Monarch Mehmed IV Nickname(s) Koca Succeeded by Gazi Hüseyin Pasha | Preceded by Kara Dev Murad Pasha Spouse Ayşe Sultan Other name Koca | |
Nationality Ottoman of Armenian ethnicity Died 28 February 1687, Istanbul, Turkey | ||
Ermeni Suleyman Pasha (Armenian: Էրմենի Սուլեյման Փաշա) also Koca was an Ottoman statesman of Armenian ethnicity. He was Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire from 19 August 1655 until 28 February 1656.
He attended Enderun school. Served as governor of Sivas then of Erzurum. Married to daughter of Sultan Ibrahim I, Ayşe Sultan. After being demoted from the position of Grand Vizier, he was appointed as the governor of Bosnia then as kaymakam of Istanbul, Özü, then Istanbul and Erzurum again. After this last position he retired and died in Istanbul.
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