@article{3259952, title = "Ioannis Kapodistrias: The man who wrote the 1st chapter", author = "Χρυσούλα Βαφειαδάκη", journal = "Greek Business File", year = "2020", volume = "-", number = "128", pages = "46-51", publisher = "Kerkyra Publications S.A.", issn = "1109-1592", keywords = "Ioannis Kapodistrias, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Hellenic Revolution, Hellenic Republic, Greece", abstract = "Ioannis Kapodistrias (1776–1831) was the founder of the modern Greek state. He previously served as a brilliant foreign minister of Russia, and he was a progressive and effective leader of the new country during the four years he served it as its first Governor. Though he had to create a state from zero, he had the ambition and method to organize it according to the European standards. His assassination in Nafplion, outside a church, deprived the country from the chance to become a modern state from the outset. The following article draws material from the “Great Greek Biographical Dictionary” and highlights the significance of one of the most distinguished politicians and diplomats of Europe. He was the man who wrote the first chapter of modern Greek history." }