Ioannis Kapodistrias
Count Ioannis Antonios Kapodistrias (Greek: Κόμης Ιωάννης Αντώνιος Καποδίστριας;[alt 1] c. 10[3][4][5] February 1776[6][2] –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.[7][8][9][10]
This article is about the Greek politician. For the airport named for him, see Corfu International Airport.
Ioannis Kapodistrias
Vice-gubernatorial Committee of 1827
Andreas Zaimis (as President of the Provisional Administration of Greece)[1]
10 February 1776
Corfu, Venetian Ionian Islands
27 September 1831 (aged 55)
Nafplion, First Hellenic Republic
Viaros Kapodistrias (brother)
Augustinos Kapodistrias (brother)
Capodistrias' involvement in politics begun 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 his abdication in 1822, when he became increasingly active in supporting the Greek War of Independence that broke 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,[11][12][13][14] and the architect of Greek independence.[15]
