Count Augustinos Ioannis Maria Kapodistrias (; 1778–1857) was a Greek soldier and politician.
Early life and family He was born in Corfu.Σαν Σήμερα.gr - Βιογραφίες: Αυγουστίνος Καποδίστριας (1778-1857) . He studied geology.
Augustinos Kapodistrias was the younger brother of Viaros Kapodistrias and Ioannis Kapodistrias, the first governor of Greece.
Political career After the assassination of his brother Ioannis Kapodistrias on 9 October 1831, Augustinos succeeded him as head of the governing council, and in the office of governor. His six-month rule was marked by political instability and the country's slide to anarchy.
Later life On 28 March 1832, Augustinos took his brother's embalmed body, his correspondence, and some of his personal belongings, boarded a Russian frigate, and left for Corfu. From there, he travelled on to Saint Petersburg, where he settled, receiving a pension from the Russian government. On 16 July 1840, the Ionian States, under British protection, confirmed his noble title of Count Kapodistrias. He died in 1857 in St. Petersburg, leaving no descendants.
The remains of Ioannis and Augustinos Kapodistrias and their father now rest in the Monastery of Our Lady of the Sign in Corfu.
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Ελένη Γαρδίκα-Κατσιαδάκη, Ο ρόλος της Διάσκεψης του Λονδίνου στην πτώση του Αυγουστίνου Καποδίστρια, Μνήμων 10 (1985), p. 248-269.