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Events on Tuesday 3 April 1827 1
1827Kapodistrias elected Governor of GreeceThird National Assembly at Troezen chooses a head of stateThe Greek national assembly elected Ioannis Kapodistrias, a former Russian foreign minister, as the first head of state of the nascent Greek state. He took office the following year to lead Greece through the final phase of its war of independence.