Said Halim Pasha cabinet

The Said Halim Pasha cabinet was headed by Grand Vizier Said Halim Pasha. It was formed on 17 June 1913 after Mahmud Shevket Pasha's assassination. It soon came to be wholly controlled by the Union and Progress Party. With the exception of Mardikyan Bey being the only Christian, everyone in cabinet was Muslim, with Said Halim Pasha and his brother Abbas Pasha Arabs and the rest Turks.

Said Halim Pasha cabinet

Government of the Ottoman Empire
Said Halim Pasha
Date formed17 June 1913
Date dissolved3 February 1917
People and organisations
Head of stateMehmed V
Head of governmentSaid Halim Pasha
Total no. of members14
Member partiesUnion and Progress Party
History
Election1914 Ottoman general election
PredecessorShevket Pasha government
SuccessorTalaat Pasha government

Said Halim's government was under the influence of Talaat Bey, Enver Pasha, and Cemal Pasha. While Said Halim negotiated a secret alliance with the German Empire, Enver and Talaat engineered the Ottoman Empire's entry into the First World War. This caused four ministers to tender their resignations.[1]

On 3 February 1917, Said Halim resigned due to "health concerns" and Talaat Bey was appointed Grand Vizier the next day.[2]

Cabinet Mehmed Said Halim Pasha

17 June 1913 – 3 February 1917

Portfolio Minister Took office Left office
Grand Vizier Said Halim Pasha 17 June 1913 3 February 1917
Şeyhülislam Mehmed Esad Efendi 17 June 1913 16 March 1914
Mustafa Hayri Efendi 16 March 1914 3 February 1917
Minister of War Ahmet İzzet Pasha (Furgaç) 17 June 1913 3 January 1914
İsmail Enver Pasha 3 January 1914 3 February 1917
Minister of Foreign Affairs Said Halim Pasha 17 June 1913 24 October 1915
Halil Menteşe 24 October 1915 3 February 1917
Minister of Justice Pirizade İbrahim Hayrullah* 17 June 1913 3 February 1917
President of Council of State Halil Menteşe 17 June 1913 28 May 1914
Pirizade İbrahim Hayrullah** 28 May 1914 3 February 1917
Minister of Interior Mehmed Talaat 17 June 1913 3 February 1917
Minister of Finance Menemenlizade Rifat* 17 June 1913 10 March 1914
Mehmed Cavid 10 March 1914 5 November 1914
Mehmed Talaat** 5 November 1914 3 February 1917
Minister of Imperial Pious Foundations Mustafa Hayri Efendi* 17 June 1913 8 May 1916
Pirizade İbrahim Hayrullah** 8 May 1916 3 February 1917
Minister of Navy Çürüksulu Mahmud Pasha** 17 June 1913 9 March 1914
Ahmed Cemal Pasha 10 March 1914 3 February 1917
Minister of Education Ahmet Şükrü (Bayındır) 12 June 1913 3 February 1917
Minister of Trade and Agriculture Suleyman al-Boustani 17 June 1913 5 November 1914
Ahmet Nesimi (Sayman) 5 November 1914 3 February 1917
Minister of Public Works Osman Nizami Pasha 17 June 1913 17 December 1913
Ahmed Cemal Pasha** 17 December 1913 25 February 1914
Ahmed Cemal Pasha 25 February 1914 10 March 1914
Çürüksulu Mahmud Pasha 10 March 1914 5 November 1914
Ahmet Nesimi (Sayman)** 5 November 1914 7 November 1914
Abbas Halim Pasha 7 November 1914 3 February 1917
Minister of Post, Telegraph, and Telephone Oskan Mardikyan* 17 June 1913 5 November 1914
Ahmet Şükrü (Bayındır)** 5 November 1914 3 February 1917
Source:[3]

References

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  1. ^ Mango, Andrew (1999). Atatürk. John Murray. p. 134. ISBN 978-0-7195-6592-2.
  2. ^ Kieser, Hans-Lukas (2018). Talaat Pasha: Father of Modern Turkey, Architect of Genocide. Princeton University Press. p. 2. ISBN 978-0-691-15762-7.
  3. ^ Uzun, Hakan (2019). "BİRİNCİ DÜNYA SAVAŞI SIRASINDA OSMANLI HÜKÜMETLERİ VE PROGRAMLARININ ANALİZİ". Ankara Üniversitesi Türk İnkılâp Tarihi Enstitüsü Atatürk Yolu Dergisi: 415–447.