Artin Dadyan Pasha

He was the son of an Ottoman civil servant, and members of his family had held important government positions for generations.

He was educated at the Sorbonne in Paris and spent his career in an array of positions in the Sultan's service.

He was promoted the Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs in 1880, and held that title until his death in 1901.

In 1899 he was assigned to approach the Armenian Revolutionary Federation to discuss peace.

He sent his son Diran Bey Dadian to negotiate with the Armenian exiles in Switzerland.