed Pasha
(d. 1705)
22 August
1703
16 November
1703
86 days Ahmed III
 
(1703–1730)
  Damat
Hasan Pasha
(1658–1713)
18 November
1703
28 September
1704
315 days
  Hacı
Kalaylıkoz Ahmed Pasha [tr]
(d. 1715)
October
1704
25 December
1704
85 days
  Baltacı
Mehmed Pasha
(1652–1712)
First term
25 December
1704
3 May
1706
1 year, 129 days
  Damat
Çorlulu Ali Pasha
(1670–1711)
3 May
1706
15 June
1710
4 years, 43 days
  Köprülü Numan Pasha
(1670–1719)
16 June
1710
17 August
1710
62 days
  Baltacı
Mehmed Pasha
(1652–1712)
Second term
18 August
1710
20 November
1711
1 year, 94 days
  Ağa
Yusuf Pasha
(d. 1713)
20 November
1711
11 November
1712
357 days
  Nişancı
Süleyman Pasha
(d. 1715)
12 November
1712
6 April
1713
145 days
  Hoca Ibrahim Pasha [tr]
(d. 1713)
6 April
1713
7 April
1713 †
(Executed)
1 day
  Damat Silahdar
Ali Pasha
(1667–1716)
27 April
1713
5 August
1716 †
(Fell in battle)
3 years, 100 days
  Hacı
Halil Pasha
(d. 1733)
21 August
1716
26 August
1717
1 year, 5 days
  Nişancı
Mehmed Pasha [tr]
(d. 1728)
26 August
1717
9 May
1718
256 days
  Damat Nevşehirli
Ibrahim Pasha
(1662–1730)
9 May
1718
1 October
1730 †
(Lynched)
12 years, 145 days
  Damat Silahdar
Mehmed Pasha [tr]
(d. 1737)
16 October
1730
23 January
1731
99 days Mahmud I
 
(1730–1754)
  Kabakulak Ibrahim Pasha [tr]
(d. 1743)
23 January
1731
11 September
1731
231 days
  Topal
Osman Pasha
(1663–1733)
21 September
1731
12 March
1732
173 days
  Hekimoğlu Ali Pasha
(1689–1758)
First term
12 March
1732
14 July
1735
3 years, 124 days
  Gürcü
İsmail Pasha [tr]
(d. 1738)
14 July
1735
25 December
1735
164 days
  Silahdar Seyyid
Mehmed Pasha [tr]
(d. 1757)
10 January
1736
5 August
1737
1 year, 207 days
  Muhsinzade Abdullah Pasha [tr]
(1661–1757)
22 August
1737
19 December
1737
119 days
  Yeğen Mehmed Pasha [tr]
(d. 1745)
3 December
1737
23 March
1739
1 year, 110 days
  İvaz Mehmed Pasha
(d. 1743)
17 March
1739
23 June
1740
1 year, 98 days
  Nişancı Kör Hacı
Ahmed Pasha
(d. 1753)
22 July
1740
7 April
1742
2 years, 259 days
  Hekimoğlu Ali Pasha
(1689–1758)
Second term
21 April
1742
4 October
1742
166 days
  Seyyid
Hasan Pasha
(d. 1748)
4 October
1742
10 August
1746
3 years, 310 days
  Hacı
Tiryaki Mehmed Pasha [tr]
(1680–1751)
11 August
1746
24 August
1747
1 year, 13 days
  Seyyid
Abdullah Pasha
(d. 1760)
24 August
1747
2 January
1750
2 years, 131 days
  Divitdar
Mehmed Emin Pasha
(d. 1753)
9 January
1750
1 July
1752
2 years, 174 days
  Köse
Bahir Mustafa Pasha
(d. 1765)
1 July
1752
16 February
1755
2 years, 230 days
Osman III
 
(1754–1757)
  Hekimoğlu Ali Pasha
(1689–1758)
Third term
16 February
1755
19 May
1755
92 days
  Naili Abdullah Pasha
(d. 1758)
19 May
1755
24 August
1755
97 days
  Nişancı Silahdar
Bıyıklı Ali Paşa [tr]
(d. 1755)
24 August
1755
23 October
1755 †
(Executed)
60 days
  Yirmisekizzade Mehmed Said Pasha
(d. 1761)
25 October
1755
1 April
1756
159 days
  Köse
Bahir Mustafa Pasha
(d. 1765)
First term
30 April
1756
3 December
1756
217 days
  Koca
Ragıp Pasha
(1698–1763)
12 January
1757
8 April
1763 †
(Died in office)
6 years, 86 days
Mustafa III
 
(1757–1774)
  Tevkii Hamza Hamid Pasha [tr]
(1688–1770)
11 April
1763
29 September
1763
171 days
  Köse
Bahir Mustafa Pasha
(d. 1765)
Second term
29 September
1763
30 March
1765 †
(Dismissed, executed)
1 year, 213 days
  Muhsinzade Mehmed Pasha [tr]
(1704–1774)
First term
30 March
1765
7 August
1768
3 years, 130 days
  Silahdar
Hamza Mahir Pasha [tr]
(1727–1771)
7 August
1768
20 October
1768
74 days
  Yağlıkçızade Mehmed Emin Pasha [tr]
(1724–1769)
20 October
1768
12 August
1769 †
(Dismissed, executed)
296 days
  Moldovancı Ali Pasha [tr]
(d. 1773)
12 August
1769
12 December
1769
122 days
  İvazzade Halil Pasha
(1724–1777)
13 December
1769
25 December
1770
1 year, 12 days
  Silahdar
Cihangirli Mehmed Paşa [tr]
(1710–1788)
25 December
1770
11 December
1771
351 days
  Muhsinzade Mehmed Pasha [tr]
(1704–1774)
Second term
11 December
1771
6 August
1774 †
(Died in office)
2 years, 238 days
Abdul Hamid I

 
(1774–1789)

  İzzet Mehmed Pasha
(1723–1784)
11 August
1774
7 July
1775
330 days
  Moralı Derviş Mehmed Pasha [tr]
(1735–1777)
7 July
1775
5 January
1777
1 year, 182 days
  Darendeli Mehmed Pasha [tr]
(1714–1784)
5 January
1777
1 September
1778
1 year, 239 days
  Kalafat Mehmed Pasha [tr]
(d. 1792)
1 September
1778
22 August
1779
355 days
  Silahdar Seyyid
Mehmed Pasha [tr]
(1735–1781)
22 August
1779
20 February
1781 †
(Died in office)
1 year, 182 days
  İzzet Mehmed Pasha
(1723–1784)
20 February
1781
25 August
1782
1 year, 186 days
  Hacı Yeğen
Mehmed Paşa [tr]

(1726–1787)
25 August
1782
31 December
1782
128 days
  Halil Hamid Pasha
(1736–1785)
31 December
1782
30 April
1785 †
(Executed)
2 years, 120 days
  Şahin Ali Paşa [tr]
(d. 1789)
30 April
1785
25 January
1786
270 days
  Koca
Yusuf Pasha
(1730–1800)
First term
25 January
1786
28 May
1789
3 years, 123 days
Selim III

 
(1789–1807)

  Meyyit Kethüda
Hasan Pasha
(d. 1810)
28 May
1789
2 January
1790
219 days
  Gazi Cezayirli
Hasan Pasha
(1713–1790)
2 January
1790
30 March
1790 †
(Died in office)
87 days
  Şerif Hasan Pasha [tr]
(d. 1791)
16 April
1790
12 February
1791 †
(Assassinated)
302 days
  Koca
Yusuf Pasha
(1730–1800)
Second term
12 February
1791
1792 323 days
  Damat
Melek Mehmed Pasha [tr]
(1719–1802)
1792 21 October
1794
2 years, 293 days
  Safranbolulu İzzet Mehmet Pasha
(1743–1812)
21 October
1794
23 October
1798
4 years, 2 days
  Kör
Yusuf Ziyaüddin Pasha
(d. 1819)
First term
23 October
1798
24 June
1805
6 years, 244 days
  Bostancıbaşı
Hafız İsmail Pasha [tr]
(1758–1807)
24 September
1805
13 October
1806
1 year, 19 days
  Keçiboynuzu İbrahim Hilmi Pasha [tr]
(1747–1825)
13 October
1806
3 June
1807
233 days
Mustafa IV

 
(1807–1808)

  Çelebi Mustafa Pasha [tr]
(d. 1811)
3 June
1807
28 July
1808
1 year, 55 days
  Alemdar/Bayrakdar
Mustafa Pasha
(1750–1808)
29 July
1808
15 November
1808 †
(Committed suicide)
109 days Mahmud II

 
(1808–1839)

  Çavuşbaşı
Memiş Pasha [tr]
(d. 1809)
16 November
1808
December
1808
15 days
  Çarhacı Ali Pasha [tr]
(d. 1823)
December
1808
March
1809
90 days
  Kör
Yusuf Ziyaüddin Pasha
(d. 1819)
Second term
March
1809
February
1811
1 year, 337 days
  Laz
Aziz Ahmed Pasha
(d. 1819)
February
1811
July
1812
1 year, 151 days
  Hurşit Ahmed Pasha
(d. 1822)
July
1812
30 March
1815
2 years, 272 days
  Mehmed Emin Rauf Pasha
(1780–1860)
First term
30 March
1815
6 January
1818
2 years, 282 days
  Burdurlu Derviş Mehmed Pasha [tr]
(1765–1837)
6 January
1818
5 January
1820
1 year, 364 days
  Seyyid
Ispartalı Ali Pasha [tr]
(1756–1826)
5 January
1820
21 April
1821
1 year, 106 days
  Benderli Ali Pasha
(d. 1821)
21 April
1821
30 April
1821 †
(Executed)
9 days
  Hacı
Izmirli Salih Pasha [tr]
(d. 1828)
30 April
1821
11 November
1822
1 year, 195 days
  Bostancıbaşı Deli
Abdullah Pasha [tr]
(d. 1823)
11 November
1822
4 March
1823
113 days
  Silahdar
Turnacızade Ali Pasha [tr]
(d. 1829)
4 March
1823
13 December
1823
284 days
  Mehmed Said Galip Pasha
(1763–1829)
13 December
1823
15 September
1824
277 days
  Mehmed Selim Pasha
(1771–1831)
15 September
1824
26 October
1828
4 years, 41 days
  Topal
İzzet Mehmed Pasha
(1792–1855)
26 October
1828
28 January
1829
94 days
  Reşid Mehmed Pasha
(1780–1836)
28 January
1829
17 February
1833
4 years, 20 days
  Mehmed Emin Rauf Pasha
(1780–1860)
Second term
17 February
1833
8 July
1839
6 years, 141 days
Abdul Mecid
 
(1839–1861)
  Koca
Hüsrev Mehmed Pasha
(1769–1855)
8 July
1839
3 November
1839
118 days
Proclamation of the Gülhane Edict

Tanzimat (1839–1876)

The Gülhane edict was announced soon after Abdul Mecid's sword girding, ushering in the Tanzimat period, a time of major bureaucratic and administrative reform.

Grand Vizier Term of office Sultan
Portrait Epithet
Name
(Birth-Death)
Took office Left office Time in office
  Koca
Hüsrev Mehmed Pasha
(1769–1855)
3 November
1839
29 May
1841
1 year, 207 days Abdul Mecid
 
(1839–1861)
  Mehmed Emin Rauf Pasha
(1780–1860)
Third term
29 May
1841
7 October
1841
131 days
  Topal
İzzet Mehmed Pasha
(1792–1855)
7 October
1841
3 September
1842
331 days
  Mehmed Emin Rauf Pasha
(1780–1860)
Fourth term
3 September
1842
31 July
1846
3 years, 331 days
  Koca
Mustafa Reşid Pasha
(1800–1858)
First term
31 July
1846
28 April
1848
1 year, 272 days
  İbrahim Sarim Pasha
(1801–1853)
28 April
1848
13 August
1848
107 days
  Koca
Mustafa Reşid Pasha
(1800–1858)
Second term
13 August
1848
26 January
1852
3 years, 166 days
  Mehmed Emin Rauf Pasha
(1780–1860)
Fifth term
27 January
1852
7 March
1852
40 days
  Koca
Mustafa Reşit Pasha
(1800–1858)
Third term
7 March
1852
7 August
1852
153 days
  Mehmed Emin Âli Pasha
(1815–1871)
First term
7 August
1852
4 October
1852
58 days
  Damat
Mehmed Ali Pasha
(1813–1868)
4 October
1852
14 May
1853
222 days
  Mustafa Naili Pasha
(1798–1871)
First term
14 May
1853
30 May
1854
1 year, 16 days
  Kıbrıslı
Mehmed Emin Pasha
(1813–1871)
First term
30 May
1854
24 November
1854
178 days
  Koca
Mustafa Reşid Pasha
(1800–1858)
Fourth term
24 November
1854
4 May
1855
161 days
  Mehmed Emin Âli Pasha
(1815–1871)
Second term
4 May
1855
1 December
1856
1 year, 211 days
  Koca
Mustafa Reşid Pasha
(1800–1858)
Fifth term
1 December
1856
2 August
1857
244 days
  Mustafa Naili Pasha
(1798–1871)
Second term
2 August
1857
23 October
1857
82 days
  Koca
Mustafa Reşid Pasha
(1800–1858)
Sixth term
23 October
1857
7 January
1858 †
(Died in office)
76 days
  Mehmed Emin Âli Pasha
(1815–1871)
Third term
11 January
1858
8 October
1859
1 year, 270 days
  Kıbrıslı
Mehmed Emin Pasha
(1813–1871)
Second term
8 October
1859
24 December
1859
77 days
  Mütercim
Mehmed Rüşdi Pasha
(1811–1882)
First term
24 December
1859
27 May
1860
155 days
  Kıbrıslı
Mehmed Emin Pasha
(1813–1871)
Third term
27 May
1860
6 August
1861
1 year, 71 days
Abdul Aziz
 
(1861–1876)
  Mehmed Emin Âli Pasha
(1815–1871)
Fourth term
6 August
1861
22 November
1861
108 days
  Keçecizade
Mehmed Fuad Pasha
(1814–1869)
First term
22 November
1861
6 January
1863
1 year, 45 days
  Yusuf Kamil Pasha
(1808–1876)
6 January
1863
3 June
1863
148 days
  Keçecizade
Mehmed Fuad Pasha
(1814–1869)
Second term
3 June
1863
5 June
1866
3 years, 2 days
  Mütercim
Mehmed Rüşdi Pasha
(1811–1882)
Second term
5 June
1866
11 February
1867
251 days
  Mehmed Emin Âli Pasha
(1815–1871)
Fifth term
11 February
1867
7 September
1871 †
(Died in office)
4 years, 208 days
  Mahmud Nedim Pasha
(1818–1883)
First term
7 September
1871
31 July
1872
328 days
  Ahmed Şefik Midhat Pasha
(1822–1883)
First term
31 July
1872
19 October
1872
80 days
  Mütercim
Mehmed Rüşdi Pasha
(1811–1882)
Third term
19 October
1872
15 February
1873
119 days
  Ahmed Esat Pasha
(1828–1875)
First term
15 February
1873
15 April
1873
59 days
  Şirvanlı Mehmed Rüşdi Pasha
(1828–1874)
15 April
1873
14 February
1874
305 days
  Hüseyin Avni Pasha
(1820–1876)
14 February
1874
25 April
1875
1 year, 70 days
  Ahmed Esat Pasha
(1828–1875)
Second term
25 April
1875
21 August
1875 †
(Died in office)
118 days
  Mahmud Nedim Pasha
(1818–1883)
Second term
21 August
1875
11 May
1876
264 days
  Mütercim
Mehmed Rüşdi Pasha

(1811–1882)

Fourth term

12 May
1876
13 December
1876
215 days Murad V
 
(1876)
Abdul Hamid II
 
(1876–1909)
Promulgation of Constitution

First Constitutional Monarchy (1876–1878)

Under pressure from the Young Ottomans which overthrew his relatives Abdul Aziz and Murad V, Abdul Hamid II promulgated a constitution and parliament upon his ascension to the throne.

Grand Vizier Term of office Legislature Government Sultan
Portrait Epithet
Name
(Birth-Death)
Took office Left office Time in office
  Mütercim
Mehmed Rüşdi Pasha
(1811–1882)
Fourth term
13 December
1876
19 December
1876
6 days Mütercim Rüşdi IV Abdul Hamid II
 
(1876–1909)
  Ahmed Şefik Midhat Pasha
(1822–1883)
Second term
19 December
1876
5 February
1877
48 days Midhat II
  İbrahim Edhem Pasha
(1819–1893)
5 February
1877
11 January
1878
340 days Edhem
I
(1876)
II
(1877)
  Ahmed Hamdi Pasha
(1826–1885)
11 January
1878
4 February
1878
24 days Hamdi
  Ahmed Vefik Pasha
(1823–1891)
First term
4 February
1878
14 February
1878
10 days Vefik I
Constitution suspended

İstibdat (1878–1908)

Abdul Hamid II suspended the constitution and parliament in the aftermath of the 1877–1878 Russo Turkish war, and ruled the Ottoman Empire for the next three decades in a personal dictatorship. Historians have dubbed this era of Ottoman history as İstibdat (despotism).

Grand Vizier Term of office Government Sultan
Portrait Epithet
Name
(Birth-Death)
Took office Left office Time in office
  Ahmed Vefik Pasha
(1823–1891)
First term
14 February
1878
18 April
1878
63 days Vefik I Abdul Hamid II
 
(1876–1909)
  Mehmed Sadık Pasha
(1826–1901)
18 April
1878
28 May
1878
40 days Sadık
  Mütercim
Mehmed Rüşdi Pasha
(1811–1882)
Fifth term
28 May
1878
4 June
1878
7 days Mütercim Rüşdi V
  Mehmed Esat Saffet Pasha
(1814–1883)
4 June
1878
October
1878
119 days Saffet
  Tunuslu
Hayreddin Pasha
(1820–1890)
October
1878
28 July
1879
300 days Hayreddin
  Ahmed Arifi Pasha
(1830–1896)
28 July
1879
September
1879
35 days Arifi
  Küçük
Mehmed Said Pasha
(1838–1914)
First term
18 October
1879
9 June
1880
235 days Said I
  Mehmed Kadri Pasha

(1832–1884)

9 June
1880
12 September
1880
95 days Kadri
  Küçük
Mehmed Said Pasha
(1838–1914)
Second term
12 September
1880
2 May
1882
1 year, 232 days Said II
  Abdurrahman Nureddin Pasha
(1833–1912)
2 May
1882
12 July
1882
71 days Nureddin
  Küçük
Mehmed Said Pasha
(1838–1914)
Third term
12 July
1882
30 November
1882
141 days Said III
  Ahmed Vefik Pasha
(1823–1891)
Second term
1 December
1882
3 December
1882
2 days Vefik II
  Küçük
Mehmed Said Pasha
(1838–1914)
Fourth term
3 December
1882
24 September
1885
2 years, 295 days Said IV
  Mehmed Kâmil Pasha
(1833–1913)
First term
25 September
1885
4 September
1891
5 years, 344 days Kâmil I
  Ahmed Cevat Şakir Pasha
(1851–1900)
4 September
1891
8 June
1895
3 years, 277 days Şakir
  Küçük
Mehmed Said Pasha
(1838–1914)
Fifth term
9 June
1895
3 October
1895
116 days Said V
  Mehmed Kâmil Pasha
(1833–1913)
Second term
3 October
1895
7 November
1895
35 days Kâmil II
  Halil Rifat Pasha
(1820–1901)
7 November
1895
9 November
1901 †
(Died in office)
6 years, 2 days Rifat
  Küçük
Mehmed Said Pasha
(1838–1914)
Sixth term
13 November
1901
15 January
1903
1 year, 63 days Said VI
  Mehmed Ferid Pasha
(1851–1914)
15 January
1903
22 July
1908
5 years, 189 days Avyonyalı Ferid
Young Turk Revolution, constitution repromulgated

Second Constitutional Monarchy (1908–1920)

The Young Turks force Abdul Hamid II to reinstate the constitution and parliament on 24 July 1908. Political parties were introduced in the Second Constitutional Era.

  Union and Progress Party

  Liberty Party, Freedom and Accord Party

Grand Vizier Term of office Political Party Government Legislature Sultan
Portrait Epithet
Name
(Birth-Death)
Took office Left office Time in office
  Küçük
Mehmed Said Pasha
(1838–1914)
Seventh term
22 July
1908
6 August
1908

(Resigned)

15 days Independent Said VII Abdul Hamid II
 
(1876–1909)
  Mehmed Kâmil Pasha
(1833–1913)
Third term
5 August
1908
14 February
1909
(Censored)
193 days Kâmil III
Liberty Party
III
(1908)
  Hüseyin Hilmi Pasha
(1855–1922)
First term
14 February
1909
14 April
1909
(Deposed)
59 days Union and Progress Hilmi I
  Ahmet Tevfik Pasha (Okday)
(1845–1936)
First term
14 April
1909
5 May
1909
(Deposed)
21 days Independent Tevfik I
Mehmed V
 
(1909–1918)
  Hüseyin Hilmi Pasha
(1855–1922)
Second term
5 May
1909
15 August
1909
252 days Union and Progress Party Hilmi II
15 August
1909
12 January
1910
(Resigned)
Hilmi III
  İbrahim Hakkı Pasha
(1862–1918)
12 January
1910
30 September
1911
(Resigned)
1 year, 261 days Hakkı
  Küçük
Mehmed Said Pasha
(1838–1914)
Eighth and ninth term
30 September
1911
31 December
1911
296 days Said VIII
IV
(1912)
31 December
1911
22 July
1912
(Deposed)
Said IX
  Gazi
Ahmed Muhtar Pasha

(1839–1919)

22 July
1912
29 October
1912
(Resigned)
99 days Independent Muhtar
  Mehmed Kâmil Pasha
(1833–1913)
Fourth term
29 October
1912
23 January
1913
(Deposed)
86 days Freedom and Accord Party Kâmil IV
  Mahmud Şevket Pasha
(1856–1913)
23 January
1913
11 June
1913 †
(Assassinated)
139 days Independent Şevket
  Said Halim Pasha
(1865–1921)
12 June
1913
3 February
1917
(Resigned)
3 years, 236 days Union and Progress Party Said Halim
V
(1914)
  Mehmed Talât Pasha
(1874–1921)
First and second term
4 February
1917
4 July
1918
1 year, 246 days Talaat I
4 July
1918
8 October
1918
(Resigned)
Talaat II Mehmed VI
 
(1918–1922)
  Ahmed İzzet Pasha (Furgaç)
(1864–1937)
14 October
1918
11 November
1918
(Resigned)
28 days İzzet
Independent
  Ahmet Tevfik Pasha (Okday)
(1845–1936)
Second term
11 November
1918
12 January
1919
113 days Tevfik II
12 January
1919
24 February
1919
Tevfik III
24 February
1919
3 March
1919
(Resigned)
Tevfik IV
  Damat
Mehmed Adil Ferid Pasha
(1853–1923)
First, second, and third term
4 March
1919
15 May
1919
(Resigned)
210 days Freedom and Accord Party Ferid I
19 May
1919
20 July
1919
Ferid II
Independent
21 July
1919
30 September
1919
(Resigned)
Ferid III
  Ali Rıza Pasha
(1860–1932)
2 October
1919
9 February
1920
153 days Ali Rıza I
VI
(1919)
9 February
1920
3 March
1920
(Resigned)
Ali Rıza II
  Salih Hulusi Pasha (Kezrak)
(1864–1939)
8 March
1920
2 April
1920
(Resigned)
25 days Hulusi
Constitution suspended

Last Grand Viziers (1920–1922)

Following the end of the Second Constitutional Era in 1920, the Ottoman Empire was in a state of diarchy, with the government based in Constantinople and the government based in Ankara both asserting themselves as the legitimate Turkish government. Mehmed VI abolished the constitution and suspended parliament when the Chamber of Deputies voted in support of the National Pact in the Turkish War of Independence.

Grand Vizier Term of office Political party Cabinet Sultan
Portrait Epithet
Name
(Birth-Death)
Took office Left office Time in office
  Damat
Mehmed Adil Ferid Pasha
(1853–1923)
Fourth and Fifth terms
5 April
1920
199 days Independent Ferid IV Mehmed VI
 
(1918–1922)
21 October
1920
Ferid V
  Ahmet Tevfik Pasha (Okday)
(1845–1936)
Third term
21 October
1920
4 November
1922
(Resigned)
2 years, 14 days Tevfik V
End of the Ottoman Empire

During the Conference of London, Ahmet Tevfik Pasha recognized the ambassador of the Grand National Assembly as the legitimate government of Turkey. On 1 November 1922, the Grand National Assembly voted to abolish the Sultanate. Ahmet Tevfik Pasha was the last grand vizier of the Ottoman Empire, and resigned from the premiership on November 4, 1922, without a replacement.

Prime Minister of the Government of the Grand National Assembly (1920–1923)

Prime Minister Term of office Political party Cabinet Legislature Speaker
Took office Left office Time in office
1   Gazi

Mustafa Kemal Pasha (Atatürk)

(1881–1938)

3 May

1920

24 January

1921

266 days Independent Atatürk I

(1920)

Mustafa Kemal Pasha (Atatürk)

 

(1920–1923)

2   Mustafa Fevzi Pasha (Çakmak)

(1876–1950)

24 January

1921

19 May

1921

1 year, 166 days Çakmak I
19 May

1921

9 July

1922

Çakmak II
3   Hüseyin Rauf Pasha (Orbay)

(1881–1964)

12 July

1922

4 August

1923

1 year, 23 days Orbay
4   Ali Fethi (Okyar)

(1880–1943)

14 August

1923

27 October

1923

74 days Okyar
Declaration of the Republic of Turkey

See also

References

  1. ^ Archivum Ottomanicum, p. 240, at Google Books
  2. ^ Encyclopedia of the Ottoman Empire, p. 235, at Google Books
  3. ^ "SEMİZ AHMED PAŞA". TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi (in Turkish). Retrieved 2023-08-14.
  4. ^ "Türkçe Bilgi: Semiz Ahmed Paşa". Türkçe Bilgi (in Turkish). Retrieved 2023-08-16.
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  6. ^ Zeynalabdinov, Asgar. "Yilmaz oztuna kanuni sultan suleyman". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
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  8. ^ İzahlı Osmanlı Tarihi Kronolojisi, Cilt:5, İsmail Hami Danişmend

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The grand vizier of the Ottoman Empire Turkish Vezir i Azam or Sadr i Azam Sadrazam Ottoman Turkish صدر اعظم or وزیر اعظم was the de facto prime minister of the sultan in the Ottoman Empire with the absolute power of attorney and in principle removable only by the sultan himself in the classical period before the Tanzimat reforms or until the 1908 Revolution He held the imperial seal and could summon all other viziers to attend to affairs of the state in the Imperial Council the viziers in conference were called kubbe viziers in reference to their meeting place the Kubbealti under the dome in Topkapi Palace His offices were located at the Sublime Porte Grand vizier of the Ottoman EmpireSeal of the grand vizierAhmet Tevfik PashaStyleHis ExcellencyResidenceBab i AliAppointerThe sultanFormation1328First holderAlaeddin PashaFinal holderAhmet Tevfik PashaAbolished1 November 1922SuccessionPrime Minister of TurkeyContents 1 History 2 Absolute monarchy 1320 1839 3 Tanzimat 1839 1876 4 First Constitutional Monarchy 1876 1878 5 Istibdat 1878 1908 6 Second Constitutional Monarchy 1908 1920 7 Last Grand Viziers 1920 1922 8 Prime Minister of the Government of the Grand National Assembly 1920 1923 9 See also 10 References 11 SourcesHistory EditDuring the emerging phases of the Ottoman state vizier was the only title used The first of these Ottoman viziers who was titled grand vizier was Candarli Kara Halil Hayreddin Pasha also known as Candarli Halil Pasha the Elder The purpose in instituting the title grand vizier was to differentiate the holder of the sultan s seal from other viziers The initially more regularly used title of vezir i azam was slowly replaced by sadrazam both meaning grand vizier in practice Throughout Ottoman history the grand viziers have also been called sadr i ali high vizier vekil i mutlak absolute attorney sahib i devlet holder of the state serdar i ekrem gracious general serdar i azam grand general and zat i asafi vizieral person and basnazir 1 literally prime minister in Ottoman Turkish In the late periods of the Ottoman Empire especially during and after the 19th century the grand vizier began to hold a position almost identical to that of a prime minister in other European states 2 Reforms seen during and after the Tanzimat 1838 the First Constitutional Era 1876 1878 and the Second Constitutional Era 1908 1920 further brought the office of the grand vizier in line with the European standard making the incumbent the head of a Cabinet of other ministers During the two constitutional eras the grand vizier also served as the speaker of the Senate the upper house of the bicameral Ottoman Parliament With the establishment of the Republic of Turkey in 1923 the Prime Minister of Turkey took on the roles of the former office Grand viziers were often replaced or resigned in rapid succession frequently leading to political instability In the final 10 years of the Empire alone the office of the grand vizier changed hands 13 times between 12 men some such as Ahmed Izzet Pasha and Salih Hulusi Pasha held office for less than a month Absolute monarchy 1320 1839 EditThis section may be too long to read and navigate comfortably Please consider splitting content into sub articles condensing it or adding subheadings Please discuss this issue on the article s talk page June 2022 Grand Vizier Term of office SultanPortrait Epithet Name Birth Death Took office Left office Time in office Alaeddin Pasha d 1331 1320 1331 11 years Osman I 1299 1326 Orhan 1326 1362 Nizamuddin Ahmed Pasha 1281 1380 1331 1348 17 years Mehmet Haci Pasha 1348 1349 1 year Sinanuddin Fakih Yusuf Pasha d 1364 1349 September 1364 Died in office 15 yearsMurad I 1362 1389 Kara Candarli Halil Hayreddin Pasha 1330 1387 1364 22 January 1387 Died in office 23 years 21 daysCandarli Ali Pasha d 1406 1387 1406 Died in office 19 years Bayezid I 1389 1402 Suleyman Celebi 1402 1406 Osmancikli Imamzade Halil Pasha 1406 1413 7 years Mehmed I 1413 1421 Amasyali Bayezid Pasha d 1421 1413 July 1421 Fell in battle 8 years Candarli Ibrahim Pasha the Elder d 1429 1421 1429 Died in office 8 years Murad II 1421 1444 Koca Amasyali Mehmed Nizamuddin Pasha d 1439 1429 1439 10 yearsCandarli Halil Pasha the Younger d 1453 1439 1 June 1453 Imprisoned executed 14 years 151 days Mehmed II 1444 1446 Murad II 1446 1451 Mehmed II 1451 1481 Zaganos Pasha d 1469 1453 1456 3 years Mahmud Pasha Angelovic 1420 1474 First term 1456 1468 12 years Rum Mehmed Pasha d 1470 1468 1469 1 year Ishak Pasha d 1487 First term 1469 1472 3 years Mahmud Pasha Angelovic 1420 1474 Second term 1472 1474 Executed 2 years Gedik Ahmed Pasha d 1482 1474 1477 3 years Karamani Mehmed Pasha d 1481 1477 4 May 1481 Executed 4 years Ishak Pasha d 1487 Second term 1481 1482 1 year Bayezid II 1481 1512 Koca Davud Pasha 1446 1498 1482 1497 15 years Hersekzade Ahmed Pasha 1459 1517 First term 1497 1498 1 year Candarli Ibrahim Pasha the Younger 1429 1499 1498 1499 Died in office 1 year Mesih Pasha d 1501 1499 November 1501 Died in office 2 years Hadim Ali Pasha d 1511 First term 1501 1503 2 years Hersekzade Ahmed Pasha 1459 1517 Second term 1503 1506 3 years Hadim Ali Pasha d 1511 Second term 1506 July 1511 Fell in battle 5 years Hersekzade Ahmed Pasha 1459 1517 Third term 1511 1511 59 days Koca Mustafa Pasha d 1512 1511 1512 Executed 1 year Hersekzade Ahmed Pasha 1459 1517 Fourth term 1512 28 November 1514 2 years 331 days Selim I 1512 1520 Dukakinzade Ahmed Pasha d 1515 18 December 1514 8 September 1515 Executed 264 days Hersekzade Ahmed Pasha 1459 1517 Fifth term 8 September 1515 26 April 1516 231 days Hadim Sinan Pasha 1459 1517 26 April 1516 22 January 1517 Fell in battle 271 days Yunus Pasha d 1517 22 January 1517 13 September 1517 Executed 234 days Piri Mehmed Pasha 1465 1532 25 January 1518 27 June 1523 5 years 153 daysSuleiman I 1520 1566 Pargali Ibrahim Pasha 1495 1536 27 June 1523 14 March 1536 Executed 12 years 261 days Ayas Mehmed Pasha 1483 1539 14 March 1536 13 July 1539 Died in office 3 years 121 days Celebi Lutfi Pasha 1488 1564 13 July 1539 April 1541 1 year 262 days Hadim Suleyman Pasha 1467 1547 April 1541 28 November 1544 3 years 241 days Damat Rustem Pasha 1500 1561 First term 28 November 1544 6 October 1553 8 years 312 days Kara Ahmed Pasha d 1555 6 October 1553 29 September 1555 Executed 1 year 358 days Damat Rustem Pasha 1500 1561 Second term 29 September 1555 10 July 1561 Died in office 5 years 284 days Semiz Ali Pasha d 1565 10 July 1561 28 June 1565 Died in office 3 years 353 daysSokollu Mehmed Pasha 1506 1579 28 June 1565 12 October 1579 Assassinated 14 years 106 days Selim II 1566 1574 Murad III 1574 1595 Semiz Ahmed Pasha 3 4 5 6 7 1492 1580 12 October 1579 27 April 1580 Died in office 199 days Kara Lala Mustafa Pasha 1500 1580 28 April 1580 7 August 1580 Died in office 101 days Koca Sinan Pasha 1506 1596 First term 7 August 1580 6 December 1582 2 years 121 days Kanijeli Siyavus Pasha d 1602 First term 24 December 1582 25 July 1584 1 year 214 days Ozdemiroglu Osman Pasha 1526 1585 28 July 1584 29 October 1585 Died in office 1 year 93 days Hadim Mesih Pasha d 1589 1 November 1585 14 April 1586 164 days Kanijeli Siyavus Pasha d 1602 Second term 14 April 1586 2 April 1589 Deposed 2 years 353 days Koca Sinan Pasha 1506 1596 Second term 14 April 1589 1 August 1591 2 years 109 days Serdar Ferhad Pasha d 1595 First term 1 August 1591 4 April 1592 247 days Kanijeli Siyavus Pasha d 1602 4 April 1592 28 January 1593 299 days Koca Sinan Pasha 1506 1596 Third term 28 January 1593 16 February 1595 2 years 19 daysMehmed III 1595 1603 Serdar Ferhad Pasha d 1595 Second term 16 February 1595 7 July 1595 141 days Koca Sinan Pasha 1506 1596 Fourth term 7 July 1595 19 November 1595 135 days Lala Tekeli Mehmed Pasha d 1595 19 November 1595 28 November 1595 Died in office 9 days Koca Sinan Pasha 1506 1596 Fifth term 1 December 1595 3 April 1596 Died in office 124 days Damat Ibrahim Pasha 1517 1601 First term 4 April 1596 27 October 1596 206 days Cagalazade Yusuf Sinan Pasha 1545 1605 27 October 1596 5 December 1596 39 days Damat Ibrahim Pasha 1517 1601 Second term 5 December 1596 3 November 1597 332 days Hadim Hasan Pasha d 1598 3 November 1597 9 April 1598 Imprisoned executed 157 days Cerrah Mehmed Pasha d 1604 9 April 1598 6 January 1599 272 days Damat Ibrahim Pasha 1517 1601 Third term 6 January 1599 10 July 1601 Died in office 2 years 185 days Damat Yemisci Hasan Pasha 1535 1603 22 July 1601 4 October 1603 Executed 2 years 74 days Yavuz Ali Pasha d 1604 16 October 1603 26 July 1604 Died in office 253 daysAhmed I 1603 1617 Lala Sokolluzade Mehmed Pasha d 1606 5 August 1604 21 June 1606 Died in office 1 year 320 days Bosnak Dervis Mehmed Pasha 1569 1606 21 June 1606 9 December 1606 Executed 171 days Kuyucu Murad Pasha 1535 1611 11 December 1606 5 August 1611 Died in office 4 years 237 days Damat Gumulcineli Nasuh Pasha d 1614 5 August 1611 17 October 1614 Executed 3 years 73 days Kara Damat Okuz Mehmed Pasha d 1619 First term 17 October 1614 17 November 1616 2 years 31 daysDamat Halil Pasha 1570 1629 First term 17 November 1616 18 January 1619 2 years 62 days Mustafa I 1617 1618 Osman II 1618 1622 Kara Damat Okuz Mehmed Pasha d 1619 Second term 18 January 1619 23 December 1619 Assassinated 339 days Guzelce Ali Pasha d 1621 23 December 1619 9 March 1621 Died in office 1 year 76 days Ohridli Huseyin Pasha d 1622 9 March 1621 17 September 1621 Lynched 192 days Dilaver Pasha d 1622 17 September 1621 20 May 1622 Lynched 245 days Kara Davud Pasha 1570 1623 20 May 1622 13 June 1622 Executed 24 days Mustafa I 1622 1623 Mere Huseyin Pasha d 1624 First term 13 June 1622 8 July 1622 25 days Lefkeli Mustafa Pasha d 1648 8 July 1622 21 September 1622 75 daysMurad IV 1623 1640 Hadim Mehmed Pasha d 1626 21 September 1622 5 February 1623 137 days Mere Huseyin Pasha d 1624 Second term 5 February 1623 30 August 1623 206 days Kara Kemankes Ali Pasha d 1624 30 August 1623 3 April 1624 Executed 217 days Cerkez Mehmed Pasha d 1625 3 April 1624 28 January 1625 Died in office 300 days Hafiz Ahmed Pasha 1564 1632 First term 8 February 1625 1 December 1626 1 year 296 days Damat Halil Pasha 1570 1629 Second term 1 December 1626 6 April 1628 1 year 127 days Gazi Ekrem Husrev Pasha d 1632 6 April 1628 25 October 1631 3 years 202 days Hafiz Ahmed Pasha 1564 1632 Second term 25 October 1631 10 February 1632 Lynched 108 days Topal Recep Pasha d 1632 10 February 1632 18 May 1632 Executed 98 days Tabaniyassi Mehmed Pasha 1589 1637 18 May 1632 2 February 1637 4 years 260 days Bayram Pasha d 1638 2 February 1637 26 August 1638 1 year 205 days Tayyar Mehmed Pasha d 1638 27 August 1638 24 December 1638 Fell in battle 119 days Kara Kemankes Mustafa Pasha 1592 1644 23 December 1638 31 January 1644 Executed 5 years 39 daysIbrahim 1640 1648 Sultanzade Mehmet Pasha 1603 1646 31 January 1644 17 December 1645 1 year 320 days Nevesinli Salih Pasha d 1647 17 December 1645 16 September 1647 Executed 1 year 273 days Kara Musa Pasha d 1649 16 September 1647 21 September 1647 5 days Hazarpare Ahmet Pasha d 1648 21 September 1647 8 August 1648 Lynched 322 days Sofu Mehmed Pasha d 1649 8 August 1648 21 May 1649 Exiled executed 286 days Mehmed IV 1648 1687 Kara Dev Murat Pasha 1595 1655 First term 21 May 1649 5 August 1651 2 years 76 days Damat Melek Ahmed Pasha 1604 1662 5 August 1651 21 August 1651 16 days Abaza Siyavus Pasha the Elder d 1656 21 August 1651 27 September 1651 37 days Gurcu Mehmed Pasha d 1665 27 September 1651 20 June 1652 267 days Tarhoncu Ahmed Pasha d 1653 20 June 1652 21 March 1653 Executed 274 days Koca Dervish Mehmed Pasha d 1655 21 March 1653 28 October 1654 1 year 221 days Ipsiri Mustafa Pasha 1607 1655 28 October 1654 11 May 1655 Executed 195 days Kara Dev Murat Pasha 1595 1655 Second term 11 May 1655 19 August 1655 100 days Ermeni Suleyman Pasha 1607 1687 19 August 1655 28 February 1656 193 days Deli Gazi Huseyin Pasha d 1659 28 February 1656 5 March 1656 6 days Zurnazen Mustafa Pasha d 1666 5 March 1656 5 March 1656 4 hours 8 Abaza Siyavus Pasha the Elder d 1656 5 March 1656 25 April 1656 Died in office 51 days Boynuyarali Mehmed Pasha d 1665 26 April 1656 15 September 1656 142 days Koprulu Mehmed Pasha 1575 1661 15 September 1656 31 October 1661 Died in office 5 years 46 days Koprulu Fazil Ahmed Pasha 1635 1676 31 October 1661 19 October 1676 Died in office 14 years 354 days Kara Mustafa Pasha 1635 1683 19 October 1676 25 December 1683 Executed 7 years 67 days Kara Ibrahim Pasha d 1687 15 December 1683 18 November 1685 1 year 338 days Sari Suleyman Pasha d 1687 18 November 1685 18 September 1687 Deposed 3 years 304 days Abaza Siyavus Pasha the Younger d 1688 18 September 1687 23 February 1688 Murdered 158 daysSuleiman II 1687 1691 Ayasli Ismail Pasha 1620 1690 23 February 1688 2 May 1688 69 days Bekri Mustafa Pasha d 1690 30 May 1688 7 November 1689 1 year 161 days Koprulu Fazil Mustafa Pasha 1637 1691 10 November 1689 19 August 1691 Fell in battle 1 year 282 daysAhmed II 1691 1695 Arabaci Ali Pasha 1620 1693 24 August 1691 21 March 1692 210 days Haci Merfizonlu Ali Pasha d 1698 23 March 1692 17 March 1693 359 days Bozoklu Mustafa Pasha 1638 1698 17 March 1693 13 March 1694 360 days Surmeli Ali Pasha 1645 1695 13 March 1694 22 April 1695 359 daysMustafa II 1695 1703 Elmas Mehmed Pasha 1661 1697 3 May 1695 11 September 1697 Fell in battle 2 years 131 days Amcazade Koprulu Huseyin Pasha 1644 1702 17 September 1697 4 September 1702 4 years 352 days Daltaban Mustafa Pasha d 1703 4 September 1702 24 January 1703 Executed 142 days Rami Mehmed Pasha 1645 1706 25 January 1703 22 August 1703 Deposed 209 days Nisanci Kavanoz Ahmed Pasha d 1705 22 August 1703 16 November 1703 86 days Ahmed III 1703 1730 Damat Hasan Pasha 1658 1713 18 November 1703 28 September 1704 315 days Haci Kalaylikoz Ahmed Pasha tr d 1715 October 1704 25 December 1704 85 days Baltaci Mehmed Pasha 1652 1712 First term 25 December 1704 3 May 1706 1 year 129 days Damat Corlulu Ali Pasha 1670 1711 3 May 1706 15 June 1710 4 years 43 days Koprulu Numan Pasha 1670 1719 16 June 1710 17 August 1710 62 days Baltaci Mehmed Pasha 1652 1712 Second term 18 August 1710 20 November 1711 1 year 94 days Aga Yusuf Pasha d 1713 20 November 1711 11 November 1712 357 days Nisanci Suleyman Pasha d 1715 12 November 1712 6 April 1713 145 days Hoca Ibrahim Pasha tr d 1713 6 April 1713 7 April 1713 Executed 1 day Damat Silahdar Ali Pasha 1667 1716 27 April 1713 5 August 1716 Fell in battle 3 years 100 days Haci Halil Pasha d 1733 21 August 1716 26 August 1717 1 year 5 days Nisanci Mehmed Pasha tr d 1728 26 August 1717 9 May 1718 256 days Damat Nevsehirli Ibrahim Pasha 1662 1730 9 May 1718 1 October 1730 Lynched 12 years 145 days Damat Silahdar Mehmed Pasha tr d 1737 16 October 1730 23 January 1731 99 days Mahmud I 1730 1754 Kabakulak Ibrahim Pasha tr d 1743 23 January 1731 11 September 1731 231 days Topal Osman Pasha 1663 1733 21 September 1731 12 March 1732 173 days Hekimoglu Ali Pasha 1689 1758 First term 12 March 1732 14 July 1735 3 years 124 days Gurcu Ismail Pasha tr d 1738 14 July 1735 25 December 1735 164 days Silahdar Seyyid Mehmed Pasha tr d 1757 10 January 1736 5 August 1737 1 year 207 days Muhsinzade Abdullah Pasha tr 1661 1757 22 August 1737 19 December 1737 119 days Yegen Mehmed Pasha tr d 1745 3 December 1737 23 March 1739 1 year 110 days Ivaz Mehmed Pasha d 1743 17 March 1739 23 June 1740 1 year 98 days Nisanci Kor Haci Ahmed Pasha d 1753 22 July 1740 7 April 1742 2 years 259 days Hekimoglu Ali Pasha 1689 1758 Second term 21 April 1742 4 October 1742 166 days Seyyid Hasan Pasha d 1748 4 October 1742 10 August 1746 3 years 310 days Haci Tiryaki Mehmed Pasha tr 1680 1751 11 August 1746 24 August 1747 1 year 13 days Seyyid Abdullah Pasha d 1760 24 August 1747 2 January 1750 2 years 131 days Divitdar Mehmed Emin Pasha d 1753 9 January 1750 1 July 1752 2 years 174 days Kose Bahir Mustafa Pasha d 1765 1 July 1752 16 February 1755 2 years 230 daysOsman III 1754 1757 Hekimoglu Ali Pasha 1689 1758 Third term 16 February 1755 19 May 1755 92 days Naili Abdullah Pasha d 1758 19 May 1755 24 August 1755 97 days Nisanci Silahdar Biyikli Ali Pasa tr d 1755 24 August 1755 23 October 1755 Executed 60 days Yirmisekizzade Mehmed Said Pasha d 1761 25 October 1755 1 April 1756 159 days Kose Bahir Mustafa Pasha d 1765 First term 30 April 1756 3 December 1756 217 days Koca Ragip Pasha 1698 1763 12 January 1757 8 April 1763 Died in office 6 years 86 daysMustafa III 1757 1774 Tevkii Hamza Hamid Pasha tr 1688 1770 11 April 1763 29 September 1763 171 days Kose Bahir Mustafa Pasha d 1765 Second term 29 September 1763 30 March 1765 Dismissed executed 1 year 213 days Muhsinzade Mehmed Pasha tr 1704 1774 First term 30 March 1765 7 August 1768 3 years 130 days Silahdar Hamza Mahir Pasha tr 1727 1771 7 August 1768 20 October 1768 74 days Yaglikcizade Mehmed Emin Pasha tr 1724 1769 20 October 1768 12 August 1769 Dismissed executed 296 days Moldovanci Ali Pasha tr d 1773 12 August 1769 12 December 1769 122 days Ivazzade Halil Pasha 1724 1777 13 December 1769 25 December 1770 1 year 12 days Silahdar Cihangirli Mehmed Pasa tr 1710 1788 25 December 1770 11 December 1771 351 days Muhsinzade Mehmed Pasha tr 1704 1774 Second term 11 December 1771 6 August 1774 Died in office 2 years 238 daysAbdul Hamid I 1774 1789 Izzet Mehmed Pasha 1723 1784 11 August 1774 7 July 1775 330 days Morali Dervis Mehmed Pasha tr 1735 1777 7 July 1775 5 January 1777 1 year 182 days Darendeli Mehmed Pasha tr 1714 1784 5 January 1777 1 September 1778 1 year 239 days Kalafat Mehmed Pasha tr d 1792 1 September 1778 22 August 1779 355 days Silahdar Seyyid Mehmed Pasha tr 1735 1781 22 August 1779 20 February 1781 Died in office 1 year 182 days Izzet Mehmed Pasha 1723 1784 20 February 1781 25 August 1782 1 year 186 days Haci Yegen Mehmed Pasa tr 1726 1787 25 August 1782 31 December 1782 128 days Halil Hamid Pasha 1736 1785 31 December 1782 30 April 1785 Executed 2 years 120 days Sahin Ali Pasa tr d 1789 30 April 1785 25 January 1786 270 days Koca Yusuf Pasha 1730 1800 First term 25 January 1786 28 May 1789 3 years 123 daysSelim III 1789 1807 Meyyit Kethuda Hasan Pasha d 1810 28 May 1789 2 January 1790 219 days Gazi Cezayirli Hasan Pasha 1713 1790 2 January 1790 30 March 1790 Died in office 87 days Serif Hasan Pasha tr d 1791 16 April 1790 12 February 1791 Assassinated 302 days Koca Yusuf Pasha 1730 1800 Second term 12 February 1791 1792 323 days Damat Melek Mehmed Pasha tr 1719 1802 1792 21 October 1794 2 years 293 days Safranbolulu Izzet Mehmet Pasha 1743 1812 21 October 1794 23 October 1798 4 years 2 days Kor Yusuf Ziyauddin Pasha d 1819 First term 23 October 1798 24 June 1805 6 years 244 days Bostancibasi Hafiz Ismail Pasha tr 1758 1807 24 September 1805 13 October 1806 1 year 19 days Keciboynuzu Ibrahim Hilmi Pasha tr 1747 1825 13 October 1806 3 June 1807 233 daysMustafa IV 1807 1808 Celebi Mustafa Pasha tr d 1811 3 June 1807 28 July 1808 1 year 55 days Alemdar Bayrakdar Mustafa Pasha 1750 1808 29 July 1808 15 November 1808 Committed suicide 109 days Mahmud II 1808 1839 Cavusbasi Memis Pasha tr d 1809 16 November 1808 December 1808 15 days Carhaci Ali Pasha tr d 1823 December 1808 March 1809 90 days Kor Yusuf Ziyauddin Pasha d 1819 Second term March 1809 February 1811 1 year 337 days Laz Aziz Ahmed Pasha d 1819 February 1811 July 1812 1 year 151 days Hursit Ahmed Pasha d 1822 July 1812 30 March 1815 2 years 272 days Mehmed Emin Rauf Pasha 1780 1860 First term 30 March 1815 6 January 1818 2 years 282 days Burdurlu Dervis Mehmed Pasha tr 1765 1837 6 January 1818 5 January 1820 1 year 364 days Seyyid Ispartali Ali Pasha tr 1756 1826 5 January 1820 21 April 1821 1 year 106 days Benderli Ali Pasha d 1821 21 April 1821 30 April 1821 Executed 9 days Haci Izmirli Salih Pasha tr d 1828 30 April 1821 11 November 1822 1 year 195 days Bostancibasi Deli Abdullah Pasha tr d 1823 11 November 1822 4 March 1823 113 days Silahdar Turnacizade Ali Pasha tr d 1829 4 March 1823 13 December 1823 284 days Mehmed Said Galip Pasha 1763 1829 13 December 1823 15 September 1824 277 days Mehmed Selim Pasha 1771 1831 15 September 1824 26 October 1828 4 years 41 days Topal Izzet Mehmed Pasha 1792 1855 26 October 1828 28 January 1829 94 days Resid Mehmed Pasha 1780 1836 28 January 1829 17 February 1833 4 years 20 days Mehmed Emin Rauf Pasha 1780 1860 Second term 17 February 1833 8 July 1839 6 years 141 daysAbdul Mecid 1839 1861 Koca Husrev Mehmed Pasha 1769 1855 8 July 1839 3 November 1839 118 daysProclamation of the Gulhane EdictTanzimat 1839 1876 EditThe Gulhane edict was announced soon after Abdul Mecid s sword girding ushering in the Tanzimat period a time of major bureaucratic and administrative reform Grand Vizier Term of office SultanPortrait Epithet Name Birth Death Took office Left office Time in office Koca Husrev Mehmed Pasha 1769 1855 3 November 1839 29 May 1841 1 year 207 days Abdul Mecid 1839 1861 Mehmed Emin Rauf Pasha 1780 1860 Third term 29 May 1841 7 October 1841 131 days Topal Izzet Mehmed Pasha 1792 1855 7 October 1841 3 September 1842 331 days Mehmed Emin Rauf Pasha 1780 1860 Fourth term 3 September 1842 31 July 1846 3 years 331 days Koca Mustafa Resid Pasha 1800 1858 First term 31 July 1846 28 April 1848 1 year 272 days Ibrahim Sarim Pasha 1801 1853 28 April 1848 13 August 1848 107 days Koca Mustafa Resid Pasha 1800 1858 Second term 13 August 1848 26 January 1852 3 years 166 days Mehmed Emin Rauf Pasha 1780 1860 Fifth term 27 January 1852 7 March 1852 40 days Koca Mustafa Resit Pasha 1800 1858 Third term 7 March 1852 7 August 1852 153 days Mehmed Emin Ali Pasha 1815 1871 First term 7 August 1852 4 October 1852 58 days Damat Mehmed Ali Pasha 1813 1868 4 October 1852 14 May 1853 222 days Mustafa Naili Pasha 1798 1871 First term 14 May 1853 30 May 1854 1 year 16 days Kibrisli Mehmed Emin Pasha 1813 1871 First term 30 May 1854 24 November 1854 178 days Koca Mustafa Resid Pasha 1800 1858 Fourth term 24 November 1854 4 May 1855 161 days Mehmed Emin Ali Pasha 1815 1871 Second term 4 May 1855 1 December 1856 1 year 211 days Koca Mustafa Resid Pasha 1800 1858 Fifth term 1 December 1856 2 August 1857 244 days Mustafa Naili Pasha 1798 1871 Second term 2 August 1857 23 October 1857 82 days Koca Mustafa Resid Pasha 1800 1858 Sixth term 23 October 1857 7 January 1858 Died in office 76 days Mehmed Emin Ali Pasha 1815 1871 Third term 11 January 1858 8 October 1859 1 year 270 days Kibrisli Mehmed Emin Pasha 1813 1871 Second term 8 October 1859 24 December 1859 77 days Mutercim Mehmed Rusdi Pasha 1811 1882 First term 24 December 1859 27 May 1860 155 days Kibrisli Mehmed Emin Pasha 1813 1871 Third term 27 May 1860 6 August 1861 1 year 71 daysAbdul Aziz 1861 1876 Mehmed Emin Ali Pasha 1815 1871 Fourth term 6 August 1861 22 November 1861 108 days Kececizade Mehmed Fuad Pasha 1814 1869 First term 22 November 1861 6 January 1863 1 year 45 days Yusuf Kamil Pasha 1808 1876 6 January 1863 3 June 1863 148 days Kececizade Mehmed Fuad Pasha 1814 1869 Second term 3 June 1863 5 June 1866 3 years 2 days Mutercim Mehmed Rusdi Pasha 1811 1882 Second term 5 June 1866 11 February 1867 251 days Mehmed Emin Ali Pasha 1815 1871 Fifth term 11 February 1867 7 September 1871 Died in office 4 years 208 days Mahmud Nedim Pasha 1818 1883 First term 7 September 1871 31 July 1872 328 days Ahmed Sefik Midhat Pasha 1822 1883 First term 31 July 1872 19 October 1872 80 days Mutercim Mehmed Rusdi Pasha 1811 1882 Third term 19 October 1872 15 February 1873 119 days Ahmed Esat Pasha 1828 1875 First term 15 February 1873 15 April 1873 59 days Sirvanli Mehmed Rusdi Pasha 1828 1874 15 April 1873 14 February 1874 305 days Huseyin Avni Pasha 1820 1876 14 February 1874 25 April 1875 1 year 70 days Ahmed Esat Pasha 1828 1875 Second term 25 April 1875 21 August 1875 Died in office 118 days Mahmud Nedim Pasha 1818 1883 Second term 21 August 1875 11 May 1876 264 days Mutercim Mehmed Rusdi Pasha 1811 1882 Fourth term 12 May 1876 13 December 1876215 days Murad V 1876 Abdul Hamid II 1876 1909 Promulgation of ConstitutionFirst Constitutional Monarchy 1876 1878 EditUnder pressure from the Young Ottomans which overthrew his relatives Abdul Aziz and Murad V Abdul Hamid II promulgated a constitution and parliament upon his ascension to the throne Grand Vizier Term of office Legislature Government SultanPortrait Epithet Name Birth Death Took office Left office Time in office Mutercim Mehmed Rusdi Pasha 1811 1882 Fourth term 13 December 1876 19 December 1876 6 days Mutercim Rusdi IV Abdul Hamid II 1876 1909 Ahmed Sefik Midhat Pasha 1822 1883 Second term 19 December 1876 5 February 1877 48 days Midhat II Ibrahim Edhem Pasha 1819 1893 5 February 1877 11 January 1878 340 days EdhemI 1876 II 1877 Ahmed Hamdi Pasha 1826 1885 11 January 1878 4 February 1878 24 days Hamdi Ahmed Vefik Pasha 1823 1891 First term 4 February 1878 14 February 1878 10 days Vefik IConstitution suspendedIstibdat 1878 1908 EditAbdul Hamid II suspended the constitution and parliament in the aftermath of the 1877 1878 Russo Turkish war and ruled the Ottoman Empire for the next three decades in a personal dictatorship Historians have dubbed this era of Ottoman history as Istibdat despotism Grand Vizier Term of office Government SultanPortrait Epithet Name Birth Death Took office Left office Time in office Ahmed Vefik Pasha 1823 1891 First term 14 February 1878 18 April 1878 63 days Vefik I Abdul Hamid II 1876 1909 Mehmed Sadik Pasha 1826 1901 18 April 1878 28 May 1878 40 days Sadik Mutercim Mehmed Rusdi Pasha 1811 1882 Fifth term 28 May 1878 4 June 1878 7 days Mutercim Rusdi V Mehmed Esat Saffet Pasha 1814 1883 4 June 1878 October 1878 119 days Saffet Tunuslu Hayreddin Pasha 1820 1890 October 1878 28 July 1879 300 days Hayreddin Ahmed Arifi Pasha 1830 1896 28 July 1879 September 1879 35 days Arifi Kucuk Mehmed Said Pasha 1838 1914 First term 18 October 1879 9 June 1880 235 days Said I Mehmed Kadri Pasha 1832 1884 9 June 1880 12 September 1880 95 days Kadri Kucuk Mehmed Said Pasha 1838 1914 Second term 12 September 1880 2 May 1882 1 year 232 days Said II Abdurrahman Nureddin Pasha 1833 1912 2 May 1882 12 July 1882 71 days Nureddin Kucuk Mehmed Said Pasha 1838 1914 Third term 12 July 1882 30 November 1882 141 days Said III Ahmed Vefik Pasha 1823 1891 Second term 1 December 1882 3 December 1882 2 days Vefik II Kucuk Mehmed Said Pasha 1838 1914 Fourth term 3 December 1882 24 September 1885 2 years 295 days Said IV Mehmed Kamil Pasha 1833 1913 First term 25 September 1885 4 September 1891 5 years 344 days Kamil I Ahmed Cevat Sakir Pasha 1851 1900 4 September 1891 8 June 1895 3 years 277 days Sakir Kucuk Mehmed Said Pasha 1838 1914 Fifth term 9 June 1895 3 October 1895 116 days Said V Mehmed Kamil Pasha 1833 1913 Second term 3 October 1895 7 November 1895 35 days Kamil II Halil Rifat Pasha 1820 1901 7 November 1895 9 November 1901 Died in office 6 years 2 days Rifat Kucuk Mehmed Said Pasha 1838 1914 Sixth term 13 November 1901 15 January 1903 1 year 63 days Said VI Mehmed Ferid Pasha 1851 1914 15 January 1903 22 July 1908 5 years 189 days Avyonyali FeridYoung Turk Revolution constitution repromulgatedSecond Constitutional Monarchy 1908 1920 EditThe Young Turks force Abdul Hamid II to reinstate the constitution and parliament on 24 July 1908 Political parties were introduced in the Second Constitutional Era Union and Progress Party Liberty Party Freedom and Accord Party Grand Vizier Term of office Political Party Government Legislature SultanPortrait Epithet Name Birth Death Took office Left office Time in office Kucuk Mehmed Said Pasha 1838 1914 Seventh term 22 July 1908 6 August 1908 Resigned 15 days Independent Said VII Abdul Hamid II 1876 1909 Mehmed Kamil Pasha 1833 1913 Third term 5 August 1908 14 February 1909 Censored 193 days Kamil IIILiberty PartyIII 1908 Huseyin Hilmi Pasha 1855 1922 First term 14 February 1909 14 April 1909 Deposed 59 days Union and Progress Hilmi I Ahmet Tevfik Pasha Okday 1845 1936 First term 14 April 1909 5 May 1909 Deposed 21 days Independent Tevfik IMehmed V 1909 1918 Huseyin Hilmi Pasha 1855 1922 Second term 5 May 1909 15 August 1909 252 days Union and Progress Party Hilmi II15 August 1909 12 January 1910 Resigned Hilmi III Ibrahim Hakki Pasha 1862 1918 12 January 1910 30 September 1911 Resigned 1 year 261 days Hakki Kucuk Mehmed Said Pasha 1838 1914 Eighth and ninth term 30 September 1911 31 December 1911 296 days Said VIIIIV 1912 31 December 1911 22 July 1912 Deposed Said IX Gazi Ahmed Muhtar Pasha 1839 1919 22 July 1912 29 October 1912 Resigned 99 days Independent Muhtar Mehmed Kamil Pasha 1833 1913 Fourth term 29 October 1912 23 January 1913 Deposed 86 days Freedom and Accord Party Kamil IV Mahmud Sevket Pasha 1856 1913 23 January 1913 11 June 1913 Assassinated 139 days Independent Sevket Said Halim Pasha 1865 1921 12 June 1913 3 February 1917 Resigned 3 years 236 days Union and Progress Party Said HalimV 1914 Mehmed Talat Pasha 1874 1921 First and second term 4 February 1917 4 July 1918 1 year 246 days Talaat I4 July 1918 8 October 1918 Resigned Talaat II Mehmed VI 1918 1922 Ahmed Izzet Pasha Furgac 1864 1937 14 October 1918 11 November 1918 Resigned 28 days IzzetIndependent Ahmet Tevfik Pasha Okday 1845 1936 Second term 11 November 1918 12 January 1919 113 days Tevfik II 12 January 1919 24 February 1919 Tevfik III24 February 1919 3 March 1919 Resigned Tevfik IV Damat Mehmed Adil Ferid Pasha 1853 1923 First second and third term 4 March 1919 15 May 1919 Resigned 210 days Freedom and Accord Party Ferid I19 May 1919 20 July 1919 Ferid IIIndependent21 July 1919 30 September 1919 Resigned Ferid III Ali Riza Pasha 1860 1932 2 October 1919 9 February 1920 153 days Ali Riza IVI 1919 9 February 1920 3 March 1920 Resigned Ali Riza II Salih Hulusi Pasha Kezrak 1864 1939 8 March 1920 2 April 1920 Resigned 25 days HulusiConstitution suspendedLast Grand Viziers 1920 1922 EditFollowing the end of the Second Constitutional Era in 1920 the Ottoman Empire was in a state of diarchy with the government based in Constantinople and the government based in Ankara both asserting themselves as the legitimate Turkish government Mehmed VI abolished the constitution and suspended parliament when the Chamber of Deputies voted in support of the National Pact in the Turkish War of Independence Grand Vizier Term of office Political party Cabinet SultanPortrait Epithet Name Birth Death Took office Left office Time in office Damat Mehmed Adil Ferid Pasha 1853 1923 Fourth and Fifth terms 5 April 1920 199 days Independent Ferid IV Mehmed VI 1918 1922 21 October 1920 Ferid V Ahmet Tevfik Pasha Okday 1845 1936 Third term 21 October 1920 4 November 1922 Resigned 2 years 14 days Tevfik VEnd of the Ottoman EmpireDuring the Conference of London Ahmet Tevfik Pasha recognized the ambassador of the Grand National Assembly as the legitimate government of Turkey On 1 November 1922 the Grand National Assembly voted to abolish the Sultanate Ahmet Tevfik Pasha was the last grand vizier of the Ottoman Empire and resigned from the premiership on November 4 1922 without a replacement Prime Minister of the Government of the Grand National Assembly 1920 1923 EditPrime Minister Term of office Political party Cabinet Legislature SpeakerTook office Left office Time in office1 Gazi Mustafa Kemal Pasha Ataturk 1881 1938 3 May 1920 24 January 1921 266 days Independent Ataturk I 1920 Mustafa Kemal Pasha Ataturk 1920 1923 2 Mustafa Fevzi Pasha Cakmak 1876 1950 24 January 1921 19 May 1921 1 year 166 days Cakmak I19 May 1921 9 July 1922 Cakmak II3 Huseyin Rauf Pasha Orbay 1881 1964 12 July 1922 4 August 1923 1 year 23 days Orbay4 Ali Fethi Okyar 1880 1943 14 August 1923 27 October 1923 74 days OkyarDeclaration of the Republic of TurkeySee also EditList of prime ministers of Turkey List of sultans of the Ottoman Empire List of Kapudan PashasReferences Edit Archivum Ottomanicum p 240 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