Midhat Pasha
Midhat Pasha | |
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| مدحت پاشا | |
Midhat Pasha in Vienna, July 1877 (photograph: Atelier Adèle). The handwritten date (August 27, 1878) was the date in where photograph was dedicated, when Midhat Pasha was a guest of the Duke of Sutherland. | |
| Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire | |
| In office 19 December 1876 – 5 February 1877 | |
| Monarch | Abdulhamid II (r. 1876–1909) |
| Preceded by | Mehmed Rushdi Pasha |
| Succeeded by | Ibrahim Edhem Pasha |
| In office 31 July 1872 – 19 October 1872 | |
| Monarch | Abdulaziz (r. 1861–1876) |
| Preceded by | Mahmud Nedim Pasha |
| Succeeded by | Mehmed Rushdi Pasha |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1822 Constantinople, Ottoman Empire |
| Died | 26 April 1883 (aged 60) Taif, Hejaz Vilayet, Ottoman Empire |
| Parliament | Parliament of the Ottoman Empire |
Ahmed Şefik Midhat Pasha (Ottoman Turkish: احمد شفيق مدحت پاشا, romanized: Aḥmed Şefīḳ Midḥat Pāşā; 1822 – 26 April 1883) was an Ottoman politician, reformist, and statesman. He was the author of the Constitution of the Ottoman Empire.
Midhat was born in Istanbul and educated from a private medrese. In July 1872, he was appointed grand vizier by Abdulaziz (r. 1861–1876), though was removed in August. During the First Constitutional Era, in 1876, he co-founded the Ottoman Parliament. Midhat was noted as a kingmaker and leading Ottoman democrat. He was part of a governing elite which recognized the crisis the Empire was in and considered reform to be a dire need. Midhat was reportedly killed in al-Ta'if.