Semiz Ali Pasha

Semiz Ali Pasha was an Ottoman statesman and served as Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire from 1561-1565. He was previously the beylerbey (governor) of Egypt Eyalet. Semiz Ali Pasha was born in Bosnia, and replaced Rüstem Pasha as a Grand Vizier. After palace schooling, he discharged high-level functions along the Ottoman Empire.

His epithet "Semiz" means "fat" in Turkish.