Fuad Pasha, a Turkish statesman, born in Constantinople about 1814, died in Nice, Feb. 11, 1869. He received an excellent education, and his father's fortune having been confiscated by Sultan Mahmoud, he studied medicine. In 1834 he was appointed physician to the admiralty and accompanied the naval expedition to Tripoli. Returning to Constantinople, he entered the diplomatic service, and in 1840 became an attache of the Turkish embassy in London, and in 1843 second dragoman of the Porte and director of the bureau of translation. After having fulfilled special missions in Spain and Portugal, he was made first dragoman in 1845, grand referendary of the divan and commissioner general in the Danubian principalities in 1848, minister of the interior in December, 1849, and minister of foreign affairs in 1852. He strenuously opposed the Russian pretensions which led to the Crimean war, and resigned his office in March, 1853, in consequence of a dispute with Prince Menshikoff, the Russian ambassador. In 1854 he quelled insurrectionary movements in Epirus, afterward became a member and president of the newly established council (tanzimat), and acted again for several years as minister of foreign affairs.

In 1860-'61 he distinguished himself as a commissioner in Damascus and the Lebanon, and in November, 1861, became grand vizier. He resigned in 1863, and was minister of war from that period till 1866. His previous administration of financial affairs had somewhat impaired his popularity, but his prestige in Europe as a brilliant diplomatist led to his return to the foreign office in 1867, Aali Pasha being grand vizier. He urged the sultan to visit the principal European sovereigns, accompanied him on the journey, and died while residing at Nice for the benefit of his health. He was European in his manners and in many of his views, spoke French fluently, and was regarded as the ablest Turkish statesman of his day. He was fond of poetry, and was one of the earliest members of the Turkish academy of science and literature. He published a Turkish grammar (1832), and La verite sur la question des saints lieux (1853).