Maria Desylla-Kapodistria

Maria Desylla-Kapodistria
Mayor of Corfu
In office
15 April 1956 – 9 May 1959
Personal details
Born1898 (1898)
Died1980 (aged 81–82)
OccupationGreek politician

Maria Desylla-Kapodistria (Greek: Μαρία Δεσύλλα Καποδίστρια, 1898–1980) was the mayor of Corfu from 1956 until 1959. Her election as mayor on 15 April 1956 made her the first woman elected mayor of a city in the history of modern Greece.[1][2] She donated the land on which the Kapodistrias Museum, established in 1981 in memory of her ancestor Ioannis Kapodistrias, considered the founder of the modern Greek state, lies today.

  1. ^ "Corfu Trivia". allcorfu.com. Retrieved 2015-09-20.
  2. ^ "Municipality of Corfu". corfu.gr. Archived from the original on 15 October 2004.