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Sokollu Mehmed Pasha

1505 - 1579

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Sokollu Mehmed Pasha (Ottoman Turkish: صوقوللى محمد پاشا, romanized: Sokollu Mehmet Paşa; Serbian Cyrillic: Мехмед-паша Соколовић, romanized: Mehmed-paša Sokolović; pronounced [měxmet pâʃa sokǒːloʋitɕ]; 1505 – 11 October 1579) was an Ottoman statesman of Serb origin most notable for being the Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire. Born in Ottoman Herzegovina into an Orthodox Christian family, Mehmed was recruited as a young boy as part of so called "blood tax" to serve as a janissary to the Ottoman devşirme system of recruiting Christian boys to be raised as officers or administrators for the state. He rose through the ranks of the Ottoman imperial system, eventually holding positions as commander of the imperial guard (1543–1546), High Admiral of the Fleet (1546–1551), Governor-General of Rumelia (1551–1555), Third Vizier (1555–1561), Second Vizier (1561–1565), and as Grand Vizier (1565–1579, for a total of 14 years, three months, 17 days) under three sultans: Suleiman the Magnificent, Selim II, and Murad III. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sokollu Mehmed Pasha is the 752nd most popular politician (down from 481st in 2019), the 5th most popular biography from Bosnia and Herzegovina (down from 4th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Bosnian, Herzegovinian Politician.

Sokollu Mehmed Pasha was the Ottoman Grand Vizier from 1565 to 1579. He was most famous for his military conquests and reforms in the Ottoman Empire.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Sokollu Mehmed Pasha ranks 752 out of 19,576. Before him are Tahmasp I, Louis, Dauphin of France, Peter II of Russia, Moon Jae-in, Chun Doo-hwan, and Umberto II of Italy. After him are Jean-Baptiste Colbert, Hassan II of Morocco, Leonid Kuchma, Khosrow I, Anna of Russia, and Qaboos bin Said al Said.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1505, Sokollu Mehmed Pasha ranks 1. After him are Mary of Hungary, Joachim II Hector, Elector of Brandenburg, Andrea Amati, Jane Boleyn, Viscountess Rochford, Michel de l'Hôpital, Mikołaj Rej, Juan de Valdés, Lambert Lombard, Christine of Saxony, Nikolaus Federmann, and Christoph Amberger. Among people deceased in 1579, Sokollu Mehmed Pasha ranks 1. After him are Albert V, Duke of Bavaria, Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada, Joseph Nasi, Hans Staden, Diego de Landa, Thomas Gresham, Stanislaus Hosius, Vicente Juan Masip, Ferenc Dávid, Juan Fernández Navarrete, and Simão Rodrigues.

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In Bosnia and Herzegovina

Among people born in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sokollu Mehmed Pasha ranks 5 out of 375. Before him are Gavrilo Princip (1894), Ivo Andrić (1892), Ratko Mladić (1942), and Valerius Severus (300). After him are Alija Izetbegović (1925), Ante Pavelić (1889), Emir Kusturica (1954), Vladimir Prelog (1906), Goran Bregović (1950), Zoran Đinđić (1952), and Tvrtko I of Bosnia (1338).

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Among POLITICIANS In Bosnia and Herzegovina

Among politicians born in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sokollu Mehmed Pasha ranks 2. Before him are Valerius Severus (300). After him are Alija Izetbegović (1925), Ante Pavelić (1889), Zoran Đinđić (1952), Tvrtko I of Bosnia (1338), Lala Mustafa Pasha (1500), Biljana Plavšić (1930), Milorad Dodik (1959), Boris Tadić (1958), Vukašin of Serbia (1320), and Ante Marković (1924).

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