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Ελληνική Πολιτεία
Hellenic Republic

Unrecognized state
← 1822 – 1832 →
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Capital	Nafplion
Language(s)	Greek
Religion	Greek Orthodox
Government	Republic
Governor
- 1828-1831	Ioannis Kapodistrias
- 1831-1832	Augustinos Kapodistrias
- 1832-1833	Governmental Commission
History
- outbreak of the Greek Revolution	March, 1821
- Established	January 1, 1822
- Treaty of Constantinople	May 7, 1832
- Disestablished	June 18, 1832
- London Protocol	August 30, 1832

The First Hellenic Republic (Greek: Α' Ελληνική Δημοκρατία) is the term used for the provisional Greek state during the Greek War of Independence against the Ottoman Empire.

In the first stages of the 1821 uprising, various areas elected their own regional governing councils. These were replaced by a central administration at the First National Assembly of Epidaurus in early 1822, which also adopted the first Greek Constitution, marking the birth of the modern Greek state. The new state was not recognized by the Great Powers of the day, which, after initial successes, was threatened with collapse both from within due to civil war and from the victories of the Turco-Egyptian army of Ibrahim Pasha.

However, by this time (1827), the Great Powers had come to agree to the formation of an autonomous Greek state under Ottoman suzerainty, as stipulated in the Treaty of London. Ottoman refusal to accept these terms led to the Battle of Navarino, which effectively secured complete Greek independence.

In 1827, the National Assembly at Troezen selected Count Ioannis Capodistrias as Governor of Greece, establishing the Hellenic State (Ελληνική Πολιτεία), or Governorate. After his arrival in Greece in January 1828, Capodistrias actively tried to create a functional state and redress the problems of a war-ravaged country, but was soon embroiled in conflict with powerful local magnates and chieftains. He was assassinated by political rivals in 1831, plunging the country into renewed civil strife. He was succeeded by his brother, Augustinos Kapodistrias, until he was forced to resign after six months. Once again the three self-appointed "Protecting Powers" (Great Britain, France and Russia) intervened, declaring Greece a Kingdom in the London Conference of 1832, with the Bavarian Prince Otto of Wittelsbach as king.

• Ioannis Kapodistrias (January 24, 1828 - October 9, 1831)
• Augustinos Kapodistrias (October 9, 1831 - April 9, 1832)
• Governmental Commission (April 9, 1832 - February 2, 1833)