Viaros Kapodistrias ( el, Βιάρος Καποδίστριας, 1774–1842) was a
Greek
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politician, lawyer and member of the
Filiki Eteria
Filiki Eteria or Society of Friends ( el, Φιλικὴ Ἑταιρεία ''or'' ) was a secret organization founded in 1814 in Odessa, whose purpose was to overthrow the Ottoman rule of Greece and establish an independent Greek state. (''ret ...
, a secret organization whose purpose was to overthrow the Ottoman rule of
Greece
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and establish an independent Greek state. He was brother of Governors of Greece
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: ...
and
Augustinos Kapodistrias
Count Augustinos Ioannis Maria Kapodistrias ( el, Αυγουστίνος Ιωάννης Μαρία Καποδίστριας, 1778–1857) was a Greek soldier and politician. He was born in Corfu.Corfu and was the eldest son of the diplomat Count Antonios Maria Kapodistrias and Diamantina, daughter of Christodoulos Gonemis. After he studied general courses in his hometown, he went to the
University of Padua
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where he studied law.''Εκπαιδευτική Ελληνική Εγκυκλοπαίδεια - Παγκόσμιο Βιογραφικό Λεξικό'', Εκδοτική Αθηνών, Αθήνα 1991, vol. 4, p.262. When he returned to the Ionian Islands, he served as a member of the
Ionian Senate
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in 1818 in Corfu and was initiated into the
Filiki Eteria
Filiki Eteria or Society of Friends ( el, Φιλικὴ Ἑταιρεία ''or'' ) was a secret organization founded in 1814 in Odessa, whose purpose was to overthrow the Ottoman rule of Greece and establish an independent Greek state. (''ret ...
by Aristeidis Pappas. During the
Greek Revolution
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, having his base in Corfu, Viaros and the merchant Konstantinos Gerostathis were a link between philhellenic clubs of Western Europe and the revolutionaries. At the same time, he was helping and caring for the refugees who had fled to the Ionian Islands from the rebellious areas.
In March 1828 he went along with his brother Augustinos to Greece to assist their brother and Governor of Greece at the time, Ioannis Kapodistrias.Kyriakos Simopoulos υριάκος Σιμόπουλος Πως είδαν οι ξένοι την Ελλάδα του '21, Αθήνα 1984, vol. 5, p. 286. He was a member of 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 ...
'' advisory council and, together with Alexandros Mavrokordatos, was placed in charge of military affairs. He was also member of the General Intendancy, the main administrative body for the Army and the Navy, temporary commissioner of the
Sporades
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and, from October 1829, Minister of Naval Affairs. At the same time, he was in charge of the secret police. In addition, his contribution to the Orphanage of Aegina and the establishment of the Archaeological Museum of Aegina, was important. Viaros was accused of nepotism, especially by the anti-Kapodistrian political faction, due to the fact that both he and Augustinos were promoted to senior state posts. Viaros was also accused of authoritarianism and various abuses of power.Kyriakos Simopoulos, 1984, p.286, 385.
In May 1831, after the fall of Augustinos Kapodistrias from power, Viaros fled to Corfu where he died in 1842.