Ahmed Vefik Pasha

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Ahmed Vefik Pasha
Prime Minister of the Ottoman Empire
In office 4 February 1878 – 18 April 1878
Monarch	Abdul Hamid II
Preceded by	Ahmed Hamdi Pasha
Succeeded by	Mehmed Sadık Pasha
In office 1 December 1882 – 3 December 1882
Monarch	Abdul Hamid II
Preceded by	Mehmed Sadık Pasha
Succeeded by	Mehmed Said Pasha
Personal details
Born	3 July 1823 Constantinople, Ottoman Empire
Died	2 April 1891(1891-04-02) (aged 67) Constantinople, Ottoman Empire
Nationality	Ottoman

Ahmed Vefik Pasha (Ottoman Turkish: احمد وفیق پاشا) (3 July 1823  – 2 April 1891) was an Ottoman statesman, diplomat, scholar, playwright, and translator during the Tanzimat and First Constitutional Era periods.^[1] He was commissioned with top-rank governmental duties, including presiding over the first Ottoman Parliament in 1877.^[1] He also served as Prime Minister for two brief periods. He also established the first Ottoman theatre^[1] and initiated the first Western style theatre plays in Bursa and translated Molière's major works. His portrait was depicted on the Turkish postcard stamp dated 1966.^[2]