Sofu Mehmed Pasha (died 1626) was an Ottoman administrator. Born and raised in Razgrad (today in Bulgaria), Mehmed Pasha served as the Ottoman governor of Egypt Eyalet (1611 – February 1615), Rumelia Eyalet (1617),

Sivas Eyalet Sivas (Latin and Greek: ''Sebastia'', ''Sebastea'', Σεβάστεια, Σεβαστή, ) is a city in central Turkey and the seat of Sivas Province. The city, which lies at an elevation of in the broad valley of the Kızılırmak river, is a ...

(1617–19), and Budin Eyalet (1624–26). Apart from his governorships, Mehmed Pasha was appointed as a vizier in 1611 and served as the kaymakam to the

Grand Vizier Grand vizier ( fa, وزيرِ اعظم, vazîr-i aʾzam; ota, صدر اعظم, sadr-ı aʾzam; tr, sadrazam) was the title of the effective head of government of many sovereign states in the Islamic world. The office of Grand Vizier was first ...

('' sadâret kaymakamı'') from sometime in the 1610s until late 1617, when he was appointed as third vizier. He was reappointed as ''sadâret kaymakamı'' in 1619, serving until his appointment as governor of Budin in 1624. He died in 1626.

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* 16th-century people from the Ottoman Empire 17th-century Ottoman governors of Egypt Ottoman governors of Egypt 1626 deaths Pashas People from Razgrad Year of birth unknown {{Egypt-bio-stub

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