В Мельбурне обсудят убийство первого президента Греции Иоанниса Каподистрии

The assassination of Greece’s first governor, Ioannis Kapodistrias, will be the focus of the next instalment of the 2026 Greek History and Culture Seminars at The Greek Centre in Melbourne. Political scientist Jonathan Zervis will present The Assassination of Kapodistrias in 1831 on Thursday 17 September at 7pm. Kapodistrias served as Governor of Greece from his election by the Third National Assembly of Troizina in 1828 until his assassination in Nafplio in 1831. He is widely regarded as a key figure in the establishment of the modern Greek state and was responsible for a range of political, administrative and economic reforms following the War of Independence. The seminar will examine the circumstances surrounding his assassination by members of the Mavromichalis family, a prominent landowning clan in Greece, and its impact on the country’s political development. Zervis will argue that the assassination brought Kapodistrias’ reform program to an end and contributed to the strengthening of factionalism, patronage networks and the influence of landowning elites in Greek politics. Zervis holds a master’s degree in Political Science and Public Policy from Macquarie University. He is an advisor to the Greek Orthodox Community of St George in Brisbane and serves on the board of its Aged and Disability Care Services. He has previously served on the Central Committee of the Greek Orthodox Community of the Gold Coast and taught at St Anna Greek School. For further information visit our Greek Guide events page.