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Ali Pasha, Mehmed Emin

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Ali Pasha, Mehmed Emin (1815–1871)

Grand vizier (chief minister) of the Ottoman Empire 1855–56, 1858–59, 1861, and 1867–71, noted for his attempts to Westernize the Ottoman Empire.

After a career as ambassador to the UK, minister of foreign affairs in 1846, delegate to the Congress of Vienna in 1855 and of Paris in 1856, he was grand vizier a total of five times. While promoting friendship with Britain and France, he defended the vizier's powers against those of the sultan.



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