Mere Hüseyin Pasha
Mere Hüseyin | |
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| Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire | |
| In office February 5, 1623 – August 30, 1623 | |
| Monarch | Mustafa I |
| Preceded by | Hadım Mehmed Pasha |
| Succeeded by | Kemankeş Kara Ali Pasha |
| In office June 13, 1622 – July 8, 1622 | |
| Monarch | Mustafa I |
| Preceded by | Kara Davud Pasha |
| Succeeded by | Lefkeli Mustafa Pasha |
| Ottoman Governor of Egypt | |
| In office July 1620 – April 1622 | |
| Preceded by | Hamidi Mustafa Pasha |
| Succeeded by | Biber Mehmed Pasha |
| Personal details | |
| Died | July 1624 Constantinople, Ottoman Empire |
| Nationality | Ottoman |
| Ethnicity | Albanian |
Mere Hüseyin Pasha (died July 1624) was an Ottoman statesman of Albanian origin. He was two times Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire in 1622 and 1623, and previously the Ottoman governor of Egypt between 1620 and 1622. His epithet "Mere!" comes from the word for "Take it!" in Albanian; he was nicknamed so because of the many times he ordered his men to "take [the heads]" of his opponents, i.e. execute them. He was purportedly the only grand vizier who did not speak Ottoman Turkish or Osmanlica.