Ali Pasha, Mehmed Emin 1815-1871.
Grand vizier (chief minister) of the Ottoman
empire 1855-56, 1858-59, 1861, and 1867-71,
noted for his attempts to westernize the
Ottoman Empire. After a career as ambassador
to the UK, minister of foreign affairs 1846,
delegate to the Congress of Vienna 1855 and
of Paris 1856, he was grand vizier a total of
five times. While promoting friendship with
Britain and France, he defended the vizier's
powers against those of the sultan.