Provisional Administration of Greece

Provisional Administration of Greece (1822–1827) Hellenic State (1827–1832)
Προσωρινὴ Διοίκησις τῆς Ἑλλάδος Ἑλληνικὴ Πολιτεία
Unrecognized state (1822–1830) Provisional government (1822–1827)
1822–1832
National flag Seal of the Hellenic State (1828-1832)
Capital		Nafplio
Languages		Greek
Religion		Greek Orthodox
Government		Unitary presidential republic
President of the Executive
•	1822–1823	Alexandros Mavrokordatos (first)
•	1826–1827	Andreas Zaimis (last)
Governor
•	1827–1831	Ioannis Kapodistrias
•	1831–1832	Augustinos Kapodistrias
Legislature		National Assembly
History
•	Start of Greek Revolution	February 23, 1821 (Wallachia) mid-March 1821 (Peloponnese)
•	Proclamation of Independence	January 1, 1822
•		March 22, 1829
•		February 3, 1830
•	Treaty of Constantinople	August 8, 1832
•	London Protocol	August 30, 1832
Currency		Phoenix
Preceded by Succeeded by Ottoman Empire Areopagus of Eastern Continental Greece Senate of Western Continental Greece Peloponnesian Senate Military-Political System of Samos Kingdom of Greece Principality of Samos

The First Hellenic Republic (Greek: Αʹ Ελληνική Δημοκρατία) is a historiographical term for the provisional Greek state during the Greek War of Independence against the Ottoman Empire. It is used to emphasize the constitutional and democratic nature of the revolutionary regime prior to the establishment of the independent Kingdom of Greece, and associate this period of Greek history with the later Second and Third republics.

In the first stages of the 1821 uprising, various areas elected their own regional governing councils. These were replaced by a central administration at the First National Assembly of Epidaurus in early 1822, which also adopted the first Greek Constitution, marking the birth of the modern Greek state. The councils continued in existence however, and central authority was not firmly established until 1824/1825. The new state was not recognized by the Great Powers of the day, which, after initial successes, was threatened with collapse both from within due to civil war and from without through the victories of the Turco-Egyptian army of Ibrahim Pasha.

By 1827 the Greek revolution had almost been extinguished on the mainland, but by this time the Great Powers had come to agree to the formation of an autonomous Greek state under Ottoman suzerainty, as stipulated in the Treaty of London. Ottoman refusal to accept these terms led to the Battle of Navarino, which effectively secured complete Greek independence.

In 1827, the Third National Assembly at Troezen established the Hellenic State (Ἑλληνικὴ Πολιτεία) and selected Count Ioannis Kapodistrias as Governor of Greece. Therefore, this period is often called Governorate (Greek: Κυβερνείο). After his arrival in Greece in January 1828, Kapodistrias actively tried to create a functional state and redress the problems of a war-ravaged country, but was soon embroiled in conflict with powerful local magnates and chieftains.