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Ioannis Kapodistrias

1776 - 1831

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Count Ioannis Antonios Kapodistrias (Greek: Κόμης Ιωάννης Αντώνιος 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.He only had one romantic affair, with Roxandra StrudzaCapodistrias' 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ioannis Kapodistrias has received more than 647,443 page views. His biography is available in 46 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 43 in 2019). Ioannis Kapodistrias is the 1,821st most popular politician (up from 2,306th in 2019), the 148th most popular biography from Greece (up from 172nd in 2019) and the 54th most popular Greek Politician.

Ioannis Kapodistrias was a Greek diplomat and the first head of state of independent Greece.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ioannis Kapodistrias ranks 1,821 out of 15,577Before him are Emperor Hui of Han, Alexios II Komnenos, Teia, Jean Parisot de Valette, Edward the Martyr, and Maumoon Abdul Gayoom. After him are Henry II of Castile, Habibullāh Kalakāni, Francis, Duke of Anjou, Ludvík Svoboda, Baasha of Israel, and Alexios V Doukas.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1776, Ioannis Kapodistrias ranks 8Before him are E. T. A. Hoffmann, Johann Friedrich Herbart, Sophie Germain, John Constable, Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, and Caroline of Baden. After him are Archduke Joseph, Palatine of Hungary, Şehzade Abdullah, Johann Wilhelm Ritter, Jean-Pierre Boyer, Barthold Georg Niebuhr, and Pehr Henrik Ling. Among people deceased in 1831, Ioannis Kapodistrias ranks 7Before him are Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Carl von Clausewitz, James Monroe, Sophie Germain, Napoléon Louis Bonaparte, and Grand Duke Konstantin Pavlovich of Russia. After him are Countess Augusta Reuss of Ebersdorf, Emilia Plater, Achim von Arnim, Charles Felix of Sardinia, Princess Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, and Archduke Rudolf of Austria.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Ioannis Kapodistrias ranks 148 out of 936Before him are Ephialtes of Trachis (-550), Apollodorus of Athens (-180), Sophia Palaiologina (1455), Demetrius of Phalerum (-350), Agesilaus II (-444), and Gorgo, Queen of Sparta (-506). After him are Pausanias (null), Craterus (-370), Longus (110), Pleistarchus (-500), Lysander (-401), and Prodicus (-460).

Among POLITICIANS In Greece

Among politicians born in Greece, Ioannis Kapodistrias ranks 54Before him are Hippias (-600), Philip V of Macedon (-238), Ioannis Metaxas (1871), Ephialtes of Trachis (-550), Sophia Palaiologina (1455), and Agesilaus II (-444). After him are Pleistarchus (-500), Georgios Papadopoulos (1919), Antonia Minor (-36), Cleomenes I (-600), Aeschines (-389), and Nicias (-500).