Kara Ahmed Pasha (executed 29 September 1555)[1] was an Ottoman statesman of Albanian origin.
[4] That year, his army took three other castles (Veszprém, Szolnok and Lipova) before failing at the siege of Eger.
It is said that the reason for the execution was due to political manoeuvrings of Suleiman's legal wife Hürrem Sultan, who wanted her son-in-law Rüstem to become the Grand Vizier again.
[citation needed] After the death of Kara Ahmed, Rüstem Pasha became the Grand Vizier (1555–1561) once more.
In the TV series Muhteşem Yüzyıl, Kara Ahmed Pasha is played by Turkish actor Yetkin Dikinciler.