A new legislative body called the Senate ''( el, Γερουσία)'' was created in 1829 by the
Fourth National Assembly at Argos
The Fourth National Assembly at Argos ( el, Δʹ Εθνοσυνέλευση Άργους) was a Greek convention which sat at Argos from 11 July to 6 August 1829, during the Greek War of Independence.
The Fourth National Assembly followed on f ...
, replacing the prior advisory body called the
Panellinion
The ''Panellinion'' ( el, Πανελλήνιον) was the name given to the advisory body created on 23 April 1828 by Ioannis Kapodistrias, replacing the Legislative Body, as one of the terms he set to assume the governorship of the new country. T ...
which had been founded by Governor
Ioannis Kapodistrias
Count Ioannis Antonios Kapodistrias (10 or 11 February 1776 – 9 October 1831), sometimes anglicized as John Capodistrias ( el, Κόμης Ιωάννης Αντώνιος Καποδίστριας, Komis Ioannis Antonios Kapodistrias; russian: ...
the previous year.
History
The Senate had a total of 120 Senators. The Fourth National Assembly at Argos had decreed that 21 of them would be selected by the Governor out of a pool three times that number, selected by the Assembly, while the other 6 would be appointed directly by the Governor. The Senate's function was advisory on all non-administrative votes.
Elected to the office of President of the Senate was
Georgios Sisinis Georgios Sisinis ( el, Γεώργιος Σισίνης, 1769–1831) was a Greek revolutionary leader and politician of the Greek War of Independence.
Biography
He was born in Gastouni in Elis, to a rich and historic family of the area. Georgios, ...
.
When Kapodistrias was assassinated in 1831, the Senate transferred the Executive Powers to a three-person
Administrative Committee
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on 20 December 1831, presided by Kapodistrias' brother
Augustinos. The other members of the Committee were
Theodoros Kolokotronis
Theodoros Kolokotronis ( el, Θεόδωρος Κολοκοτρώνης; 3 April 1770 – 4 February 1843) was a Greek general and the pre-eminent leader of the Greek War of Independence (1821–1829) against the Ottoman Empire. Kolokotronis's g ...
and
Ioannis Kolettis
Ioannis Kolettis (; died 17 September 1847) was a Greek politician who played a significant role in Greek affairs from the Greek War of Independence through the early years of the Greek Kingdom, including as Minister to France and serving twic ...
. The Committee was dissolved in March 1832 after Augustinos left.
On 28 March 1832, a new 5 person
Administrative Committee
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was created with
Georgios Kountouriotis
Georgios Kountouriotis ( el, Γεώργιος Κουντουριώτης) (1782 – 13 March 1858) was a Greek ship-owner and politician who served as prime minister from March to October 1848.
Life
He was born in 1782 on the Saronic island of ...
,
Alexander Ypsilantis
Alexandros Ypsilantis ( el, Αλέξανδρος Υψηλάντης, Aléxandros Ypsilántis, ; ro, Alexandru Ipsilanti; russian: Александр Константинович Ипсиланти, Aleksandr Konstantinovich Ipsilanti; 12 Dece ...
,
Andreas Zaimis
Andreas Asimakis Zaimis ( el, Ανδρέας Ζαΐμης; 1791 – 4 May 1840) was a Greek freedom fighter and government leader during the Greek War of Independence.
Biography
Born in Kalavryta, in the northern Peloponnesos, Zaimis was a pri ...
,
Markos Botsaris
Markos Botsaris ( el, Μάρκος Μπότσαρης c. 1788 – 21 August 1823) was a chieftain of the Souliotes and hero of the Greek War of Independence, and general of the Greek army.Brigands with a Cause, Brigandage and Irredentism ...
, and
Spyridon Trikoupis
Spiridon Trikoupis ( el, Σπυρίδων Τρικούπης; 20 April 1788 – 24 February 1873) was a Greek statesman, diplomat, author and orator. He was the first Prime Minister of Greece (1833) and member of provisional governments of Greece ...
.
On 27 July 1832, the
Fifth National Assembly at Nafplion
The Fifth National Assembly ( el, Εʹ Εθνοσυνέλευση) of the Greeks convened at Argos on 5 December 1831, before relocating to Nafplion in early 1832.
The Assembly, the last of a series of similar conventions of the Greek War of In ...
dismisses the Senate however the Senate does not acknowledge this decision.
On 21 September 1832, the Senate appoints a new 3 person Administrative Committee to hold executive power.
Finally, in January 1833 the Senate was permanently dismissed with the arrival of King
Otto
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The name is recorded f ...
.
With the enactment of the
Greek Constitution of 1844
The first constitution of the Kingdom of Greece was the Greek Constitution of 1844. On 3 September 1843, the military garrison of Athens, with the help of citizens, rebelled and demanded from King Otto the concession of a Constitution.
The ...
, a new legislative body was created also with the name
Senate.
Senators
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Georgios Sisinis Georgios Sisinis ( el, Γεώργιος Σισίνης, 1769–1831) was a Greek revolutionary leader and politician of the Greek War of Independence.
Biography
He was born in Gastouni in Elis, to a rich and historic family of the area. Georgios, ...
*
Dimitris Plapoutas
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, birth_place = Paloumpa, Morea Eyalet, Ottoman Empire (now Greece)
, death_place = Paloumpa, Kingdom of Greece
, allegiance = * First Hellenic Republic
* Kingdom of Greece
, branch = * Filiki Etaireia
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, serviceyears = ...
*
Andreas Kalamogdartis
*
Andreas Miaoulis
*
Georgios Douzinas
*
Andreas Zaimis
Andreas Asimakis Zaimis ( el, Ανδρέας Ζαΐμης; 1791 – 4 May 1840) was a Greek freedom fighter and government leader during the Greek War of Independence.
Biography
Born in Kalavryta, in the northern Peloponnesos, Zaimis was a pri ...
*
Ioannis Peroukas
*
Tatsi Magginas
*
Georgios Antonopoulos
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Georgios Mavrommatis[
]
See also
*
Greek Senate
The Greek Senate ( el, Γερουσία, '' Gerousia'') was the upper chamber of the parliament in Greece, extant several times in the country's history.
Local senates during the War of Independence
During the early stages of the Greek War of ...
References
{{Ioannis Kapodistrias
1829 establishments in Greece
Greece
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Political institutions of the Greek War of Independence
Defunct upper houses
Greek Senate