Şemsi Ahmet Pasha also known as Chamsi-Pasha; 1492 – 28 April 1580) was a prominent Ottoman nobleman and statesman of Albanian origin[1][2] who occupied numerous high-ranking political posts, serving at different stages as the Ottoman governor of Damascus, Rûm, Sivas, Anatolia and Rumelia, and subsequently succeeding Sokollu Mehmet Pasha as grand vizier of the Ottoman Empire in 1579.