Ahmet Tevfik Pasha

Ahmet Tevfik
Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire
In office
21 October 1920 – 4 November 1922
MonarchMehmed VI
Preceded byDamat Ferid Pasha
Succeeded byOffice abolished
İsmet İnönü, as Prime Minister of Turkey
In office
11 November 1918 – 3 March 1919
MonarchMehmed VI
Preceded byAhmed Izzet Pasha
Succeeded byDamat Ferid Pasha
In office
13 April 1909 – 5 May 1909
MonarchsAbdul Hamid II
Mehmed V
Preceded byHüseyin Hilmi Pasha
Succeeded byHüseyin Hilmi Pasha
Foreign Minister of the Ottoman Empire
In office
1899–1909
MonarchAbdul Hamid II
Prime MinisterHalil Rifat Pasha
Mehmed Said Pasha
Mehmed Ferid Pasha
Kâmil Pasha
Hüseyin Hilmi Pasha
Preceded bySaid Halim Pasha
Succeeded byMehmed Rifat Pasha
Personal details
Born(1845-02-11)11 February 1845
Constantinople, Ottoman Empire
Died8 October 1936(1936-10-08) (aged 91)
Istanbul, Turkey
NationalityTurkish
SpouseElisabeth Tschumi (1859-1949)
Children5

Ahmed Tevfik Pasha (Ottoman Turkish: احمد توفیق پاشا‎; 11 February 1845 – 8 October 1936), later Ahmet Tevfik Okday after the Turkish Surname Law of 1934, was an Ottoman statesman of Crimean Tatar origin. He was the last grand vizier of the Ottoman Empire.[1] He held the office three times, the first in 1909 under Sultan Abdul Hamid II, and from 1918 to 1919 and from 1920 to 1922 under Mehmed VI during the Allied occupation of Istanbul. In addition to his premiership, Ahmet Tevfik was also a diplomat, a member of the Ottoman Senate, and long time Minister of Foreign Affairs.

  1. ^ İsmail Hâmi Danişmend, Osmanlı Devlet Erkânı, Türkiye Yayınevi, İstanbul, 1971 (Turkish)

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