Ioannis Kapodistrias was the first President of Greece. He was born on February 11, 1776, on the island of Corfu, which was then part of the Venetian Republic. His father, Count Antonio Maria Kapodistrias, was a prominent Greek aristocrat, and his mother, Countess Diamantina Gonemo, was a Venetian noblewoman. Kapodistrias was educated at the University of Padua, where he studied law and diplomacy...
The Founding Father and The First President of Greece
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