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Ioannis Capodistrias

His Excellency
Ioannis Kapodistrias
Ιωάννης Καποδίστριας
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1st Governor of the Hellenic State
In office
May, 1827 – 9 October 1831
Preceded by Andreas Zaimis
as President of the Governmental Commission
Succeeded by Augustinos Kapodistrias
Foreign Minister of Russia
In office
1816–1822
Preceded by Nikolay Rumyantsev
Succeeded by Karl Nesselrode
Personal details
Born (1776-02-11)11 February 1776
Corfu, Ionian Islands under Venetian rule
Died 9 October 1831(1831-10-09) (aged 55)
Nafplion, Greece
Nationality Greek
Political party Russian Party
Religion Greek Orthodox

Count Ioannis Antonios Kapodistrias (10 or 11 February 1776 – 9 October 1831), sometimes anglicized as John Capodistrias (Greek: Κόμης Ιωάννης Αντώνιος Καποδίστριας Komis Ioannis Antonios Kapodistrias;Russian: граф Иоанн Каподистрия Graf Ioann Kapodistriya; Italian: Giovanni Antonio Capodistria Conte Capo d'Istria), was a Greek statesmen who served as the Foreign Minister of the Russian Empire and was one of the most distinguished politicians and diplomats of Europe. After a long career in European politics and diplomacy he was elected as the first head of state of independent Greece (1827–31). He is considered as the founder of the modern Greek state, and of Greek independence.

Ioannis Kapodistrias was born in Corfu, the most populous Ionian Island (then under Venetian rule) to a distinguished Corfiote family. Kapodistrias's father was the nobleman, artist and politician Antonios Maria Kapodistrias (Αντώνιος Μαρία Καποδίστριας). An ancestor of Kapodistrias had been created a conte (count) by Charles Emmanuel II, Duke of Savoy, and the title was later (1679) inscribed in the Libro d'Oro of the Corfu nobility; the title originates from the city of Capodistria (now Koper/Capodistria) in Slovenia, then part of the Republic of Venice and the place of origin of Kapodistrias's paternal family before they moved to Corfu in the 13th century, where they changed their religion from Catholic to Orthodox and became hellenized. His family's name in Capodistria had been Vitori or Vittori.


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