"The man who killed Kapodistrias, killed his own country."
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Jean-Gabriel Eynard, banker and friend of Kapodistrias, after the news of his death.
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Ioannis Kapodistrias
Ioannis Kapodistrias (10 or 11 February 1776 – 9 October 1831) was a politician, distinguished diplomat, architect of the Greek independence, founder and first governor of the modern Hellenic State. He also served as Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia under Tsar Alexander I.
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