Mahmud Shevket Pasha

Mahmud Şevket Pasha
Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire
In office 23 January 1913 – 11 June 1913
Monarch	Mehmed V
Preceded by	Kâmil Pasha
Succeeded by	Said Halim Pasha
Minister of War
In office 23 January 1913 – 11 June 1913
Monarch	Mehmed V
Grand Vizier	Himself
Preceded by	Nazım Pasha
Succeeded by	Ahmet İzzet Pasha
In office 12 January 1910 – 9 July 1912
Monarch	Mehmed V
Grand Vizier	İbrahim Hakkı Pasha Mehmed Said Pasha
Preceded by	Salih Hulusi Pasha
Succeeded by	Hurşid Pasha
Personal details
Born	1856 Baghdad, Baghdad Eyalet, Ottoman Empire
Died	11 June 1913 (aged 56 or 57) Istanbul, Ottoman Empire
Manner of death	Assassination
Resting place	Monument of Liberty, Istanbul
Relations	Khaled Sulayman Faiq (brother), Hikmet Sulayman (brother)
Alma mater	Mekteb-i Harbiye
Military service
Allegiance	Ottoman Empire
Branch/service	Ottoman Army
Rank	Field Marshal
Commands	Third Army Action Army
Battles/wars	Macedonian Struggle 31 March Incident Albanian Revolt of 1910 Yemeni Revolt Albanian Revolt of 1912 First Balkan War

Mahmud Shevket Pasha (Ottoman Turkish: محمود شوكت پاشا, 1856 – 11 June 1913)^[1] was an Ottoman military commander and statesman.

During the 31 March Incident, Shevket Pasha and the Committee of Union and Progress overthrew Abdul Hamid II after an anti-Constitutionalist uprising in Constantinople.^[2] He played the role of a military dictator, surpassing the power of the CUP and the Grand Viziers after the crisis, with many observers describing him with the title "generalissimo". As War Minister he played a leading role in military reform and the establishment of Air Divisions. Shevket Pasha became Grand Vizier during the First Balkan War in the aftermath of the 23 January 1913 coup d'état, resuming war with the Balkan League. He was assassinated 6 months later by partisans of the Freedom and Accord Party, as part of a larger counter-coup attempt against the CUP.