Fuad Pasha vs Petro Poroshenko

As Foreign Minister, Fuad Pasha was sent to Lebanon in 1860 to restore order after sectarian violence between Maronites and Druze. He implemented a harsh crackdown, executing dozens of Druze leaders and imposing a new administrative structure that created the Mount Lebanon Mutasarrifate.

Fuad Pasha was appointed Grand Vizier for the first time in 1861. He had previously served as Foreign Minister and was a key architect of the Tanzimat reforms alongside Mehmed Emin Ali Pasha. His tenure focused on administrative centralization and legal modernization.

Fuad Pasha helped draft and implement the Ottoman Law of Vilayets in 1864, which reorganized provincial administration. The law created larger provinces (vilayets) with appointed governors and councils, aiming to improve governance and centralize control, though implementation was uneven.

Fuad Pasha traveled to Europe in 1867 to negotiate with European powers over Ottoman debts and reforms. He secured a loan from France and Britain and discussed the future of Crete and the Balkans, but failed to prevent increasing European intervention in Ottoman affairs.

Fuad Pasha died in 1869 while serving as Grand Vizier. His death, along with that of Mehmed Emin Ali Pasha two years later, removed the leading Tanzimat reformers from power, contributing to the slowdown of reforms in the late Ottoman Empire.

Poroshenko led Ukraine during the war in Donbas against Russian-backed separatists. He signed the Minsk I and Minsk II ceasefire agreements, which ultimately failed to stop the conflict.

Poroshenko won the Ukrainian presidential election in the first round with 54% of the vote, following the Euromaidan revolution and the ousting of Viktor Yanukovych. He took office in June 2014.

Poroshenko signed the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement, which Yanukovych had rejected, deepening Ukraine's political and economic ties with the European Union.

Poroshenko lost the 2019 Ukrainian presidential election in a landslide to Volodymyr Zelenskyy, receiving only 24% of the vote in the runoff. He conceded defeat.

Poroshenko was indicted on charges of high treason and supporting terrorism, related to his alleged involvement in coal trade with separatists. He denied the charges, calling them politically motivated.