Which Cephalonian-born merchant and diplomat became the first governor of the independent state in 1828 before being assassinated in Nafplio in 1831?

• A Alexandros Mavrokordatos
• B Theodoros Kolokotronis
• C Ioannis Kapodistrias ✓
• D Georgios Kountouriotis

Count Ioannis Kapodistrias (1776-1831), a former Russian foreign minister, was elected the first head of state of independent Greece and worked to build modern state institutions before being assassinated by political rivals.