# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sokollu-mehmed-pasha
# Generated: 2026-08-31T14:02:40.360Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sokollu-mehmed-pasha"
name: "Sokollu Mehmed Pasha"
slug: "sokollu-mehmed-pasha"
description: "Taken from his Serbian family as a boy under the Ottoman \"blood tax,\" he climbed from conscripted janissary to grand vizier — the empire's second-most powerful man — and held the post for nearly fifteen years under three sultans."
tagline: "Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (1505–1579)"
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gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "TR"
category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1505"
deathDate: "1579-10-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Born into an Orthodox Christian household in Ottoman Herzegovina in 1505, Mehmed was recruited young through the devşirme system that turned Christian boys into imperial officers. He rose methodically: commander of the imperial guard by 1543, High Admiral six years later, then Governor-General of Rumelia, ascending through Third and Second Vizier before reaching Grand Vizier in 1565. He served Suleiman the Magnificent, Selim II, and Murad III for fourteen years as the empire's sole legal representative in state affairs. Though he became Muslim, he persuaded the Sultan to restore the Serbian Patriarchate of Peć and placed relatives — Muslim and Christian alike — in prominent posts. He was assassinated on 11 October 1579.