Pargalı Ibrahim Pasha

Ibrahim
Ibrahim Pasha (detail) suppresses the Kalender Çelebi rebellion in 1527, Süleymanname, 1558
Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire
In office
27 June 1523 – 15 March 1536
MonarchSuleiman I
Preceded byPiri Mehmed Pasha
Succeeded byAyas Mehmed Pasha
Ottoman Governor of Egypt
In office
1525–1525
MonarchSuleiman I
Preceded byGüzelce Kasım Pasha
Succeeded byGüzelce Kasım Pasha
Personal details
Bornc. 1495
Parga, Republic of Venice
Died15 March 1536(1536-03-15) (aged 40–41)
Constantinople, Ottoman Empire
Spouse
Muhsine Hatun
(m. 1523)
ChildrenMehmed Şah Bey
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Pargalı Ibrahim Pasha (c. 1495 – 15 March 1536), was the first grand vizier of the Ottoman Empire appointed by Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent.

Ibrahim, born as Orthodox Christian, was enslaved during his youth. He and Suleiman became close friends in their youth. In 1523, Suleiman appointed Ibrahim as grand vizier to replace Piri Mehmed Pasha, who had been appointed in 1518 by Suleiman's father, the preceding Sultan Selim I. Ibrahim remained in office for the next 13 years. He attained a level of authority and influence rivaled by only a handful of other grand viziers of the Empire, but in 1536, he was executed on Suleiman's orders and his property (much of which was gifted to him by the Sultan) was confiscated by the state.