Reshid Akif Pasha [SEP] date of death
Reshid Akif Pasha
Reshid Akif Pasha (; 1863 – 15 April 1920), was an Ottoman statesman during the last decades of the Ottoman Empire. Throughout his career as a politician, Reshid Akif Paşa served as governor, minister of the interior, and in the Council of State. He is also noted for providing important testimony in the aftermath of the Armenian Genocide.
Life and career.
Reshid Akif was born in Ioannina, today's Greece, in 1863 and was of Albanian ethnicity (). He was the
, Reşid Akif was appointed to the Council of State under Ahmed Izzet Pasha's government. However, Izzet Pasha's cabinet was dissolved, and Akif Pasha again resigned a few weeks after appointment. He was then appointed to the new Council of Ministers in 1918 by the government of Damat Ferid Pasha.
Armenian Genocide testimony.
Reshid Akif Pasha is known for providing important testimony on the Armenian Genocide during a session of the Ottoman parliament on 21 November 1918. Akif Pasha stated that during his short tenure as the president of