Halil Rifat Pasha

Halil Rifat Pasha
Mutasarrıf of Vidin
In office 1882–1886
Governor of Sivas Vilayet
In office 1886–1889
Governor of Aidin Vilayet
In office 1889–1891
Preceded by	Nafiz Pasha
Succeeded by	Abdurrahman Nurettin Pasha
Governor of Manastir Vilayet
In office 1891–1893
Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire
In office 7 November 1895 – 9 November 1901
Monarch	Abdülhamid II
Preceded by	Kâmil Pasha
Succeeded by	Mehmed Said Pasha
Personal details
Born	1820 Serres, Sanjak of Serres, Salonica Vilayet, Ottoman Empire
Died	9 November 1901 Istanbul (then Constantinople), Ottoman Empire
Nationality	Ottoman
Religion	Islam

Halil Rifat Pasha (Modern Turkish: Halil Rıfat Paşa; 1820–9 November 1901) was an Ottoman statesman and a grand vizier for six years between 1895 till his death 1901, under the reign of Abdülhamid II.

He was born at Serres and received education in an islamic type parish school in Thessaloniki, then continued to Mekteb-i Mülkiye in Istanbul.

After his education years, he started to work as a mailing clerk in Vidin, then worked as secretary in the office of the Governor of Salonika. He advanced by degrees and was appointed to higher official positions by passage of time, including at Rustchuk. In 1882 he was appointed as mutasarrıf of Vidin, then in 1886 he was appointed as governor of Sivas, where he started a road-building programme. He was subsequently appointed governor of Aidin (1889) and later of Monastir, where he fought brigandage units which was rife in the province. He was appointed as minister of internal affairs in 1893 . Then he was appointed as grand vizier in November 1895 . The most important events in his era as grand vizier were the riots of Sason (in 1895) and in Crete (in 1897), as well as the Greco-Turkish War of 1897 which ended with Ottoman victory.

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