Count Spyridon Georgios Theotokis (1722 – 1803), ( el, Σπυρίδων Γεώργιος Θεοτόκης, it, Spiridione Giorgio Teotochi), was a

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politician and scholar who served as President of the Ionian Senate and head of state of the

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with the title of prince.

Life and career

He was born in Venetian ruled Corfu in 1722 and belonged to the

Theotokis family Theotokis ( el, Θεοτόκης, ''Theotókēs''), in Italian and older English literature Theotochi or Teotochi, is a Greek aristocratic family from Corfu. History The family are an old landowning family in Corfu, Greece, several members of wh ...

. During the French occupation of Corfu, he was appointed as the president of the provisional municipality. When the French left Corfu in 1799 it was dissolved and Theotokis was appointed president of the Central Administration where he sought democratic reforms. In 1800 Theotokis was elected the president of the Ionian Senate with the title of

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. Theotokis was committed to improving the judicial system of the

. He was also a published author, writing treatises and poems in

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and

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. Theotokis died on 24 November 1803. Following his death, from Zakynthos was elected president of the Senate and head of state of the

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