List of Ottoman grand viziers - Wikipedia

Grand Vizier Term of office Sultan Portrait Epithet
Name
(Birth–Death) Took office Left office Time in office Çandarlızade Halil Pasha the Younger
(d. 1453) 1439 1 June
1453 †
(Imprisoned, executed) 14 years, 151 days Murad II

(1446–1451) 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 Çandarlızade Ibrahim Pasha the Younger
(1429–1499) 1498 1499 †
(Died in office) 1 year Mesih Pasha Palaiologos
(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 Borovinić
(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) 12 October
1579 †
(Assassinated) 14 years, 106 days 28 June
1565 Selim II

(1566–1574) Murad III

(1574–1595) Semiz Ahmed Pasha

(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)
Third term 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 Cığalazâde 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 Malkoç 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 Öküz Kul Kıran
Mehmed Pasha
(d. 1619)
First term 17 October
1614 17 November
1616 2 years, 31 days Damat
Halil Pasha
(1570–1629)
First term 18 January
1619 2 years, 62 days 17 November
1616 Mustafa I

(1617–1618) Osman II

(1618–1622) Öküz Kul Kıran
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 Ohrili
Hüseyin Pasha
(d. 1622)
First term 9 March
1621 17 September
1621 192 days Dilaver Pasha
(d. 1622) 17 September
1621 19 May
1622 †
(Lynched) 244 days Ohrili
Hüseyin Pasha
(d. 1622)
Second term 19 May
1622 20 May
1622 †
(Lynched) 1 day 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 Ali Pasha
(d. 1625) 3 April
1624 28 January
1625 †
(Died in office) 300 days Hafız
Müezzinzade 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
Müezzinzade 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

(Deposed)

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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 Köprülüzade Fazıl Ahmed Pasha
(1635–1676) 31 October
1661 3 November
1676 †
(Died in office) 15 years, 3 days Kara Merzifonlu
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 Kemalettin 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 Gazi
Köprülüzade Fazıl Mustafa Pasha
(1637–1691) 10 November
1689 19 August
1691 †
(Fell in battle) 1 year, 282 days Ahmed II

(1691–1695) Arabacı
Bahadırzade Ali Pasha
(1620–1693) 24 August
1691 21 March
1692 210 days Hacı
Çalık 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 Köprülüzade 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 Gürcü
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 İvazzade 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
Mehmet Ragıp Pasha
(1698–1763) 12 January
1757 8 April
1763 †
(Died in office) 6 years, 86 days Mustafa III

(1757–1774) 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)
First term 11 August
1774 7 July
1775 330 days Yağlıkçızade Derviş Mehmed Pasha [tr]
(1735–1777) 7 July
1775 5 January
1777 1 year, 182 days Darendeli
Cebecizade 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)
Second term 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 Çelebizade 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 İzmirli
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)
First term 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 Abdulmejid I

(1839–1861) Koca
Hüsrev Mehmed Pasha
(1769–1855) 8 July
1839 3 November
1839 118 days Proclamation of the Gülhane Edict