Sadık Rıfat Pasha (October 25, 1807 – February 11, 1857), was an Ottoman marshal, statesman and diplomat, who was twice Foreign Affairs Minister of the Ottoman Empire.[1]

Sadık Rıfat
Foreign Affairs Minister of the Ottoman Empire
In office
1841–1841
In office
1843–1844
Personal details
Born
Sadık Rıfat

October 25, 1807
Constantinople
DiedFebruary 11, 1857 (aged 49)
Constantinople
OccupationField marshal and statesman

Sadık Rifat Pasha's career was initially in line with the three statesmen of the Tanzimat era (Mustafa Reshid Pasha, Mehmed Emin Âli Pasha and Mehmed Fuad Pasha).[2] However, the internal competition and the frequent changes of the places of Ottoman bureaucrats at the time, such as the checkers, and especially the foreign powers' intervention prevented him holding office for a longer term. He died at a relatively young age in 1857.

References edit

  1. ^ "Sadık Rıfat Paşa".
  2. ^ Hippler & Vec, Thomas & Miloš (2015). Paradoxes of Peace in Nineteenth Century Europe. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-872799-6.