George Berovich [SEP] position held
George Berovich
George Berovich (, , "Georgios Verovits", 1845–1897), known as Berovich Pasha () was a Christian Ottoman statesman who served as Governor-General ("wāli") of Crete and Prince of Samos.
Biography.
Berovich was born in Scutari, Sanjak of Scutari, Ottoman Empire (modern Albania). He was of Serb ethnic origin. He was the last of a line of Ottoman pashas of the Berovich family. In 19th-century Ottoman Empire, the government asked Christian families
Canea; Vassos declared that his troops had come to occupy Crete on behalf of the King of Greece and unilaterally proclaimed Greece's annexation of Crete. This prompted the island's Ottoman "vali" (governor), George Berovich (also known as Berovich Pasha) (1845–1897), to flee to Trieste on 14 February aboard the Russian battleship "Imperator Nikolai I".
Vassos's declaration was a direct challenge to both the Ottoman Empire and the Great Powers, and Berovich's departure left Crete with no functioning civil authority