Hersekzade Ahmed Pasha

Hersekzade Ahmed Pasha or Hersekli Ahmed Pasha (Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian: Ahmed/Stjepan Hercegović/Ахмед/Стјепан Херцеговић; 1459 – July 21, 1517) was an Ottoman general and statesman of Bosnian descent.

Hersekli Ahmed Pasha, born Stjepan Hercegović in 1459, was the son of Duke (Herzog) Stjepan Vukčić Kosača of Bosnia and younger half-brother of Queen Catherine of Bosnia. Since 1470, after converting to Islam, Stjepan Hercegović was called Ahmed Pasha Hersekzade. Hersekli Ahmed Pasha was great-grandson of the nobleman Dragiša Vukčić, brother of Hrvoje Vukčić Hrvatinić.

Hersekli Ahmed Pasha was a five-time Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire and Grand Admiral to the sultan. He was the first great vizier of Bosnian and served five times in the period from 1497 to 1515. He was married in 1482 to Fatima, daughter of Sultan Bayezid II, and he left descendants. He died in July 21, 1517 of natural causes, toward the end of the reign of Selim I.