Hüseyin Hilmi Pasha
Hussein Hilmi | |
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حسین حلمی | |
Hüseyin Hilmi Pasha as Ottoman Inspector General of Macedonia, photograph taken between 1903 and 1908. | |
| 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 | 1 April 1855 |
| Died | 1922 (aged 66–67) |
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, the Turkish affiliate of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement.
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.