Mehmed Said Halim | |
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Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire | |
In office 12 June 1913 – 4 February 1917 | |
Monarch | Mehmed V |
Preceded by | Mahmud Shevket Pasha |
Succeeded by | Talaat Pasha |
Personal details | |
Born | 18 or 28 January 1865 or 19 February 1864 Cairo, Egypt Eyalet, Ottoman Empire |
Died | 6 December 1921 Rome, Kingdom of Italy | (aged 56)
Nationality | Ottoman |
Political party | Committee of Union and Progress |
Relations | Muhammad Ali Pasha (grandfather) |
Mehmed Said Halim Pasha (Ottoman Turkish: سعيد حليم پاشا; Turkish: Sait Halim Paşa; 18 or 28 January 1865 or 19 February 1864[1] – 6 December 1921) was a writer and statesman who served as the Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire from 1913 to 1917. He was one of the perpetrators of the Armenian genocide and later assassinated by Arshavir Shirakian as part of Operation Nemesis, a retribution campaign to kill perpetrators of the Armenian genocide.