Administrative Committee of Greece (1832)
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A number of different and competing administrations used the name Administrative Committee (Greek: Διοικητική Επιτροπή) throughout 1832, each claiming responsibility for a different part of Greece, all after the dissolution of the Administrative Committee of 1831 of Augustinos Kapodistrias, Theodoros Kolokotronis, and Ioannis Kolettis and before the installation of King Otto of Greece.
Kolletis, after naming his party as the "Constitution Party", set up camp in Perachora near Loutraki, forming a temporary government with the backing of the Fourth National Assembly at Argos. Members of this government were:[1]
(elsewhere, Alexandros Mavrokordatos is also listed[2])
It also had two secretaries/ministers:
However the Fifth National Assembly at Nafplion did not acknowledge it.[2]
With the departure of Augustinos Kapodistrias in March 1832, a new Administrative Committee was formed with:[2]
An additional Committee is also mentioned in the records with the following members:[3]
In April 1832, on the front page of the National Gazette, the official announcement of a new Administrative Committee is made with the following members:[4]
In May 1832, in a conference in London a treaty was signed forming the Kingdom of Greece with Otto as its King.
The Fifth National Assembly confirmed the selection of Otto in July 1832.
In January 1833, King Otto arrives in Greece and the executive power is transferred to the Regency, which kept the existing government with its members being:[5]
The above made up the first government under King Otto.
One of the most important accomplishments of the Administrative Committee was the commissioning of Stamatios Kleanthis and Eduard Schaubert to design the city plan of Athens.[6]
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