Ermeni Suleyman Pasha ( hy, Էրմենի Սուլեյման Փաշա) also Koca was an Ottoman statesman of

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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

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then of

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. Married to the 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

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of Istanbul, Özü, then Istanbul, and Erzurum again. After this last position, he retired and died in IstanbulMeydan Larousse Büyük Lugât ve Ansiklopedi, 1965

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17th-century Grand Viziers of the Ottoman Empire Armenians from the Ottoman Empire 1607 births 1687 deaths {{Ottoman-bio-stub