Gazi Hüseyin Pasha
Hüseyin | |
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Ideal portrait of Gazi Hüseyin Pasha on a 20th-century book cover | |
| Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire | |
| In office 28 February 1656 – 5 March 1656 | |
| Monarch | Mehmed IV |
| Preceded by | Ermeni Suleyman Pasha |
| Succeeded by | Zurnazen Mustafa Pasha |
| Ottoman Governor of Egypt | |
| In office 1635–1637 | |
| Monarch | Murad IV |
| Preceded by | Bakırcı Ahmed Pasha |
| Succeeded by | Semiz Mehmed Pasha |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Yenişehir, Ottoman Empire |
| Died | 1659 Istanbul, Ottoman Empire |
| Nationality | Ottoman |
| Origins | Turkish |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Ottoman Empire |
| Branch/service | Ottoman Navy |
| Rank | Kapudan Pasha (grand admiral) |
Never exercised the office of grand vizier | |
Gazi Hüseyin Pasha ("Hüseyin Pasha the Warrior"; died 1659), also known as Deli Hüseyin Pasha ("the Mad") or Sarı Hüseyin Pasha ("the Blonde") or Baltaoğlu Hüseyin Pasha ("of the Axe"), was an Ottoman military officer and statesman. He was governor of Egypt (1635–1637), Kapudan Pasha in the 1630s, and briefly Grand Vizier in 1656.