Alexander Bogoridi
Prince Alexander Stefanov Bogoridi (Greek Αλεχανδρος Βογοριδης, Turkish Aleko Pasha) (1822, Istanbul - July 17th 1910, Paris) was an Ottoman statesman of Bulgarian origin.
Alexander Bogoridi was the youngest son of one of the most influential persons in the Ottoman Empire - Stefan Bogoridi (GreekΣτεφανος Βογοριδης, Turkish Stefanaki Bey). Alexander Bogoridi studied in the Great School in Istanbul and in France.
He got his higher education in State Law in Germany. He had high-ranking positions as a statesman in the Ottoman Empire - member of the State Council, minister of public buildings, posts and telegraphs, diplomatic agent in Moldova, member of the diplomatic mission in London, ambassador in Vienna (1876 - 1877).
After the Russo-Turkish War, 1877–1878 and the subsequent Treaty of Berlin with the protection of the Russian Emperor Alexander II and with the consent of the Great Powers, Alexander Bogoridi was appointed Governor-General of Eastern Rumelia on March 13 1879. He was connected to the Liberal Party leaders expelled from the Principality of Bulgaria - Petko Slaveykov and Petko Karavelov.
After the abdication of Prince Alexander I in 1886, Alexander Bogoridi was one of the candidates for the Bulgarian throne.