Hüseyin Avni Pasha (1820 – 15 June 1876) was an Ottoman governor-general and statesman. He was Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire from 15 February 1874 to 26 April 1875. He was killed by Çerkess Hassan the younger brother of Neşerek Kadın Efendi, who accused him of the murder of Ottoman Sultan Abdülaziz, on 15 June 1876 during a cabinet meeting of Ottoman Sultan Murad V at the residence of Midhat Pasha near Beyazıt in Fatih, Istanbul. The foreign affairs minister Mehmed Rashid Pasha was also killed in the attack. See also List of Ottoman Grand Viziers References 1820 births 1876 deaths 1876 murders in the Ottoman Empire People from Isparta Ottoman Military Academy alumni Ottoman Military College alumni Field marshals of the Ottoman Empire 19th-century Grand Viziers of the Ottoman Empire Ottoman governors of Crete Ottoman governors of Aidin Murder in the Ottoman Empire