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.[1] After palace schooling, he discharged high-level functions along the Ottoman Empire.[1]
His epithet "Semiz" means "fat" in Turkish.
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