Spyridon Valettas (1779 – 11 June 1843) was a Greek scholar, a member of the

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and for a short time the first minister of education and ecclesiastics affairs in the short-lived government of

Alexandros Mavrokordatos Alexandros Mavrokordatos (; 11 February 179118 August 1865) was a Greek statesman, diplomat, politician and member of the Mavrocordatos family of Phanariotes. Biography In 1812, Mavrokordatos went to the court of his uncle John George Caradja ...

in 1841.

Biography

He was born in

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island and came from a noble family. He was trained initially in Ios and later in

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, Sifnos and

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. From 1818 he served in

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as the secretary of the ruler Alexandros Soutsos. He translated many works, some by using a pseudonym. In 1818 he was also introduced to the

. In 1821 he moved to

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, where he stayed until 1827. From 1827 until 1829 he stayed in

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. In October 1829 he left for

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, where he arrived in November. He went to Hydra at the assembly against Kapodistrias in August 1831 and in July 1832 he represented

to the Fifth National Assembly, as mentioned in the Greek Government Gazette. In 1833 he is in Athens. He translated many literary and political works. He took part in the Government of Mavrocordatos as Minister of Public Education and Ecclesiastics affairs from 24 June to 11 August 1841. He died on 11 June 1843, leaving his fortune to public educational institutions.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Valettas, Spyridon 1779 births 1843 deaths Greek politicians Greek revolutionaries Members of the Filiki Eteria People from Ios