List of Ottoman Grand Viziers

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This is the list of Grand Viziers of the Ottoman Empire.

Grand viziers

Grand Vizier	Entered office	Left office	Background notes
Alaeddin Pasha	1320	1331	Turkish Ottoman
Nizamüddin Ahmed Pasha	1331	1348	Turkish Ottoman
Hacı Pasha	1348	1349	Turkish Ottoman
Sinanüddin Fakih Yusuf Pasha	1349	1364	Turkish Ottoman
Çandarlı Kara Halil Hayreddin Pasha	1364	22 January 1387	Turkish Ottoman, from Cendere (or Çandar) village near Ankara, see Çandarlı family. The first vizier to hold the title "grand vizier" and also the first with a military background.
Çandarlı Ali Pasha	1387	1406	Turkish Ottoman (Çandarlı family)
İmamzade Halil Pasha	1406	1413	Turkish Ottoman, from Osmancık
Beyazıd Pasha	1413	1421	Turkish Ottoman, from Amasya
Çandarlı (1st) İbrahim Pasha	1421	1439	Turkish Ottoman (Çandarlı family)
Koca Mehmed Nizamüddin Pasha	1429	1439	Turkish Ottoman, from Osmancık or Amasya
Çandarlı (2nd) Halil Pasha	1439	1 June 1453	Turkish Ottoman (Çandarlı family). First grand vizier who was executed.
Veli Mahmud Pasha (1st time)	1453	1466	Greek Ottoman
Rum Mehmed Pasha	1466	1469	Greek Ottoman, (Rum = Greek)
İshak Pasha (1st time)	1469	1472	precise origin unknown, of Slavic background
Veli Mahmud Pasha (2nd time)	1472	1474	Greek Ottoman
Gedik Ahmed Pasha	1474	1477	discutably Albanian Ottoman (based on very loose evidence)
Karamanlı Mehmed Pasha	1477	1481	Turkish Ottoman, from Karaman
İshak Pasha (2nd time)	1481	1482	precise origin unknown, of Slavic background
Davud Pasha	1482	1497	Albanian Ottoman
Hersekli Ahmed Pasha (1st time)	1497	1498	Bosniak Ottoman, from Herzegovina
Çandarlı (2nd) İbrahim Pasha	1498	1499	Turkish Ottoman (Çandarlı family)
Mesih Pasha	1499	1501	Greek Ottoman, according to Joseph von Hammer
Hadim Ali Pasha (1st time)	1501	1503	Serbian Ottoman, from Bosnia (Hadim = Manservant)
Hersekli Ahmed Pasha (2nd time)	1503	1506	Bosniak Ottoman, from Herzegovina
Hadim Ali Pasha (2nd time)	1506	1511	Serbian Ottoman, from Bosnia
Hersekli Ahmed Pasha (3rd time)	1511	1511	Bosniak Ottoman, from Herzegovina
Koca Mustafa Pasha	1511	1512	Greek Ottoman
Hersekli Ahmed Pasha (4th time)	1512	28 November 1514	Bosniak Ottoman, from Herzegovina
Dukakinoğlu Ahmed Pasha	18 December 1514	8 September 1515	Albanian Ottoman
Hersekli Ahmed Pasha (5th time)	8 September 1515	26 April 1516	Bosniak Ottoman, from Herzegovina
Hadim Sinan Pasha	26 April 1516	22 January 1517	Bosniak Ottoman, from the noble Boronivic family (Hadim = Manservant)
Yunus Pasha	22 January 1517	13 September 1517	Of unknown origin, certainly non-Turkish, since a Devshirme.
Piri Mehmed Pasha	25 January 1518	27 June 1523	Turkish Ottoman, from Aksaray
Pargalı İbrahim Pasha, also called Frenk İbrahim Pasha	27 June 1523	14 March 1536	Greek Ottoman, from Parga (The nickname Frenk referred to his European manners and tastes)
Ayas Mehmed Pasha	14 March 1536	13 July 1539	Albanian Ottoman
Çelebi Lütfi Pasha	13 July 1539	April 1541	Most probably Albanian Ottoman, from Avlonya (Vlorë) (Çelebi = a refined gentleman with good manners)
Hadim Süleyman Pasha	April 1541	28 November 1544	Of unknown origin (Hadim = Manservant)
Damat Rüstem Pasha (1st time)	28 November 1544	6 October 1553	Bosniak Ottoman (Damat = Bridegroom to the Ottoman dynasty)
Kara Ahmed Pasha	6 October 1553	29 September 1555	Albanian Ottoman
Damat Rüstem Pasha (2nd time)	29 September 1555	10 July 1561	Bosniak Ottoman
Semiz Ali Pasha (1st time)	10 July 1561	28 June 1565	Albanian Ottoman (Semiz = a fleshy person)
Sokollu Mehmed Pasha	28 June 1565	12 October 1579	Ottoman above all, born in Sokolovici village near Višegrad in Bosnia. Both Serbian and Bosniak arguments to his claim could be equally justified.
Semiz Ahmed Pasha (2nd time)	12 October 1579	28 April 1580	Albanian Ottoman
Lala Kara Mustafa Pasha	28 April 1580	7 August 1580	Bosniak Ottoman (Lala = a tutor to a Sultan)
Koca Sinan Pasha (1st time)	7 August 1580	6 December 1582	Albanian Ottoman
Kanijeli Siyavuş Pasha (1st time)	24 December 1582	25 July 1584	Croatian or Hungarian Ottoman, from Kanije
Özdemiroğlu Osman Pasha	28 July 1584	29 October 1585	From a family of Circassian Mameluks
Hadim Mesih Pasha	1 November 1585	14 April 1586	Of unknown origin (Hadim = Manservant)
Kanijeli Siyavuş Pasha (2nd time)	14 April 1586	2 April 1589	Croatian or Hungarian Ottoman, from Kanije
Koca Sinan Pasha (2nd time)	14 April 1589	1 August 1591	Albanian Ottoman
Serdar Ferhad Pasha (1st time)	1 August 1591	4 April 1592	Albanian Ottoman
Kanijeli Siyavuş Pasha (3rd time)	4 April 1592	28 January 1593	Croatian or Hungarian Ottoman, from Kanije
Koca Sinan Pasha (3rd time)	28 January 1593	16 February 1595	Albanian Ottoman
Serdar Ferhad Pasha (2nd time)	16 February 1595	7 July 1595	Albanian Ottoman
Koca Sinan Pasha (4th time)	7 July 1595	19 November 1595	Albanian Ottoman
Lala Mehmed Pasha	19 November 1595	28 November 1595	Turkish Ottoman, from Manisa (Lala = Tutor to a Sultan)
Koca Sinan Pasha (5th time)	1 December 1595	3 April 1596	Albanian Ottoman
Damat İbrahim Pasha (1st time)	4 April 1596	27 October 1596	Bosniak Ottoman (Damat = Bridegroom to the Ottoman dynasty)
Cigalazade Yusuf Sinan Pasha	27 October 1596	5 December 1596	Italian Ottoman. From the noble Genoese family of Cicala.
Damat İbrahim Pasha (2nd time)	5 December 1596	3 November 1597	Bosniak Ottoman (Damat = Bridegroom to the Ottoman dynasty)
Hadim Hasan Pasha	3 November 1597	9 April 1598	Of unknown origin
Cerrah Mehmed Pasha	9 April 1598	6 January 1599	Turkish Ottoman (Cerrah = Surgeon)
Damat İbrahim Pasha (3rd time)	6 January 1599	10 July 1601	Bosniak Ottoman (Damat = Bridegroom to the Ottoman dynasty)
Yemişçi Hasan Pasha	22 July 1601	4 October 1603	Albanian Ottoman (Yemişçi = Fruit-vendor; in reference to his background)
Malkoç Yavuz Ali Pasha	16 October 1603	26 July 1604	Turkish Ottoman, from Malkoçoğlu family
Lala Mehmed Pasha	5 August 1604	21 June 1606	Bosniak Ottoman (Lala = Tutor to a Sultan)
Dervish Mehmed Pasha the Bosniak	21 June 1606	9 December 1606	Bosniak Ottoman
Kuyucu Murad Pasha	11 December 1606	5 August 1611	Croatian Ottoman (Kuyucu = The well-digger; name given since he had the habit of burying his enemies in wells)
Gümülcineli Damat Nasuh Pasha	5 August 1611	17 October 1614	possibly Albanian Ottoman, from Gümülcine. (Damat = Bridegroom to the Ottoman dynasty)
Öküz Kara Mehmed Pasha (1st time)	17 October 1614	17 November 1616	Turkish Ottoman, from İstanbul (Öküz = Oxen; literally Mehmed Pasha the Oxen; name given since he was heavily built)
Damat Halil Pasha (1st time)	17 November 1616	18 January 1619	Armenian Ottoman, from Zeytun (Damat = Bridegroom to the Ottoman dynasty)
Öküz Kara Mehmed Pasha (2nd time)	18 January 1619	23 December 1619	Turkish Ottoman, from İstanbul
Güzelce Ali Pasha	23 December 1619	9 March 1621	Turkish Ottoman (Güzelce = Handsome)
Ohrili Hüseyin Pasha	9 March 1621	17 September 1621	Albanian Ottoman, from Ohri
Dilaver Pasha	17 September 1621	20 May 1622	Croatian Ottoman
Kara Davud Pasha	20 May 1622	13 June 1622	Bosniak Ottoman
Mere Hüseyin Pasha (1st time)	13 June 1622	8 August 1622	Albanian Ottoman ("Mere!" = "Take it!" in Albanian; purportedly the only grand vizier who did not speak Turkish, named after the oft-repeated order he gave on the subject of opponents' heads)
Lefkeli Mehmed Pasha	8 August 1622	21 September 1622	Turkish Ottoman, from former Lefke, today Orhaneli
Gürcü Mehmed Pasha	21 September 1622	5 February 1623	Georgian Ottoman (Gürcü = Georgian)
Mere Hüseyin Pasha (2nd time)	5 February 1623	30 August 1623	Albanian Ottoman
Kemankeş Kara Ali Pasha	30 August 1623	3 April 1624	Turkish Ottoman (Kemankeş = Archer)
Çerkes Mehmed Ali Pasha	3 April 1624	28 January 1625	Circassian Ottoman (Çerkes = Circassian)
Filibeli Hafız Ahmed Pasha (1st time)	8 February 1625	1 December 1626	Turkish or Pomak (according to Gözler Ottoman, although the term Pomak itself was probably not in use at the time. From Filibe.
Damat Halil Pasha (2nd time)	1 December 1626	6 April 1628	Armenian Ottoman, from Zeytun (Damat = Bridegroom to the Ottoman dynasty)
Gazi Ekrem Hüsrev Pasha	6 April 1628	25 October 1631	Bosniak Ottoman
Filibeli Hafız Ahmed Pasha (2nd time)	25 October 1631	10 February 1632	Turkish or Pomak from Filibe.
Topal Recep Pasha	10 February 1632	18 May 1632	Bosniak Ottoman (Topal = Lame)
Tabanıyassi Mehmed Pasha	18 May 1632	2 February 1637	possibly Albanian Ottoman (from Drama)(Tabanıyassı = Flat-footed)
Bayram Pasha	2 February 1637	26 August 1638	Turkish Ottoman, from İstanbul
Tayyar Mehmed Pasha	27 August 1638	23 December 1638	Turkish Ottoman
Kemankeş Kara Mustafa Pasha	23 December 1638	31 January 1644	Albanian Ottoman (Kemankeş = Archer)
Sultanzade Semiz Mehmed Pasha	31 January 1644	17 December 1645	Turkish Ottoman (Sultanzade = Son of a female member of the Ottoman dynasty)
Nevesinli Salih Pasha	17 December 1645	16 September 1647	Bosniak Ottoman, from Nevesinje.
Kara Musa Pasha	16 September 1647	21 September 1647	Turkish Ottoman. Not included in some lists. The imperial seal was sent to him by way of sea to Crete where he was in campaign, but he fell in front of the castle of Kandiye (Iraklion) five days after his naming to the rank and before receiving the seal.
Hezarpare Ahmed Pasha	21 September 1647	7 August 1648	Greek Ottoman, from İstanbul. Promoted from in-attorney title to the rank of full grand vizier upon Kara Musa Pasha's death. (Hezarpare = Thousand pieces; literally Ahmed Pasha the Thousand Pieces; name given by chroniclers since he was lynched by the mob)
Sofu Mehmed Pasha, also called Mevlevi Mehmed Pasha	7 August 1648	21 May 1649	Turkish Ottoman (Sofu = Devout and see Mevlevi)
Kara Dev Murad Pasha	21 May 1649	5 August 1651	Albanian Ottoman (Dev = Giant)
Melek Ahmed Pasha	5 August 1651	21 August 1651	Abaza Ottoman (Melek = Angel)
Abaza Siyavuş Pasha (1st time)	21 August 1651	27 September 1651	Abaza Ottoman
Gürcü Mehmed Pasha	27 September 1651	20 June 1652	Georgian Ottoman (Gürcü - Georgian)
Tarhuncu Ahmed Pasha	20 June 1652	21 March 1653	Albanian Ottoman (Tarhuncu = Tarragon vendor; in reference to his background)
Koca Dervish Mehmed Pasha	21 March 1653	28 October 1654	Circassian Ottoman
İpşiri Mustafa Pasha	28 October 1654	11 May 1655	Abaza Ottoman (İpşiri = Bearer of good news)
Kara Dev Murad Pasha (2nd time)	11 May 1655	19 August 1655	Albanian Ottoman
Ermeni Suleyman Pasha	19 August 1655	28 February 1656	Turkish Ottoman despite his nickname Ermeni, which means Armenian, from Malatya.
Gazi Hüseyin Pasha, also called Deli Hüseyin Pasha	28 February 1656	5 March 1656	Turkish Ottoman, from Yenişehir. Not included in some lists. The imperial seal was sent to him by way of sea to Crete where he was in campaign, but the ships were called back because of Zurnazen Mustafa Pasha's lobbying, who had been appointed in-attorney in between but wanted the full title for him. (Deli = Mad; due to his daring and courage in the battlefield)
Zurnazen Mustafa Pasha (held office for 4 hours)	5 March 1656	5 March 1656	Albanian Ottoman (Zurnazen = Clarinettist). Not included in some lists. Promoted from in-attorney title to the rank of full grand vizier due to the influence he exerted on the sultan for Gazi Hüseyin Pasha's dismissal from the office. His appointment caused an uprising in İstanbul and he was exiled after having held the seal for four hours.
Abaza Siyavuş Pasha (2nd time)	5 March 1656	25 April 1656	Abaza Ottoman
Boynuyaralı Mehmed Pasha	26 April 1656	15 September 1656	Turkish Ottoman, from Samsun (Boynu yaralı = Wounded neck)
Köprülü Mehmed Pasha	15 September 1656	October 31, 1661	Albanian Ottoman, from the region of Rudnik, associated with his wife's hometown of Köprü in north-central Anatolia, called Vezirköprü today in honor of the family. (see; Köprülü family)
Köprülü Fazıl Ahmed Pasha	October 31, 1661	October 19, 1676	Ottoman (Albanian father, Turkish mother; see Köprülü family)
Merzifonlu Kara Mustafa Pasha	October 19, 1676	December 25, 1683	Turkish Ottoman, from Merzifon (adopted son in Köprülü family)
Kara İbrahim Pasha	15 December 1683	18 November 1685	Bosniak Ottoman
Sarı Süleyman Pasha	18 November 1685	18 September 1687	Bosniak Ottoman (Sarı = Blond)
Abaza Siyavuş Pasha (3rd time)	18 September 1687	23 February 1688	Abaza Ottoman
Ayaşlı İsmail Pasha	February 23, 1688	May 2, 1688	Turkish Ottoman (from Ayaş)
Bekri Mustafa Pasha	May 30, 1688	November 7, 1689	Turkish Ottoman, from Tekirdağ.
Köprülü Fazıl Mustafa Pasha	November 10, 1689	August 19, 1691	Turkish Ottoman (Köprülü family)
Arabacı Ali Pasha	August 24, 1691	March 21, 1692	Albanian Ottoman (Arabacı = Coachman; in reference to his background)
Merfizonlu Hacı Ali Pasha	March 23, 1692	March 17, 1693	Turkish Ottoman, from Merzifon.
Bozoklu Mustafa Pasha	March 17, 1693	March 1694	Turkish Ottoman, from Bozok (Yozgat today).
Sürmeli Ali Pasha	March 13, 1694	April 22, 1695	Greek Ottoman (from Dimetoka) (Sürmeli = One who has eyes tinged with kohl)
Elmas Mehmed Pasha	May 3, 1695	September 11, 1697	Turkish Ottoman (Elmas = Diamond)
Amcazade Köprülü Hüseyin Pasha	September 17, 1697	September 4, 1702	Turkish Ottoman (Köprülü family).
Daltaban Mustafa Pasha	September 4, 1702	January 24, 1703	Serbian Ottoman, according to Joseph von Hammer, from Manastır (Daltaban = Barefoot)
Rami Mehmed Pasha	January 25. 1703	August 22, 1703	Turkish Ottoman, from İstanbul
Kavanoz Ahmed Pasha	August 22, 1703	November 16, 1703	Russian Ottoman (Kavanoz = A jar; named as such because purportedly very short and fat)
Damat Hasan Pasha	November 18, 1703	September 28, 1704	Turkish Ottoman, from Mora (Damat = Bridegroom to the Ottoman dynasty)
Kalaylıkoz Hacı Ahmed Pasha	October, 1704	December 25, 1704	? Ottoman (Kalaylıkoz = Varnished; a reference on his fondness for make-up, ornaments and dresses)
Baltacı Mehmed Pasha (1st time)	December 25, 1704	May 3, 1706	Turkish Ottoman, from Osmancık.
Çorlulu Damat Ali Pasha	May 3, 1706	June 15, 1710	Turkish Ottoman, from Çorlu (Damat = Bridegroom to the Ottoman dynasty)
Köprülü Numan Pasha	June 16, 1710	August 17, 1710	Turkish Ottoman (Köprülü family).
Baltacı Mehmed Pasha (2nd time)	August 18, 1710	November 20, 1711	Turkish Ottoman, from Osmancık.
Ağa Yusuf Pasha	November 20, 1711	November 11, 1712	Georgian Ottoman
Silahdar Süleyman Pasha	November 12, 1712	April 6, 1713	Abaza Ottoman
Hoca İbrahim Pasha	April 6, 1713	April 7, 1713	Turkish Ottoman, from Serez (Serres)
Silahdar Damat Ali Pasha	April 27, 1713	August 5, 1716	Turkish Ottoman, from İznik (Damat = Bridegroom to the Ottoman dynasty)
Hacı Halil Pasha	August 21, 1716	October 1717	Albanian Ottoman
Nişancı Mehmed Pasha	October 1717	May 9, 1718	Turkish Ottoman, from Kayseri
Nevşehirli Damat İbrahim Pasha	May 9, 1718	October 16, 1730	Turkish Ottoman, from Nevşehir. (Damat = Bridegroom to the Ottoman dynasty)
Silahdar Damat Mehmed Pasha	October 16, 1730	January 23, 1731	Turkish Ottoman, from İstanbul (Damat = Bridegroom to the Ottoman dynasty)
Kabakulak İbrahim Pasha	January 23, 1731	September 11, 1731	Turkish Ottoman, from Şebinkarahisar (Kabakulak = Someone with mumps)
Topal Osman Pasha	September 21, 1731	March 12, 1732	Turkish Ottoman (Topal = Lame)
Hekimoğlu Ali Pasha (1st time)	March 12, 1732	July 14, 1735	Ottoman (Venetian father, Turkish mother)
Gürcü İsmail Pasha	July 14, 1735	December 25, 1735	Georgian Ottoman (Gürcü = Georgian)
Silahdar Seyyid Mehmed Pasha	January 10, 1736	August 5, 1737	Turkish Ottoman, from Dimetoka
Muhsinzade Abdullah Pasha	August 22, 1737	December 19, 1737	Turkish Ottoman, from Aleppo
Yeğen Mehmed Pasha	December 3, 1737	March 23, 1739	Turkish Ottoman (Yeğen = Nephew, of the Sultan in his case)
Hacı İvaz Mehmed Pasha	March 17, 1739	June 23, 1740	Albanian Ottoman
Nişancı Hacı Ahmed Pasha	July 22, 1740	April 7, 1742	Turkish Ottoman, from Alanya
Hekimoğlu Ali Pasha (2nd time)	April 21, 1742	October 4, 1742	Ottoman (Venetian father, Turkish mother)
Seyyid Hasan Pasha	October 4, 1742	August 10, 1746	Turkish Ottoman, from Karahisar (Şebinkarahisar today)
Tiryaki Hacı Mehmed Pasha	August 11, 1746	August 24, 1747	Turkish Ottoman (Tiryaki= Someone who has an addiction, to tobacco, opium, alcohol etc.). Reputed to have taken measures which made the prices of these substances plummet during his office.
Seyyid Abdullah Pasha	August 24, 1747	January 2, 1750	Turkish Ottoman, from Kerkük
Divitdar Mehmed Pasha	January 9, 1750	July 1, 1752	Turkish Ottoman, from İstanbul
Köse Bahir Mustafa Pasha (1st time)	July 1, 1752	February 16, 1755	Turkish Ottoman, from Çorlu (Köse = A bowl, someone with no beard)
Hekimoğlu Ali Pasha (3rd time)	February 16, 1755	May 19, 1755	Ottoman (Venitian father, Turkish mother)
Naili Abdullah Pasha	May 19, 1755	August 24, 1755	Turkish Ottoman, from İstanbul
Nişancı Ali Pasha	August 24, 1755	October 23, 1755	Albanian Ottoman
Yirmisekizzade Mehmed Said Pasha	October 25, 1755	April 1, 1756	Turkish Ottoman, from Edirne (Yirmisekiz = Twenty-eight; named as such because his father, Yirmisekiz Mehmed Çelebi, had served in the 28th battalion ("orta") in the corps of Janissaries)
Köse Bahir Mustafa Pasha (2nd time)	April 30, 1756	December 3, 1756	Turkish Ottoman, from Çorlu (Köse = A bowl, someone with no beard)
Koca Mehmed Ragıp Pasha	January 12, 1757	April 8, 1763	Turkish Ottoman, from İstanbul
Tevkii Hamza Hamid Pasha	April 11, 1763	September 29, 1763	Turkish Ottoman, from Develi
Köse Bahir Mustafa Pasha (3rd time)	September 29, 1763	March 30, 1765	Turkish Ottoman, from Çorlu
Muhsinzade Mehmed Pasha (1st time)	March 30, 1765	August 7, 1768	Turkish Ottoman, son of Muhsinzade Abdullah Pasha
Silahdar Hamza Mahir Pasha	August 7, 1768	October 20, 1768	Turkish Ottoman, from Develi
Yağlıkçızade Mehmed Emin Pasha	October 1768	August 12, 1769	Turkish Ottoman, from İstanbul
Moldovancı Ali Pasha	August 12, 1769	December 12, 1769	Turkish Ottoman, from Daday
İvazzade Halil Pasha	December 13, 1769	December 25, 1770	Turkish Ottoman (son of İvaz Mehmed Pasha)
Silahdar Mehmed Pasha	December 25, 1770	December 11, 1771	Turkish Ottoman, from İstanbul
Muhsinzade Mehmed Pasha (2nd time)	December, 1771	August 6, 1773	Turkish Ottoman
İzzet Mehmed Pasha (1st time)	August 11, 1773	July 7, 1775	Turkish Ottoman, from Safranbolu.
Moralı Dervish Mehmed Pasha	July 7, 1775	January 5, 1777	Turkish Ottoman (from Mora = The Peloponnese)
Darendeli Cebecizade Mehmed Pasha	January 5, 1777	September 1, 1778	Turkish Ottoman, from Darende.
Kalafat Mehmed Pasha	September 1, 1778	August 22, 1779	Bulgarian Ottoman, from Sofia (Kalafat = Caulker).
Silahdar Seyyid Mehmed Pasha or Karavezir Seyyid Mehmed Pasha	August, 1779	February 20, 1781	Turkish Ottoman, from Arabsun near Kırşehir
İzzet Mehmed Pasha (2nd time)	February 20, 1781	August 25, 1782	Turkish Ottoman, from Safranbolu.
Yeğen Hacı Mehmed Pasha	August 25, 1782	December 31, 1782	Turkish Ottoman (Yeğen = Nephew, to the Ottoman sultan in his case).
Halil Hamid Pasha	December 31, 1782	April 30, 1785	Turkish Ottoman, from Isparta. Great-grandfather of Kemal Derviş, current administrator of the UNDP.
Şahin Ali Pasha	April 30, 1785	January 25, 1786	most probably Georgian Ottoman
Koca Yusuf Pasha (1st time)	January 25, 1786	May 28, 1789	Georgian Ottoman
Cenaze Hasan Pasha or Meyyit Hasan Pasha	May 28, 1789	January 2, 1790	Circassian Ottoman ("Cenaze" or "Meyyit" = A funeral, a corpse; literally "Hasan Pasha the Funeral" or "Hasan Pasha the Corpse"; named as such because he was in his deathbed, seriously ill, all along his office)
Cezayirli Gazi Hasan Pasha	January 2, 1790	March 30, 1790	Turkish Ottoman, possibly with origins related to any which one of the Caucasian/Iranian ethnicities, bought as a slave in childhood in eastern Turkey, raised by Turkish family in Tekirdağ. His name Cezayirli means from Algiers since he had been a corsair there.
Çelebizade Şerif Hasan Pasha	April 16, 1790	February 12, 1791	Turkish people Ottoman, from Rusçuk.
Koca Yusuf Pasha (2nd time)	February 12, 1791	1792	Georgian Ottoman
Damat Melek Mehmed Pasha	1792	October 21, 1794	Bosniak Ottoman (Damat = Bridegroom to the Ottoman dynasty)
İzzet Mehmed Pasha (3rd time)	October 21, 1794	October 23, 1798	Turkish Ottoman, from Safranbolu.
Kör Yusuf Ziyaüddin Pasha (1st time)	October 23, 1798	June 24, 1805	Turkish Ottoman (Kör = Blind)
Bostancıbaşı Hafız İsmail Pasha	September 24, 1805	October 13, 1806	Turkish Ottoman
Keçiboynuzu İbrahim Hilmi Pasha	October 13, 1806	June 3, 1807	Turkish Ottoman (Keçiboynuzu = Carob fruit, named as such because purportedly an extremely puny person)
Çelebi Mustafa Pasha	June 3, 1807	July 29, 1808	Turkish Ottoman (Çelebi = A refined gentleman with good manners)
Alemdar Mustafa Pasha, also called (Bayrakdar Mustafa Pasha)	July 29, 1808	November 15, 1808	Turkish Ottoman, from Rusçuk. (Alemdar or Bayraktar = standard bearer, same rank with two different names among the Janissaries)
Çavuşbaşı Memiş Pasha	November 16, 1808	December, 1808	Albanian Ottoman (Çavuşbaşı = Head sergent)
Çarhacı Ali Pasha	December, 1808	March, 1809	Turkish Ottoman (Çarhacı = Skirmisher)
Kör Yusuf Ziyaüddin Pasha (2nd time)	March, 1809	February, 1811	Turkish Ottoman
Laz Ahmed Pasha	February, 1811	July, 1812	Laz Ottoman
Hurşid Ahmed Pasha	July, 1812	March 30, 1815	Turkish Ottoman, the only grand vizier who committed suicide (while in office)
Mehmed Emin Rauf Pasha (1st time)	March 30, 1815	January 6, 1818	Turkish Ottoman
Burdurlu Dervish Mehmed Pasha	January 6, 1818	January 5, 1820	Turkish Ottoman, from Burdur
Seyyid Ali Pasha	January 5, 1820	April 21, 1821	Turkish Ottoman
Benderli Ali Pasha	April 30, 1821	April 21, 1821	Turkish Ottoman, from Bender (Moldavia today). The last grand vizier who was executed upon an order clearly given by the sultan (because of the Greek War of Independence).
Hacı Salih Pasha	April 30, 1821	November 11, 1822	Turkish Ottoman
Deli Abdullah Pasha	November 11, 1822	March 4, 1823	Turkish Ottoman (Deli = Mad, literally Abdullah Pasha the Mad)
Turnacızade Silahdar Ali Pasha	March 4, 1823	December, 1823	Turkish Ottoman
Mehmed Said Galip Pasha	December, 1823	September 15, 1824	Turkish Ottoman
Benderli Mehmed Selim Sırrı Pasha	September 15, 1824	October 26, 1828	Turkish Ottoman, from Bender (Moldavia today)
Darendeli Topal İzzet Mehmed Pasha (1st time)	October 26, 1828	January, 1829	Turkish Ottoman, from Darende.
Reşid Mehmed Pasha	January, 1829	February 17, 1833	Turkish Ottoman
Mehmed Emin Rauf Pasha (2nd time)	February 17, 1833	July 8, 1839	Turkish Ottoman
Koca Mehmed Hüsrev Pasha	July 8, 1839	May 29, 1841	Turkish Ottoman
Mehmed Emin Rauf Pasha (3rd time)	May 29, 1841	October 7, 1841	Turkish Ottoman
Darendeli Topal İzzet Mehmed Pasha (2nd time)	October 7, 1841	September 3, 1842	Turkish Ottoman, from Darende
Mehmed Emin Rauf Pasha (4th time)	September 3, 1842	July 31, 1846	Turkish Ottoman
Koca Mustafa Reşid Pasha (1st time)	July 31, 1846	April 28, 1848	Turkish Ottoman
İbrahim Sarim Pasha	April 28, 1848	August 13, 1848	Turkish Ottoman
Koca Mustafa Reşid Pasha (2nd time)	August 13, 1848	January 27, 1852	Turkish Ottoman
Mehmed Emin Rauf Pasha (5th time)	January 27, 1852	March 7, 1852	Turkish Ottoman
Koca Mustafa Reşit Pasha (3rd time)	March 7, 1852	August 7, 1852	Turkish Ottoman
Mehmed Emin Aali Pasha (1st time)	August 7, 1852	October 4, 1852	Turkish Ottoman
Damat Mehmed Ali Pasha	October 4, 1852	May 14, 1853	Hamsheni Ottoman (Damat=Bridegroom to the Ottoman Dynasty).
Giritli Mustafa Naili Pasha (1st time)	May 14, 1853	May 30, 1854	Albanian Ottoman, , from Egypt, called Giritli=Cretan because he had served as governor in that island for a long time.
Kıbrıslı Mehmed Emin Pasha (1st time)	May 30, 1854	November 24, 1854	Turkish Ottoman, from Cyprus
Koca Mustafa Reşid Pasha (4th time)	November 24, 1854	May 4, 1855	Turkish Ottoman
Mehmed Emin Aali Pasha (2nd time)	May 4, 1855	December 1, 1856	Turkish Ottoman
Koca Mustafa Reşid Pasha (5th time)	December 1, 1856	August 2, 1857	Turkish Ottoman
Giritli Mustafa Naili Pasha (2nd time)	August 2, 1857	October 23, 1857	Albanian Ottoman
Koca Mustafa Reşid Pasha (6th time)	October 23, 1857	January 7, 1858	Turkish Ottoman
Mehmed Emin Aali Pasha (3rd time)	January 11, 1858	October 8, 1859	Turkish Ottoman
Kıbrıslı Mehmed Emin Pasha (2nd time)	October 8, 1859	December 24, 1859	Turkish Ottoman, from Cyprus
Mütercim Mehmed Rüşdi Pasha (1st time)	December 24, 1859	May 27, 1860	Turkish Ottoman (Mütercim = A translator, an interpreter)
Kıbrıslı Mehmed Emin Pasha (3rd time)	27 May 1860	6 August 1861	Turkish Ottoman, from Cyprus
Mehmed Emin Aali Pasha (4th time)	6 August 1861	22 November 1861	Turkish Ottoman
Keçecizade Mehmed Fuad Pasha (1st time)	22 November 1861	6 January 1863	Turkish Ottoman, from Konya (Keçecizade family).
Yusuf Kamil Pasha	6 January 1863	3 June 1863	Turkish Ottoman
Keçecizade Mehmed Fuad Pasha (2nd time)	3 June 1863	5 June 1866	Turkish Ottoman
Mütercim Mehmed Rüşdi Pasha (2nd time)	June 5, 1866	February 11, 1867	Turkish Ottoman
Mehmed Emin Aali Pasha (5th time)	11 February 1867	7 September 1871	Turkish Ottoman
Mahmud Nedim Pasha (1st time)	September, 1871	31 July 1872	Turkish Ottoman, , was often called Nedimoff due to his Russophile policies
Mithat Pasha (1st time)	31 July 1872	19 October 1872	Turkish Ottoman, family from Rusçuk, born in İstanbul.
Mütercim Mehmed Rüşdi Pasha (3rd time)	Oct, 1872	February, 1873	Turkish Ottoman
Sakızlı Ahmed Esat Pasha (1st time)	15 February 1873	May, 1873	Turkish Ottoman, from Sakız/Chios
Şirvanlı Mehmed Rüşdi Pasha	May, 1873	14 February 1874	Turkish or Kurdish Ottoman, from Şirvan.
Hüseyin Avni Pasha	14 February 1874	25 April 1875	Turkish Ottoman
Sakızlı Ahmed Esat Pasha (2nd time)	April, 1875	August, 1875	Turkish Ottoman, from Sakız (Chios)
Mahmud Nedim Pasha (2nd time)	August 21, 1875	April 13, 1876	Turkish Ottoman
Mütercim Mehmed Rüşdi Pasha (4th time)	April, 1876	19 December 1876	Turkish Ottoman
Mithat Pasha (2nd time)	19 December 1876	5 February 1877	Turkish Ottoman. The last grand vizier who was executed -while in exile in Taif-. Whether or not there was a direct order from the Sultan Abdulhamid II remains subject of discussion to this day.)
İbrahim Edhem Pasha	5 February 1877	11 January 1878	Turkified Greek Ottoman, from Chios/Sakız; sold as a slave in childhood to -later- Grand Vizier Koca Mehmed Hüsrev Pasha during the 1822 events in that island)
Ahmed Hamdi Pasha	11 January 1878	4 February 1878	Turkish Ottoman
Ahmed Vefik Pasha	4 February 1878	18 April 1878	Turkish Ottoman, from İstanbul.
Mehmed Sadık Pasha	18 April 1878	May, 1878	Turkish Ottoman
Mütercim Mehmed Rüşdi Pasha (5th time)	May, 1878	June, 1878	Turkish Ottoman
Mehmed Esad Saffet Pasha	May, 1878	October, 1878	Turkish Ottoman
Tunuslu Hayreddin Pasha	October, 1878	28 July 1879	Tunisian Ottoman
Ahmed Arifi Pasha	28 July 1879	September, 1879	Turkish Ottoman
Küçük Mehmed Said Pasha (1st time)	18 October 1879	9 June 1880	Turkish Ottoman (Küçük = Small; literally Mehmed Pasha the Small, at 1m47, the shortest grand vizier)
Cenani Mehmed Kadri Pasha	9 June 1880	12 September 1880	Turkish Ottoman, from Antep
Küçük Mehmed Said Pasha (2nd time)	12 September 1880	2 May 1882	Turkish Ottoman
Abdurrahman Nureddin Pasha	2 May 1882	12 July 1882	Turkish Ottoman, from Kütahya (Germiyan family)
Küçük Mehmed Said Pasha (3rd time)	12 July 1882	30 November 1882	Turkish Ottoman
Ahmed Vefik Pasha (2nd time)	1 December 1882	3 December 1882	Turkish Ottoman
Küçük Mehmed Said Pasha (4th time)	3 December 1882	24 September 1885	Turkish Ottoman
Kıbrıslı Mehmed Kamil Pasha (1st time)	September, 1885	September, 1891	Turkish Ottoman, from Cyprus.
Ahmed Cevat Şakir Pasha	September, 1891	June, 1895	Turkish Ottoman, from Kabaağaç in Afyonkarahisar (Şakirpaşazade family)
Küçük Mehmed Said Pasha (5th time)	9 June 1895	3 October 1895	Turkish Ottoman
Kıbrıslı Mehmed Kamil Pasha (2nd time)	October, 1895	November, 1895	Turkish Ottoman, from Cyprus.
Halil Rifat Pasha	November, 1895	9 November 1901	Turkish Ottoman, from Siroz (Serrai)
Küçük Mehmed Said Pasha (6th time)	13 November 1901	15 January 1903	Turkish Ottoman
Avlonyalı Mehmed Ferid Pasha	15 January 1903	July, 1908	Albanian Ottoman, from Avlonya (Vlore)
Küçük Mehmed Said Pasha (6th time)	22 July 1908	6 August 1908	Turkish Ottoman
Kıbrıslı Mehmed Kamil Pasha (3rd time)	August, 1908	February, 1909	Turkish Ottoman, from Cyprus
Ahmed Tevfik Pasha (1st time)	31 March 1909	May, 1909	Turkish Ottoman
Hüseyin Hilmi Pasha	May, 1909	January, 1910	Turkish Ottoman, from Midilli
İbrahim Hakkı Pasha	12 January 1910	29 September 1911	Turkish Ottoman
Küçük Mehmed Said Pasha (7th time)	4 October 1911	17 July 1912	Turkish Ottoman
Ahmed Muhtar Pasha	22 July 1912	29 October 1912	Turkish Ottoman, from Bursa
Kıbrıslı Mehmed Kamil Pasha (4th time)	October, 1912	23 January 1913	Turkish Ottoman, from Cyprus
Mahmud Şevket Pasha	23 January 1913	June 11, 1913	Turkish Ottoman, from Baghdad
Said Halim Pasha	12 June 1913	3 February 1917	Egyptian Ottoman of Albanian origins (from the family of the Khedives of Egypt)
Mehmed Talat Pasha	4 February 1917	8 October 1918	Turkish Ottoman, from Edirne
Ahmed İzzet Pasha	14 October 1918	8 November 1918	Turkish Ottoman, from İstanbul
Ahmed Tevfik Pasha (2nd time)	11 November 1918	10 March 1919	Turkish Ottoman
Damat Ferid Pasha (1st time)	10 March 1919	4 October 1919	Montenegrin Ottoman with family origins in the village of Potoci, near Pljevlja (Damat, bridegroom to the Ottoman dynasty)
Ali Rıza Pasha	6 October 1919	2 March 1920	Turkish Ottoman, from İstanbul
Hulusi Salih Pasha	8 March 1920	2 April 1920	Turkish Ottoman, from İstanbul
Damat Ferid Pasha (2nd time)	5 April 1920	18 October 1920	Montenegrin Ottoman with family origins in the village of Potoci, near Pljevlja (Damat, bridegroom to the Ottoman dynasty)
Ahmed Tevfik Pasha (3rd time)	21 October 1920	17 November 1922	Turkish Ottoman, last grand vizier