Abdurrahman Nurettin Pasha

Grand Vizier of the Ottoman EmpireIn office
2 May 1882 – 12 July 1882MonarchAbdul Hamid IIPreceded byMehmed Said PashaSucceeded byMehmed Said PashaGovernor of the Baghdad VilayetIn office
1879–1880MonarchAbdul Hamid IIPreceded byQadri PashaSucceeded byTaqialden PashaGovernor of the Aidin VilayetIn office
1891–1893MonarchAbdul Hamid IIPreceded byHalil Rifat PashaSucceeded byHasan Fehmi Pasha Personal detailsBorn1836
Kütahya, Sanjak of Kütahya, Hüdavendigâr Eyalet, Ottoman EmpireDied1912 (aged 75–76)
Constantinople Ottoman EmpireNationalityOttoman

Abdurrahman Nurettin Pasha, (Ottoman Turkish: عبدالرحمن نور الدين پاشا ) also known as Nurettin Pasha (1836–1912), was an Ottoman statesman. He was the Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire from 2 May 1882 to 12 July 1882.^[1][2]

Born in Kütahya in 1836, He was a Turk,^[3] he was descendant of the Germiyanids,^[4] who flourished in that area after the decline and eventual fall of the Seljuq Sultanate of Rûm. His father, Haji Ali Pasha, was one of the Ottoman governors who died on 25 May 1874 while serving as the governor of Kastamonu.^[4]

Abdurrahman first served in various positions under his father.  In 1872 he was promoted to the rank of vizier.  He served as an Ottoman provincial governor (his posts included Ankara and Baghdad) before serving as grand vizier to Sultan Abdülhamid II in 1882.  Later he was Minister of Justice (1895–1908).^[5]

The son of Abdurrahman Pasha married to Naile Sultan, daughter of Sultan Abdulhamid.^[4] The son-in-law of Abdurrahman Pasha was Turkish musicologist Hüseyin Sadeddin Arel, and his nephew was Münir Nurettin Selçuk, the Turkish classical musician.