Prince Alexander Stefanov Bogoridi ( (Алеко) Стефанов Богориди; Turkish

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: Aleko Pasha

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; ) (1822 - July 17, 1910) was an Ottoman

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 statesman of Bulgarian

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 origin.

Born in Istanbul

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, Alexander Bogoridi was the youngest son of one of the most influential persons in the Ottoman Empire

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 - Stefan Bogoridi

Stefan Bogoridi

Prince Stefan Bogoridi was a high ranking Ottoman statesman of Bulgarian origin, grandson of Sophronius of Vratsa and father of Alexander Bogoridi and Nicolae Vogoride...

 - and brother of Nicolae Vogoride

Nicolae Vogoride

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, who became a prominent Moldavia

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n politician. Alexander Bogoridi studied in the Great School

Phanar Greek Orthodox College

-See also:*Fener*Greeks in Turkey*Zografeion Lyceum*List of schools in Istanbul*Ottoman Greeks...

 in Istanbul and in France

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He received his higher education in State Law in Germany

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. He held high-ranking positions as a statesman in the Ottoman Empire - member of the State Council

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, Minister of Public Works, Posts and Telegraphs, diplomatic agent in Moldavia, member of the diplomatic mission in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

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, and ambassador in Austria-Hungary

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 (1876–1877).

After the 1877-1878 War

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 with the Russian Empire

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 and the subsequent Treaty of Berlin

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 with the protection of the Russian Emperor Alexander II

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 and with the consent of the Great Powers, Alexander Bogoridi was appointed Governor-General

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 of Eastern Rumelia

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 on March 13, 1879. He was connected to the Liberal Party leaders expelled from the Principality of Bulgaria

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 - Petko Slaveykov

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 and Petko Karavelov

Petko Karavelov

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After the abdication of Prince Alexander I in 1886, Alexander Bogoridi was one of the candidates for the Bulgarian throne. He died in Paris

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