Ioannis Kapodistrias
Ioannis Kapodistrias | |
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| Ιωάννης Καποδίστριας | |
Portrait by Dionysios Tsokos | |
| Governor of Greece | |
| In office 18 January 1828 – 27 September 1831 | |
| Preceded by | Vice-gubernatorial Committee of 1827 Andreas Zaimis (as President of the Provisional Administration of Greece) |
| Succeeded by | Augustinos Kapodistrias |
| Foreign Minister of Russia | |
| In office 21 August 1816 – 8 August 1822 Serving with Karl Nesselrode | |
| Monarch | Alexander I |
| Preceded by | Nikolay Rumyantsev |
| Succeeded by | Karl Nesselrode |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 10 February 1776 |
| Died | 27 September 1831 (aged 55) Nafplion, Greece |
| Party | Russian Party |
| Relations | Viaros Kapodistrias (brother) Augustinos Kapodistrias (brother) |
| Alma mater | University of Padua |
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Count Ioannis Antoniou Kapodistrias (Greek: Κόμης Ιωάννης Αντωνίου Καποδίστριας; c. 10 February 1776 –27 September 1831), sometimes anglicized as John Capodistrias, was a Greek statesman who was one of the most distinguished politicians and diplomats of 19th-century Europe.
Kapodistrias's involvement in politics began as a minister of the Septinsular Republic in the early 19th century. He went on to serve as the foreign minister of the Russian Empire from 1816 until 1822, when he became increasingly active in supporting the Greek War of Independence that had broken out a year earlier.
After a long and distinguished career in European politics and diplomacy, he was elected as the first head of state of independent Greece at the 1827 Third National Assembly at Troezen and served as the governor of Greece between 1828 and 1831. For his significant contribution during his governance, he is recognised as the founder of the modern Greek state, and the architect of Greek independence.