Alexandros Mavrokordatos (11 February 1791 – 18 August 1865) was Prime Minister of Greece from 24 October 1833 to 12 June 1834 (succeeding Spyridon Trikoupis and preceding Ioannis Kolettis), from 6 July to 22 August 1841 (interrupting Otto I of Greece's terms), from 11 April to 18 August 1844 (succeeding Konstantinos Kanaris and preceding Kolettis]]), and from 29 July 1854 to 11 October 1855 (succeeding Kanaris and preceding Dimitrios Voulgaris). He was a war hero of the Greek War of Independence before becoming an English Party politician, and he led the country four times.
Biography[]
Alexandros Mavrokordatos was born in Istanbul, Ottoman Empire on 11 February 1791 to a family of Greek Phanariotes. He studied at the University of Padua in the Austrian Empire before becoming involved with Greek nationalist groups, and he hurried to Morea when the Greek War of Independence broke out in 1821. The wealthy and well-educated Mavrokordatos (who spoke seven languages) was seen by many as a future leader of Greece, and he looked towards the West as a political model for his country. In January 1822, he was elected President of the Executive, making him Greece's de facto leader. Mavrokordatos wrote Greece's constitution and became the new national leader, and he was involved in fighting both the Ottomans and his political rivals within the Greek independence camp. In 1825, he became a Secretary of State, and he retired after the 1826 Fall of Missolonghi. However, Kapodistrias made him a member of the committee for the administration of the war, and he became Finance Minister in the independent Greek state. In 1833, heading the "English Party" of Greek politics, Mavrokordatos was appointed Premier by King Otto I of Greece, and he served as Prime Minister for a total of four times during his career. He died in Aegina in 1865.