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The First National Assembly of Epidaurus (Greek: Αʹ Εθνοσυνέλευση της Επιδαύρου, 1821–1822) was the first meeting of the Greek National Assembly, a national representative political gathering of the Greek revolutionaries.[1]
History
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The assembly opened in December 1821 at Piada (today Nea (New) Epidaurus). It was attended by representatives from regions involved in the revolution against Ottoman rule.[1]
The majority of the representatives were local notables and clergymen from the Peloponnese, Central Greece and the islands. In addition, a number of Phanariotes and academics attended. However, a number of prominent revolutionaries, including Alexander Ypsilantis and the most prominent military leaders were absent. Of the 59 representatives at the assembly, 20 were landowners, 13 were ship-owners, 12 were intellectuals, 4 were military leaders, 3 were archpriests, 3 were merchants, with and 4 others.
The assembly passed a number of important documents, including:
- The Provisional Regime of Greece (Προσωρινό Πολίτευμα της Ελλάδος), sometimes translated as Temporary Constitution of Greece (more commonly known as the Greek Constitution of 1822), which also included a Declaration of Independence.[2][3]
The Assembly elected a five-member executive on 15 January 1822, which was presided over by Alexandros Mavrocordatos. The executive in turn appointed the first government which had 8 ministries.
The first legislature had 33 members.
Another characteristic of the First National Assembly is the absence of any reference in the Constitution to the Filiki Eteria, although Dimitrios Ypsilantis, brother of Alexandros Ypsilantis and official representative of the Filiki Eteria, was appointed president of the legislature, a body controlled by the local notables.
List of Delegates
- Eastern Greece (included representatives from Thessaly/Macedonia)
- Lambros Alexandrou
- Alexandros Axiotis
- Georgios Ainian
- Adam Doukas
- Sotiris Douros
- Anthimos Gazis
- Grigorios Konstantas
- Giannoutsos Kontes
- Ioannis Logothetis
- Drosos Mansolas
- Ioannis Skandalidis
- Theoklitos Farmakidis
- Theodoros Negris
- Zacharias Panagiotidis
- Georgios Papailiopoulos
- Konstantinos Sapountzis
- Christoforos Perraivos
- Hydra, Spetses, Psara
- Dimitrios Voulgaris
- Francescos Voulgaris
- Dimitrios Papanikolis
- Konstantinos Kanaris
- Ioannis Orlandos
- Iakovos Tombazis
- Emmanouil Tombazis
- Georgios Kountouriotis
- Andreas Vokos Miaoulis
- Peloponnese
- Athanasios Kanakaris
- Theodoros Kolokotronis
- Germanos III of Old Patras
- Georgios Mavromichalis
- Dimitris Plapoutas
- Panoutsos Notaras
- Petrobey Mavromichalis
- Kyriakoulis Mavromichalis
- Konstantinos Mavromichalis
- Anagnostis Deligiannis
- Sotiris Charalambis
- Andreas Zaimis
- Ioannis Papadiamantopoulos
- Western Greece
- Dimitrios Makris
- Alexandros Mavrokordatos
- Ioannis Kolettis
- Fotos Bomporis, as "Representative of the Souliotes"
- Others
- Georgios Apostolou
- Markos Botsaris
- Kitsos Tzavelas
- Theophilos Kairis
- Asimakis Fotilas
- Kostas Botsaris
- Vincenzo Gallina
- Christodoulos Koutsis
- Benjamin of Lesbos
- Zois Panou
- Dimitrios Panourgias
- Charalambos Papageorgiou
- Georgios Karaiskakis
- Papaflessas
- Dionysios Petrakis
- Giannakis Plakotis
- Anastasios Polyzoidis
- Georgios Psyllas
- Neophytos Vamvas
- Nikolaos Vilaetis
- Demetrios Ypsilantis
See also
- Executive of 1822
References
Citations
- ^ a b Petropulos 2015, p. 83.
- ^ Int'l Business Publications 2012, p. 130.
- ^ "The Parliament : The Political System – Constitutional History". hellenicparliament.gr. Hellenic Parliament. Retrieved August 7, 2019.
Books
- Petropulos, John Anthony (2015). Politics and Statecraft in the Kingdom of Greece, 1833-1843. Princeton University Press. ISBN 1400876028. OCLC 1013955004.
- Int'l Business Publications (2012). Greece Country Study Guide: Strategic Information and Developments (Reprint ed.). Int'l Business Publications. ISBN 1438774478.