This article will address the topic of Hüseyin Hilmi Pasha, which has gained relevance in recent times due to its impact in various areas. Since its emergence, Hüseyin Hilmi Pasha has aroused the interest of researchers, experts and the general public, generating debates and reflections around its implications. Through an exhaustive analysis, the different aspects related to Hüseyin Hilmi Pasha will be explored, from its origin to its influence on current society. Likewise, the different perspectives and positions that exist around this phenomenon will be examined, with the aim of providing a complete and objective vision of it.
Hüseyin Hilmi | |
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Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire | |
In office 14 February 1909 – 13 April 1909 | |
Monarch | Abdul Hamid II |
Preceded by | Kâmil Pasha |
Succeeded by | Ahmet Tevfik Pasha |
In office 5 May 1909 – 12 January 1910 | |
Monarch | Mehmed V |
Preceded by | Ahmet Tevfik Pasha |
Succeeded by | Ibrahim Hakki Pasha |
Minister of the Interior | |
In office 1908–1909 | |
Inspectorate-General of Macedonia | |
In office 1902–1908 | |
Ambassador to Austria-Hungary | |
In office 1912–1918 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Midilli, Eyalet of the Archipelago, Ottoman Empire | 1 April 1855
Died | 1922 Vienna, Austria | (aged 66–67)
Nationality | Ottoman |
Hüseyin Hilmi Pasha (Ottoman Turkish: حسین حلمی پاشا Turkish: Hüseyin Hilmi Paşa, also spelled Hussein Hilmi Pasha) (1 April 1855 – 1922) was an Ottoman statesman and imperial administrator. He was twice the Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire around the time of the Second Constitutional Era. He was also one-time president of the Turkish Red Crescent.
Hüseyin Hilmi was one of the most successful Ottoman administrators in the explosive Balkans of the early 20th century, becoming the Ottoman Inspectorate-General of Macedonia from 1902 to 1908, Minister of the Interior from 1908 to 1909, and ambassador to Austria-Hungary from 1912 to 1918. He is often regarded, along with Ahmet Rıza Bey and Hasan Fehmi Pasha, as one of the leading statesmen who encouraged and propagated further progressivism.
Hüseyin Hilmi was born in September 1855 in Midilli, in the district of Sarlıca. He was the son of Kütahyalızade Tüccar Mustafa Efendi, who was from a family of merchants originating from Kütahya and have settled in the island when Hüseyin Hilmi's grandfather made the move into the island. He was of partial Greek ancestry, an ancestor had converted to Islam. He did his primary studies in Lesbos and learned fluent French at an early age. He started out as a clerk in the Ottoman state structure and gradually climbed the ladder of the hierarchy, becoming the governor of Adana in 1897 and of Yemen in 1902. That same year in 1902, he was appointed Inspectorate-General with responsibility over virtually all of the Balkan territories of the Ottoman Empire at the time, namely the vilayets of Salonica, Kosovo and Manastir.
After the 1908 revolution, he was appointed as Minister of the Interior and then served as Grand Vizier, at first between February 14, 1909, and April 13, 1909, under Abdul Hamid II and then, reassuming the post from Ahmed Tevfik Pasha a month later, between May 5, 1909, and December 28, 1909. As such, in his first vizierate, he was the last grand vizier of Abdul Hamid II. His first term was suddenly interrupted because of the 31 March Incident (which actually occurred on April 13), when for a few days, reactionary absolutists and Islamic fundamentalists took back control of the Ottoman government in Constantinople until the arrival of an army from Selanik that suppressed the attempted countercoup.
After his second term as grand vizier under Mehmed V, Hüseyin Hilmi Pasha served as the Minister of Justice in the succeeding Ahmed Muhtar Pasha cabinet. In October 1912, he was sent to Vienna as the Ottoman ambassador to Austria-Hungary, a position he held until the end of World War I. Due to health problems, he remained in Vienna until his death in 1922. He was buried in Beşiktaş, Istanbul.
Hüseyin Hilmi (1855-1923), who was to become Grand Vezir twice in 1909
the Ottoman Red Crescent Society of which Hilmi Pasha was the head, which he said, utilized their money for the purpose for which it had been contributed by Muslims in India.
Hüseyin Hilmi Pasha (1855-1923) (Ottoman Inspector-General of Macedonia, 1902-8
Hüseyin Hilmi Pasha (1855-1923) Minister for the Interior, 1908-9)
Hüseyin Hilmi Pasha (1855-1923) Ambassador to Vienna, 1912-18
Sadrazam Hüseyin Hilmi Paşa, tüccardan Kütahyalı-zâde Mustafa Efendi'nin oğlu olup, 1855 târihinde Midilli adasının Sarlice kariyesinin Şiryâne köyünde doğmuştur.
Hüseyin Hilmi Paşa, Kütahyalı zade tüccar Mustafa Efendinin oğlu olup 1855 Eylül senesinde Midilli'de doğmuştur. Büyük babası berayi ticaret Midilli'de ikamet ettiğinden babası da orada kalmıştır.
For Hilmi is a novus homo. A native of Mytilene, of obscure origin, partly Greek, he began his career as secretary to Kemal Bey
His Excellency Hussein Hilmi Pacha is a Turk "of the isles." The politest Turks of all come from the isles. There is also Greek blood in his veins
Hussein Hilmi Pasha, descended from a Greek convert to Islam in the island of Mitylene, was sent to Macedonia as High Commissioner.
Hussein Hilmi Pasha, descended from a Greek convert to Islam in the island of Mitylene, was sent to Macedonia as High Commissioner.