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Köprülü Mehmed Pasha

1580 - 1661

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Köprülü Mehmed Pasha (Ottoman Turkish: كپرولی محمد پاشا, Turkish: Köprülü Mehmet Paşa, pronounced [ˈcœp.ɾy.ly mehˈmet paˈʃa]; Albanian: Mehmed Pashë Kypriljoti or Qyprilliu, also called Mehmed Pashá Rojniku; c. 1575, Roshnik,– 31 October 1661, Edirne) was Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire and founding patriarch of the Köprülü political dynasty. He helped rebuild the power of the empire by rooting out corruption and reorganizing the Ottoman army. As he introduced these changes, Köprülü also expanded the borders of the empire, defeating the Cossacks, the Hungarians, and most impressively, the Venetians. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Köprülü Mehmed Pasha is the 3,588th most popular politician (down from 3,172nd in 2019), the 19th most popular biography from Albania and the 17th most popular Albanian Politician.

Köprülü Mehmed Pasha was a Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire from 1656 to 1661. He is most famous for his military reforms and his war against the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Köprülü Mehmed Pasha ranks 3,588 out of 19,576. Before him are Sekhemre Khutawy Sobekhotep, Reynaldo Bignone, Kais Saied, Simon de Montfort, 5th Earl of Leicester, Choummaly Sayasone, and Paul Kruger. After him are Johann II, Prince of Liechtenstein, Boris Nemtsov, Ismaïl Omar Guelleh, Michael Collins, Postumus, and Lamoral, Count of Egmont.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1580, Köprülü Mehmed Pasha ranks 7. Before him are Jan Baptist van Helmont, Willebrord Snellius, Ustad Ahmad Lahori, John Smith, Gabriel Bethlen, and Josaphat Kuntsevych. After him are Ernst von Mansfeld, Charles I Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc, Cristóvão Ferreira, Giovanni Girolamo Kapsperger, and Augusta of Denmark. Among people deceased in 1661, Köprülü Mehmed Pasha ranks 4. Before him are Cardinal Mazarin, Shunzhi Emperor, and Girard Desargues. After him are Shah Shuja, Philip Prospero, Prince of Asturias, Vasile Lupu, Murad Bakhsh, Jan Fyt, George II, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, Archibald Campbell, 1st Marquess of Argyll, and Zheng Zhilong.

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In Albania

Among people born in Albania, Köprülü Mehmed Pasha ranks 19 out of 150. Before him are Kara Ahmed Pasha (1450), Leka, Crown Prince of Albania (1939), Edi Rama (1964), Alfred Moisiu (1929), Essad Pasha Toptani (1863), and Lütfi Pasha (1488). After him are Karl Thopia (1331), Ayas Mehmed Pasha (1483), Gjon Kastrioti (1400), Koca Sinan Pasha (1520), Mehmet Shehu (1913), and Sami Frashëri (1850).

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Among POLITICIANS In Albania

Among politicians born in Albania, Köprülü Mehmed Pasha ranks 17. Before him are Ismail Qemali (1844), Kara Ahmed Pasha (1450), Edi Rama (1964), Alfred Moisiu (1929), Essad Pasha Toptani (1863), and Lütfi Pasha (1488). After him are Karl Thopia (1331), Ayas Mehmed Pasha (1483), Gjon Kastrioti (1400), Koca Sinan Pasha (1520), Mehmet Shehu (1913), and Gentius (-300).

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