Talaat Pasha cabinet

Talaat Pasha cabinet

Government of the Ottoman Empire
Talaat Pasha
Date formed4 February 1917
Date dissolved8 October 1918
People and organisations
Head of stateMehmed V, Mehmed VI
Head of governmentTalaat Pasha
No. of ministers10
Member partiesUnion and Progress Party
History
PredecessorSaid Halim Pasha government
SuccessorAhmet İzzet Pasha government

The Talaat Pasha cabinets were headed by Grand Vizier Talaat Pasha. It was formed on February 4 after Said Halim Pasha's resignation. It was composed of members of the Union and Progress Party. The cabinet was dissolved upon Mehmed V's death, Mehmed VI again appointed Talaat Pasha as his Grand Vizier following his sword girthing. Talaat Pasha resigned due to Ottoman defeat in the Great War on 8 October, but stayed in office for a few more days running a caretaker government.

The government was noted for being one of the smallest war time cabinets of WWI.