on Science (). from 1853, Yusuf Kamil was named Minister of commerce for two consecutive terms, appointed to the Supreme Council of the Tanzimat () and in 1854 was made the head of the . At a Council of Ministers meeting held at the mansion of Kamil Pasha, concerns were raised about the Eyptian governor Said Pasha's granting of the Suez Canal concession to France, on the grounds that it would increase foreign interference in Egypt, and it was decided that Kamil Pasha would write a letter to the Pasha, who was his brother-in-law, to request that he cancel the concession. Unfortunately, this letter fell into the hands of Vincent, Count Benedetti, the French Ambassador, who complained to the Sultan, and Mustafa Reşid Pasha and Kamil Pasha were both relieved of their positions in the government. Despite this, Kamil Pasha was re-appointed to the Supreme Council of Judicial Ordinance less than a year later. In the same year, Kamil Pasha was given the Order of Distinction by Sultan Abdulmejid I. In 1857, Kamil Pasha and Reshid Pasha travelled to Egypt to represent the president at Said Pasha's son's circumcision. After their return to Istanbul, Reshid Pasha was made Grand Vizier, and Kamil Pasha was appointed the chief of the once again. After the accession of Abdulaziz to the throne, Kamil Pasha returned to Egypt, whence he embarked on a journey to Mecca and Medina with his brother-in-law Said Pasha. Later in that year, the and the were combined into a single council, the , and Kamil Pasha was named vice president. For his long service to the Empire and the Ottoman State, Abdulaziz awarded Kamil Pasha with the Order of Osmanieh shortly after becoming sultan. Awards Order of Distinction (1855) Order of Osmanieh (1861) References 1808 births 1876 deaths 19th-century Grand Viziers of the Ottoman Empire