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Rüstem Pasha

1500 - 1561

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Rüstem Pasha (Turkish pronunciation: [ɾysˈtæm pa.ʃa]; Ottoman Turkish: رستم پاشا; c. 1505 – 10 July 1561) was an Ottoman statesman who served as Grand Vizier to Sultan Süleyman the Magnificent. Rüstem Pasha is also known as Damat Rüstem Pasha (the epithet damat meaning 'son-in-law') as a result of his marriage to the sultan's daughter, Mihrimah Sultan, in 1539. He is regarded as one of the most influential and successful grand viziers of the Ottoman Empire. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Rüstem Pasha is the 566th most popular politician (down from 394th in 2019), the 5th most popular biography from Croatia (down from 4th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Croatian Politician.

Rüstem Pasha was a grand vizier of the Ottoman Empire from 1565 to 1579. He is most famous for his role in the Ottoman-Safavid War of 1578-1590, in which he led the Ottoman army to victory against the Safavid Empire.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Rüstem Pasha ranks 566 out of 19,576. Before him are Sargon of Akkad, Sibylla, Queen of Jerusalem, Yoon Suk Yeol, Jean-Marie Le Pen, Christian VIII of Denmark, and Archduke Karl Ludwig of Austria. After him are Charles IV of France, Aurelian, Hafsa Sultan, Yazid I, Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour, and Şehzade Bayezid.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1500, Rüstem Pasha ranks 3. Before him are Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, and Mahidevran. After him are Benvenuto Cellini, Wu Cheng'en, Fatma Sultan, Hernando de Soto, Lala Mustafa Pasha, Gülfem Hatun, Bartolomeo Eustachi, John of Ávila, and Al-Mutawakkil III. Among people deceased in 1561, Rüstem Pasha ranks 1. After him are Şehzade Bayezid, Menno Simons, Lucrezia de' Medici, Duchess of Ferrara, Gülfem Hatun, Matteo Bandello, Lope de Aguirre, Sayri Túpac, Ridolfo Ghirlandaio, Bairam Khan, Claude Garamond, and Jan Tarnowski.

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In Croatia

Among people born in Croatia, Rüstem Pasha ranks 5 out of 700. Before him are Nikola Tesla (1856), Josip Broz Tito (1892), Diocletian (244), and Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa (-63). After him are Franjo Tuđman (1922), Valens (328), Leopold Ružička (1887), János Kádár (1912), Roger Joseph Boscovich (1711), Pope John IV (600), and Pope Caius (250).

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Among POLITICIANS In Croatia

Among politicians born in Croatia, Rüstem Pasha ranks 3. Before him are Josip Broz Tito (1892), and Diocletian (244). After him are Franjo Tuđman (1922), Valens (328), János Kádár (1912), Joanna II of Naples (1373), Crispus (305), Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović (1968), Stjepan Radić (1871), Zoran Milanović (1966), and Ivan Ribar (1881).

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